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postr/StutterNov 10, 2025
2 points

Please give me some advice!

Please give me some advice! Hi everyone, I wanted to share my story to see if anyone here has gone through something similar or found useful ways to manage it. I’ve stuttered since I was a kid, not s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/Flight+2 more
commentr/StutterNov 10, 2025
1 points

.Me alegro mucho por tu hijo. En mi caso parece que no es tan favorable. El mío si tiene bloqueos, ahora son menos intensos que este verano pero ahí están. Ojalá en un tiempo lo supere. Gracias por re...

Parent & CaregiverSpeech & Stuttering
Early Concern & OnsetBlocks & StoppagesRepetitions & Prolongations+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 10, 2025
3 points

You are definitely not alone in this, and I really felt every word you wrote. What you are describing, that total freeze where nothing comes out even though you know exactly what you want to say, is s...

Speech & StutteringTherapy & Professional
Blocks & StoppagesPhysical TensionTherapy Experiences
commentr/StutterNov 9, 2025
1 points

Qué tal está tu hijo? Yo tengo uno de 5 años y 4 meses y también ha tenido periodos intermitentes de tartamudez. Cuando tenía 4 años y 8 meses estuvo como 3 semanas con bloqueos, repeticiones y prolon...

Parent & CaregiverSpeech & Stuttering
Early Concern & OnsetBlocks & StoppagesRepetitions & Prolongations+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 9, 2025
13 points

I barely can't say only one word in sentence without block and also have face spasms. It's look terrible, so I lost any confidence in myself. Drop education, lost my friends. Just know you are not onl...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesHelplessness & AgencyPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterNov 9, 2025
1 points

Bro, reading this hit me hard… because you can still speak when you’re calm, but in my case, sometimes I can’t even say my own name. I get full speech blocks with weird facial tension — it feels like ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesBlocks & StoppagesPhysical Tension
postr/StutterNov 9, 2025
62 points

I can’t even say my own name sometimes, and it’s destroying me inside

I can’t even say my own name sometimes, and it’s destroying me inside I don’t even know how to start this but… I just want to talk to people who really get this. I’ve had this speech block / stammer p...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesHiding & Concealment+2 more
postr/StutterNov 8, 2025
9 points

My Speech problems

My Speech problems Why do I stutter so much? Sometimes I talk normally, but then I talk so fast that people can't understand me. I also stutter or can't talk when I'm in loud spaces where I can't hear...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightRepetitions & Prolongations+1 more
postr/StutterNov 7, 2025
1 points

Need help with my extremely specific speech initiation block

Need help with my extremely specific speech initiation block So whenever i dont sleep too well i start having some problems with my speech, like not being able to say start a sentence Now i am in co...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesStress & Fight/Flight+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 6, 2025
2 points

I find sometimes its the secondary behaviors that turn people off rather than the stutter itself. In my case I used to have hard blocks and bad secondary behaviors like lack of eye contact, face wrenc...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+3 more
commentr/StutterNov 6, 2025
4 points

You know that its a person to person thing so ima just give you my pov of this, Im not SEVERE by default but I fluctuate enough to relate at least a little to every side. 1. I do on every stutter ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterNov 6, 2025
1 points

The biggest thing you can do food/supplement wise is an anti-inflammatory diet. Inflammation creates tension in the body and tension contributes to more stuttering. It’s an important part of the puzzl...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Stress & Fight/FlightEnergy & Biological RhythmsPhysical Tension
postr/StutterNov 6, 2025
6 points

Stuttering on passionate topics

Stuttering on passionate topics Hey, I’m 24 and I had a stutter ever since I was a kid. Through the years it got milder, as I figured what words or letters are easy for me to say and which are hard. T...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Stress & Fight/FlightPropositionality & WeightPhysical Tension
postr/StutterNov 5, 2025
1 points

wondering what kind of stutter i have

wondering what kind of stutter i have I tend to stutter on the odd day or so randomly., moreso recently. I have no problem speaking in public at all with anyone, but randomly when im speaking with my ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterNov 4, 2025
7 points

Hello! I am a person who stutters. Something that worries me is if the other person seems to think that I am afraid or nervous to talk with them. This is not true. I can be very outgoing / friendly ...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Energy & Biological RhythmsFluency TechniquesAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 3, 2025
2 points

I pace all the time when I’m on the phone especially for an important call Sometimes it can actually be more detrimental as I sound out of breath even quicker while blocking on words...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Physical TensionStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterNov 3, 2025
1 points

I am exactly the same. I feel like social anxiety has genuinely very little impact on my speech. It definitely does but I stammer almost the same if I’m cuddled in bed or at work with people. I know e...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesIdentity & Self-PerceptionPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterNov 3, 2025
2 points

Hahaha, that's a good one! Tho I doubt it would work for me, as sometimes I have physical signs of struggle while stuttering. One technique I have, is to do a conductor-like dramatic gesture to launc...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterNov 2, 2025
1 points

iv been driving for nearly 3 years and this still happens to me sometimes, luckily its not awful but because i concentrate so much on speaking or getting a word out i can sort of slightlyyyyyy drift t...

Speech & Stuttering
Physical Tension
commentr/StutterNov 1, 2025
7 points

I stutter when I’m alone and even in my own head I sometimes feel hesitation in my own internal dialogue because I’ve learned over the years which words I can and cannot say. There’s many reasons fo...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Genetic & Family FactorsNeurological & BrainTrauma & Psychological+1 more