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commentr/StutterMay 23, 2020
1 points

My girlfriend has one and she uses it to control the lights. It's handy, and I try to make use of it myself, but it is just so god damn sensitive to stuttering. Even a minor stutter can mean it won't...

Speech & Stuttering
Repetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterMay 23, 2020
3 points

”alexa play *stutters* dior by pop smoke” Alexa: ”sorry there are no songs by the name of their by pot smoke...

Speech & Stuttering
Repetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterMay 23, 2020
1 points

I sometimes try easy onsets too. But I feel like regular conversation itself is happening at too fast of a pace to even try that. I feel like I can try the easy onset technique if the conversation was...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Fluency TechniquesRepetitions & ProlongationsAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterMay 22, 2020
2 points

Panic Induced Loops?

Panic Induced Loops? I struggle with repetitions. Sometimes when I'm talking and I reach a word where I face repetitions with (like B-B-B-Boy), I actually sometimes panic and as a result enter a panic...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Anxiety & Social JudgmentRepetitions & ProlongationsLoss of Control
postr/StutterMay 20, 2020
4 points

[Serious] I'm researching stuttering and would like to know your experiences

[Serious] I'm researching stuttering and would like to know your experiences Hey all! For starters, I do not stutter. I'm in the early stages of developing my first novel, and I'm developing one of my...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterMay 15, 2020
1 points

Same here! I experience severe blocks on the phone sometimes where no sounds come out and then I’ll have other times where I get a head start and talk fine in conversation. I’d say I stutter 6/10, I r...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Blocks & StoppagesRepetitions & ProlongationsSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterMay 15, 2020
1 points

I think for a lot of us it varies. I can be having an completely stutter free conversation in person, but I answer the phone and it all goes to hell and I can't get out anything. If I had to average ...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Severity & FluctuationBlocks & StoppagesRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterMay 15, 2020
4 points

As a kid, 6/10 As an adult, 0.3/10 Also, as a kid it was a hard blocking stutter. As an adult it’s more of a manageable slight blockage. There are still the occasional hard block, but most of the ti...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Severity & FluctuationBlocks & StoppagesRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterMay 15, 2020
1 points

Mental fatigue can play a big part for me. Recently I've been having trouble with a lot of S words which is weird because I haven't had that problem since I was a child. So anything starting with a S ...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Energy & Biological RhythmsRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterMay 13, 2020
2 points

Moderate to severe according to his speech therapist. He has pretty significant blocks that I didn’t recognize as a stutter, I just thought—oh, that’s how he talks....

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & StoppagesRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterMay 12, 2020
3 points

I got so irritated in the 2nd season of Outlander with the girl who stuttered. They portrayed her as weak and meek and just somebody who couldn’t stand up for herself. Then they had the stutter just g...

Identity & DisabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Stigma & BullyingPublic Awareness / MediaRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterMay 12, 2020
2 points

Vowels are HARD!!! What works for me is to really stretch the first sound of the vowel like a....bout. Does it work always? No but at least I try! I have started to do “ums” last year and someone I wo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringRepetitions & Prolongations
postr/StutterMay 11, 2020
1 points

Particularities

Particularities My stuttering gets worse at random periods during the year, I haven't found a pattern yet but people also notices it: they tell me "you were doing better, what happened?" Also, I hav...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Propositionality & WeightCycles & RandomnessRepetitions & Prolongations
postr/StutterMay 10, 2020
1 points

Only Have Problem on Phone or Similar Recording Device

Only Have Problem on Phone or Similar Recording Device I don't know if this is essentially a stutter, but I can't diagnose it. This has been happening for almost 25 years at varying degrees. First I l...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringBlocks & Stoppages+1 more
postr/StutterMay 8, 2020
1 points

Not sure where to begin

Not sure where to begin Hi everyone! I'd like to ask for your opinions on my 3.5 year old daughters stutter. She's always had a little bit of a stutter, which I assumed was a normal developmental th...

Parent & CaregiverSpeech & Stuttering
Early Concern & OnsetRepetitions & ProlongationsPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterMay 5, 2020
1 points

I personally didn’t stutter as much when I speak English (my second language) but when I speak Hungarian (my native language) my stutter gets a bit worse. But I think this is different for every perso...

Speech & Stuttering
Repetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterMay 5, 2020
1 points

Yes. I only speak english but I took Spanish classes in school and my stutter was much worse. I had no issues writing or reading Spanish but it was very challenging to speak it....

Speech & Stuttering
Repetitions & Prolongations
postr/StutterMay 5, 2020
4 points

How early do you see a speech therapist?

How early do you see a speech therapist? My 2.5 year old has started stuttering pretty consistently. I’d say she stutters in about 70% of the sentences she speaks and sometimes runs out of breath tryi...

Parent & CaregiverSpeech & Stuttering
Early Concern & OnsetTreatment DecisionsRepetitions & Prolongations+1 more
postr/StutterMay 5, 2020
3 points

Stutter in foreign languages?

Stutter in foreign languages? I speak two languages besides English, and despite knowing one of them since early childhood and learning it not far behind my English, it seems like my stutter is much w...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionPropositionality & WeightRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterMay 5, 2020
2 points

Mine is definitely getting worse these past few weeks. I feel like I’ve regressed back to where I was several years ago, and I’ve even started (slightly) slurring my words the way I did as a child. No...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Severity & FluctuationRepetitions & Prolongations