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Yeah I used to say 'um' in front of words to avoid a block. Will that stopped working as well I added 'the' which resulted in 'the um'. My "friends" made it into a rap. In hindsight, I strongly disc...

Anyone else stutter on B's, D's & G's?

Anyone else stutter on B's, D's & G's? Hello my fellow stutterers. It's kinda crazy that we all stutter on specific sounds and letters. I stutter on vowels too. But my most difficult sounds to s...

Issues pronouncing words correctly

Issues pronouncing words correctly So, in addition to my blocks at the start of every sentence, I'm now unable to pronounce some tones/words because I feel like my mouth and tongue move asymmetrically...

Oh my goodness, every single thing you said about your severe stutter resonates with me 100% I experience these EXACT same problems and on top of it I’ve developed a TMJ in my jaw causing high tensity...

Our speech muscles are very sensitive and when we have fear we tense up. That’s what causes our blocks. Fluent speakers are able to speak completely relaxed with no fear. Try to speak completely relax...

I have a stutter as well. I partially agree with what you are saying, but I think stuttering is a disorder that involves a breakdown of translating thoughts to words. When we write, we are trying to e...

I’ve never been so lonely, but I have no energy to change. In my head, every social interaction is something to be avoided at all costs. Here’s just a little venting and some backstory of my life experiences so far.

I’ve never been so lonely, but I have no energy to change. In my head, every social interaction is something to be avoided at all costs. Here’s just a little venting and some backstory of my life expe...

Yea i get this too, some people think im ipset with them occasionally bc my pitch can get out of wack...

I have similar problems too. There are many times where I just essentially lose control of my pitch/tone of the way I’m speaking and it comes out in a much louder way that what I anticipated and can b...

That’s awesome, sounds he likes you for who you are. I also went on a date yesterday and had a mild stutter. She definitely noticed me avoiding eye contact as I’d contort my facial muscles struggling ...

Spasm of the diaphragm muscle

Spasm of the diaphragm muscle When I start talking, I feel the spasm of the diaphragm muscle. So that the breathing stops. Then get into the stuttering spiral. I think if I control the diaphragm muscl...

I don't remember much because I wasn't aware that time but my palms were all sweaty and cold and my face went red and I could feel a heat running through my whole body. My heart was also beating very ...

serious stuttering issues

serious stuttering issues hi idk if this is the right community for this but here u go so ive had stuttering problems since i was a kid i dont rmb how bad it used to be back then but it got gradually ...

That the tone, force, and volume of my words doesn’t necessarily come out how I mean them. I’m just trying to get words out. I don’t always have control over how they sound. I might sound angry, force...

Talk slow & take pauses after 4-5 words, using a soft voice, gesticulating, a vast vocabulary, eye contact and eliminating secondary behaviours (like grimacing)...

I sympathize with this post, usually when I have blockages my head starts to ache, arguing and talking is literally impossible for me, I just shut up....

I think it is a secondary habit, Majority of people if not all who stutter, develop secondary habits, that they do when they stutter We develop them unconsciously thinking that it will help our stutte...

Does anybody else do that?

Does anybody else do that? When I have a long stutter I always move my head up or down for every time I try to say something. I don't really choose to do it, it just happens. Am I the only one?...

I feel for you. The physical manifestations of the stutter can be embarrassing and physically exhausting. People you are speaking to often don't know how to react just because they've never seen it be...

Stuttering is getting severe…

Stuttering is getting severe… I’m starting to have these hard blocks now especially with certain words where I roll my eyes back and have to rock back and forth to get the word out. I dint know if it’...