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That's fascinating! I never actually noticed how stuttering increases as the complexity of the speaking task increases, but thinking on it now, I totally see what you mean. Alcohol definitely dumbs do...

How mind altering substances affect fluent or cognitive complexity? I am sure there are. Just google it!...

I literally only thought that was in cartoons, lol. ...

I see how this makes sense, but it's not related to blocks, for me, and it's not a behavior I developed in regards to stuttering, at least not consciously. It just happens for as long as I can remembe...

Are there written works on yhis subject?...

SLP here, there are many factors as to why some people are fluent when drinking. One reason could be your are not "thinking" about what your are going to say as much. When tipsy ideas and words jus...

Go for it. I sort of fell into journalism because the school I'm going to didn't offer English as a major. Did you know that John Stossel of Fox News stutters? Or Byron Pitts, who was one of CBS News'...

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You don't stutter when you're drunk the same reason you woke up with that tribal tattoo on your face; alcohol affects neurotransmitters (GABA/Glutamate/Dopamine) in the brain that regulate how you fee...

You swallow? PM me. All kidding aside, maybe it's a secondary behavior you developed to counter your throat tensing up during speech? You know, like a block. Sometimes PWS will swallow, yawn, or cough...

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It's kind of a long story, but a friend of mine was a journalism major and talked me into it. I got really involved in going and "covering" some protests in the capital of my state. He told me that's ...

I only know one person who stutters who enjoys public speaking. She's actually a fantastic person. I wrote a story about her for a journalism capstone class. [Here she is giving a Tedx Talk.](https://...

Hey! I'm also 22 and majoring in journalism; currently working on my associate's. Why journalism?...

Part of stuttering is the worry before hand. Once you cut out the emotional part it isn't such a big deal. When you're drunk you don't care what others think and you just enjoy yourself. As you said b...

Does anyone else feel a need to swallow in nervous situations?

Does anyone else feel a need to swallow in nervous situations? I've noticed that sometimes, when I'm faced with an uncomfortable "challenge" of some kind, like when someone says something to me that I...

When I get drunk, I don't stutter?

When I get drunk, I don't stutter? If I'm sober I'm practically guaranteed to stumble at least once per sentence. However, I've noticed that my stutter becomes less and less noticeable the drunker I g...

Hey dude! I'm about to start my sophomore year of college and I'm still dealing with my stutter after about 11 years of speech therapy (although I have definitely gotten better). I am a CS major and I...

Thank you! Figured I would start with Reddit since it's the online community I go to most often....

You came to the right place is all I can say. ;)...