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Sure, but it's something within the realm of your control. You can learn to not block. That's something a good speech therapist can help you achieve. And not by using any tools or techniques....

This makes me so happy to hear and I'm very happy to help and recommend Columbia speech centre 😄 I hope everything works out for you and your speech journey!...

Hi, I realize you posted this a year ago but wanted to comment to ask a few things! I’m 23, queer, and also have an undiagnosed stutter. Can I ask what your experience was/is like in speech therapy an...

My elementary school principal had a stutter. He was the first person I had ever met who had one. He joined me in speech therapy sort once in a while and shared tips on how he overcame it. He also sai...

i can’t remember details as it was a few years ago but i do remember her main points were around bringing light to people with speech impediments and also about her career choice was going to be a spe...

Most speech therapists have no training in dysfluency, so it’s not your fault. Look at some online resources of SLPs who specialize in dusfluency, who are also PWS, who are established in the field. ...

If you do change your name, you will eventually stutter on that one too. You only say your name when meeting people, which is typically stressful for people who stutter - Try speech therapy and a stut...

I understand your frustration with your parents, who didn’t bother to research childhood stuttering. You’re not too old to get some good therapy; find an SLP who has lots of experience working with p...

What do you mean not doing anything to change it? I've been working on speech therapy for almost a year this time around and it's made about as much difference as the first time, despite the effort I'...

I am angry

I am angry I hate my stutter. I hate it so much. I can never be me and say what I want to say because I know I'll just mess it up. I can't give a presentation without at least one person grimacing the...

Yeah but what are you gonna do, give up? Might as well keep trying. Honestly the more you try and fail the faster you'll learn and grow. If I could go back I'd start earlier instead of waiting as long...

Thank you so much for these researchs. I ll try to practice it. In fact, i didn't practice a lot... I spent my life being self destructive. I found these methods recently because now i m a dad and i w...

I had an abusive childhood and through psychotherapy at the age of 70 became totally fluent! Don't discount the possibility of a traumatic event( I remembered, even) that might have been your triggeri...

I've started speech therapy recently, and while it's hard to see improvements, there still are. I believe that with enough practice and therapy, it's something anyone can control, even though you migh...

I mean, my parents didn't consider taking me to speech therapy until I was 16 years old or so. I'm going to speech therapy now as an adult but I believe I could have got rid of it if I had treated it ...

Same here! It effects me everyday. Have you done any speech therapy and does it help? I'm sure mine is mostly coz of anxiety...

No we do not have to deal with social isolation. Have you tried therapy? Dm me if you need someone to talk to...

American Institute for Stuttering (AIS), New York

American Institute for Stuttering (AIS), New York Anybody being there (ever)? If so, how is it?...

I live in the lower mainland of BC and went to Columbia speech and language center in Vancouver. They had (and hopefully still have) an intensive 2 week stuttering therapy workshop that was completely...

I stutter and am in school to be a Speech-Language Pathologist. It is very unlikely that an SLP will see you just to "make a diagnosis". Stuttering is usually not something that needs to be diagnosed....