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I don't view it this way. For me it's more like a have a pressure in my head to not stutter even when alone, because if I stutter it makes me feel bad. Which leads to me stuttering even when alone. I...

A lot of coping mechanisms are effective to begin with. Some people tap or pinch themselves for example. Often the effectiveness wares off and you are left with a habitual behaviour that gets in the w...

Very possible. I think it just helps my lips, and throat work better? My stutter fluctuates so much as it is, but my biggest issue has been Bs, and Ms lately. Either way I’m gonna keep exploring this ...

Could it be that it forces you to focus on your speech motor skills? For me, when I’m focused on my speech, I don’t stutter. But it’s hard to direct that focus. When I talk about my stuttering I don’...

Same for me. I usually have to let out an "OH" beforehand. If someone gets a door for me or anything, I will have to be a bit dramatic to get it out. So, "Oh, well, thank you!"...

Openly stuttering is much harder on me too which is why I’ve always worked hard to pass. It doesn’t give me actual pain though 💪...

Passing as fluent and openly stuttering are both exhausting for me. Stuttering gives me tension or even pain in my jaw and mouth....

he also turned frown into power. people would often accuse us of being angry when it's just a secondary behavior. but when a singer frowns while singing, nobody accuses them of anything. they just see...

Yeah, I do. Also when I’m talking to myself, speaking in a mirror, etc. I stutter no matter the situation....

Kind of. You have to relax your abdomen and your Valsalva Mechanism and focus on phonation. According to the Valsalva Hypothesis, stuttering is a confusion between the Brain, Larynx and Valsalva Mecha...

Kinda sorta just picked it up when summer came and I noticed I gained a little weight. Not a lot but enough to be self-conscious about it. So I was constantly walking around and working with taut/pull...

I admire your care and love for her. As someone who stutters too, I understand how overwhelming it can feel, especially when things like twitching, spitting, or involuntary movements show up. It’s not...

Involuntary Arm movement when stuck

Involuntary Arm movement when stuck Like most people, my girlfriend is overwhelmed by her stutter. She doesn't speak much to strangers or in public. She's been wearing a mask to cover mouth because sh...

I'm Polish and my girlfriend's from Mexico - so English is for both our 2nd language. My gf has stuttered since she was 5 and her stutter is quite noticeable in her native Spanish - but she stutter mu...

Once, a girl congratulated me on my new bike, and I just stood there, blankly staring at her, trying to say thank you. But my stutter wouldn’t let me. She even repeated herself twice, thinking I hadn’...

Trauma therapy, dissociation and stuttering

Trauma therapy, dissociation and stuttering I have Complex PTSD and I've been in therapy for years. I'm pretty far along with processing trauma, I don't get flashbacks anymore. But I still have strugg...

I can feel my muscles fight through the stutter, even though the thought itself is fluent. The muscle memory of blocks and weird muscle contortions is always there....

I don't wear a mask (except when I'm sick), but I know that my stutter can make me spit a lot sometimes, or that my tongue sticks out on certain sounds, so I've gotten into the habit of covering my mo...

Oh yeah, they're definitely annoying for many - just more so when you have a bunch of extra mouth movements!...

Social interaction

Social interaction My stuttering gets better when I have one good small talk with someone. The rest of the day, I feel good about how I talk, so I tend not to stutter. But on some days, I don’t talk t...