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The metaphor I've come up with for this personally is this: Unlike fluent speakers, my underlying speech engine cannot tolerate heavy load. Although everything might go smoothly if I am trying to mov...

My step dad used to tell me to “stop & think” or “slow down” is definitely just made me shut down. I have adhd and tend to stutter more when I’m excited....

Agreed as well. Until I was in my mid 20s I was convinced that the anxiety my stutter caused was fueling my stutter. And to many extents it was making it worse, no doubt. But once I gained decent c...

*General query/conversation starter* do you think that stress/anxiety based stammers are curable?

*General query/conversation starter* do you think that stress/anxiety based stammers are curable? ...

No it's not. But emotions can affect your level of stuttering....

Do yall stutter when your tipsy off alcohol

Do yall stutter when your tipsy off alcohol I feel like when I get a few drinks in me I don’t stutter. I think it’s a combination of liquid courage and boost of confidence. But my stutter is very ver...

Is my case curable ? Is it only because of stress and anxiety?

Is my case curable ? Is it only because of stress and anxiety? So guys m 26 here a stutterer from Morocco. I stared stuttering at the age of 10. Most of the times I only stuttered at school, it was m...

In my opinion, it happens because when you are sad, you are, at the same time, less confident about you, no matter the reason you are sad. When we are sad, we become more vulnerable and wavering on th...

Is sadness real cause of stuttering?

Is sadness real cause of stuttering? When i become sad i stutter a lot. But when i feel happy and positive i stutter rarely. It's awesome. ...

Medical reasons for stuttering

Medical reasons for stuttering Anyone know the reason of our stuttering? I mean the medical reasons behind it. Is there a problem in our brain? or is just based on emotions or muscular memory to stu...

Starting Nursing school with stuttering

Starting Nursing school with stuttering Hi everyone, I'm currently about to start my upper division nursing school and I have a stutter. I'm curious if there are others here who also stutter and how y...

Stuttering & anxiety

Stuttering & anxiety I was recently made redundant due to a company closure. This has triggered a lot of anxiety which has lead to quite a bad stutter. This is seriously impacting my ability to interv...

What you wrote is very true. Believe or not, society has gotten better over the years with the mockery. I’m 71, and when I was young the mockery was beyond cruel. I decided in my teens to follow the...

That’s very interesting that those 2 things work for you bc they usually do the opposite! The DSM categorizes blocking-dysfluency as similar to PTSD and social anxiety, and if someone has a highly i...

Kinda hard to remember what I didn't like about it except for the fact that while I was on it I distinctly remember almost never liking the feeling, but when I was off it, when I missed a dose or the ...

I have anxiety/depression and though I was unsatisfied with lexapro's effects on that specifically, it damn near completely got rid of my stutter while I was on it. Wasn't worth it for the other side ...

taken steps to manage my stress and overthinking which helps stuttering for me. also learning to breath lol...

I took Zoloft for 3 years (18-21), then I took Lexapro for 4 years after that. I was prescribed these for my anxiety though, not my stutter. I personally did not experience any affect on my fluency ...

Dismissing Escitalopram’s effectiveness for anxiety is incredibly misleading. While it’s labeled as an antidepressant, it’s also very commonly prescribed for anxiety disorders like General Anxiety Dis...

SSRIs like Escitalopram are effective in treating a range of anxiety disorders beyond just Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). These medications, often referred to as antidepressants, are commonly pre...