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Stuttering is one of the least understood 'disabilities'. Its like the hardest parts of psychology and chemistry and neauroscience combined....

Have you seen this site? http://www.valsalva.org/ I came across it last year and bought his book. I found it fascinating and very helpful. Dr. Perry's Valsalva Hypothesis is quite convincing. Check ...

It's almost 2016 and STILL no stutter-cure.

It's almost 2016 and STILL no stutter-cure. Do we have anything even CLOSE to being effective? Somebody please make a list of all the tested/science backed treatments or methods that can alleviate a...

Yea I feel the same way and I have a moderate (sometimes more than moderate) stutter. The worst is when masking/hiding your stutter becomes the centerpiece of your life. Mind you: With the techniques...

Sending love. I know how you feel...

I think there are a number of reasons why we stutter around family, more so parents. We always want to impress our parents, for them to be proud of us. In terms of 'beating the stutter' I think, we b...

This! I've been having trouble expressing myself lately so I have begun writing. It makes for a means of communication and helps me reflect about current events. So good! ...

When I start feeling that way (and I do, a lot), I'll jump on the computer and write an essay. Nothing intellectual or anything. Even if it's just 2,000 words on why I liked season 5 of Buffy, or why ...

Hi xoebox, I hear what you're going through. I've stuttered since I was 5 years old or so (I'm 34 now). I know exactly what you mean when you describe it as "draining". I think that's an excellent wa...

I swear I was just thinking that today. I don't want my stutter to define me, but it's pretty fuckin hard not to let that happen. I just wanna speak normally. when I get a paragraph out smoothly I cel...

I just want to speak.

I just want to speak. Most of the times I stutter, I dismiss it and keep going because it is not worth my time to wallow in my sadness. But every now and again I will realize how idiotic I sound. How ...

I enjoy good periods and take bad periods as they come. Can't do much about it. I refuse to feel sad for a long time about a big block. It's frustrating, for sure. It gets me, for sure. But I don't le...

I'm similar. I sometimes have facial contortions that happen when I stutter, though for me I think they serve to help me get the sound out....

I was echoing the theory presented by Dr. Joseph Sheehan, one of the most respected SLPs out there. I personally agree with what he says and think it's correct, at least for most stutterers. I probabl...

Anddd we will never hear from OP again....

I agree with a previous comment that these high fluency times can sometimes come and go without reason. Based on what you said though, I'd try to decouple fluency with confidence/self-esteem as much a...

I tend to laugh off long and obvious blocks. "lol, that was hard to say for some reason." Taking some joy out of my own humanity makes me feel more resilient and not defined by having a stutter....

You're very welcome! ...

This is why I never bother with anything outside of school and work. Not bothering has helped me prevent extreme variations in moods. If I am talking, it's because I have to in order to get something ...

Yea, the highs and lows. In a low right now myself - depressed at life. I think its best to not let yourself get too high, it just makes the inevitable fall that much worse....