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My speech therapist recommended that I pursue therapy, as one of the main factors to my stutter appears to be rooted in my mental health. It was emphasized by my obscure of view of how others percei...

Thank you for your response! What exactly can I explain better in the text? Basically, the research is about inhibitory control. The role of inhibitory control is stimulus orienting, interference cont...

Yes of course. So basically, the research states that the cause of stuttering is likely a dysfunction in the left hemisphere. That's the shortest and simplest I could answer.. and for the tips. Here a...

you’re being wayyy too hard on yourself, and you’re also expecting yourself to talk “normally” when that’s not really a thing, there’s a vast numbers of ways to communicate. Your brain is obsessed on ...

Lifelong mild stuttering turned severe for no reason?

Lifelong mild stuttering turned severe for no reason? Hi all! So for as long as I can remember I've had a very very mild stutter (and for that matter much of my family too). Like once in 20 sentences ...

I agree on what you have said about anticipation. I have noticed that the more I think about what I am going to say, the more I will stutter. If I know what I have to say without thinking about it, I ...

In my opinion: On the first day that we - people who stutter (PWS), first start stuttering, it's likely not a 5 second speech block. Instead, it's probably a lighter form of stuttering or speech disr...

Discussion: the cause of stuttering

Discussion: the cause of stuttering Let's discuss the underlying mechanism of stuttering. Researchers come up with different ideas about what causes stuttering. It's possible for two ideas that seem ...

I think that I will not have any friends for the next two years.

I think that I will not have any friends for the next two years. Though this is quite obvious (why else would I post here?), I have a very bad stammer. I get long blocks and pull strange faces, my mus...

Conversation with a girl in university

Conversation with a girl in university Yesterday i saw a girl sitting, and i asked here if i can set next to her, she said yeah its fine sit. i sat down and starting doing my things. After like 10 min...

I went to speech therapy as a child. It was during school for a few years. I went with a friend who had trouble creating certain sounds. Looking back I don’t think the speech therapist was trying to m...

It starts by thinking about those people who laughed at you and letting go of those grudges. The next step is letting go of your view of what "perfect" is. You ARE perfect. You need to understand this...

Thank you for sharing your experience. Correct me if I'm wrong.. so long story short, you began stuttering on her name, then this concept spread out to words that start with an /M/, and gradually this...

Confused

Confused Hello all, first off let me say that this group helps me a lot and reminds me that I’m not alone in this journey. So basically I have a mild stutter my whole life, you probably wouldn’t even ...

You might try adjusting your post stutter mindset. Are you dwelling on your stutter after the fact? That could be detrimental....

Do not make her self conscious that she stutter. That she has some kind of problem that has to correct. She is just learning words and how to express herself. Chance´s are that she will outgrow the...

I don’t with myself or when speaking to my kids. My stutter seems to be mostly anxiety related. It’s the worst if I’m going through a stressful time or major life change. Realizing this has actually h...

Or it shows you, the problems lies somewhere else. Could it mean that you're able to speak fluently at all times but you are just preventing yourself from doing so by something unconcious? Take a bett...

Good thinking. I’ll absorb what you said and try to implement it in my daily speech. There was a period where I tried nothing, no techniques, no rushing or forcing (just perhaps subconsciously). I spo...

I recommend unlearning overreliance on interventions, conditioned responses or neuroplastic pain to execute speech motor plans. Additionally, I suggest unlinking triggers from speech performance, and ...