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I do the exact same and speak in a rush instead of taking my time. Recently I've been trying to practice speaking calmly as I normally panic as well as just being silent in between words so I can thi...

That's an interesting perspective! Yeah I do feel like sometimes, being more comfortable can paradoxically make us stutter more. I've been trying to find techniques to help me be a bit more fluent my...

How good is your vocabulary?

How good is your vocabulary? I feel like mine is terrible, I always sound like a kid speaking. This is one of the things I hate the most about having a stutter. I try to read books but when it's t...

Of course, we can. The fact is that we need to constantly practice communicating, primarily with strangers, in order to master the art of fluency. I don't believe it is a neurological issue for the re...

It's hard to know what will help in your case. I can say recording and editing myself helped me some. In my case I talk too fast and to quiet so and comparing my recordings to others helped me see th...

Tips to improve stuttering according to the research study: "A perspective on stuttering: feeling a loss of control" (apply socratic questioning; build tolerance for sensing a loss of control during a feared word; work on the struggle of coping with a loss of control of the speech mechanism)

Tips to improve stuttering according to the research study: "A perspective on stuttering: feeling a loss of control" (apply socratic questioning; build tolerance for sensing a loss of control during a...

Will pretending I’m recording myself help? Thoughts?

Will pretending I’m recording myself help? Thoughts? I’m learning a language and I want to improve my speaking ability in that language and I feel like my stutter really hinders it. I think a lot of...

In my opinion: Neurological factors - in developmental stuttering - refer to the structure and function of the brain areas involved in speech production, motor control, and language processing. Env...

I have a theory so I’m bilingual and so my theory is that since they didn’t properly teach me two languages and my little 5 year brain didn’t know how to separate the sounds from English and Spanish t...

I hate high school and being a teenager

I hate high school and being a teenager Im 16M, and honestly, im so tired of this shit... Everyday in school is suffering: first, the anxiety that i will get picked out to read out loud, and then the ...

Is good that you are aware of both personalities. I don´t think you are crazy or anything like that. We all have a little voice in the head we call it thought. If you can dissociate and observe one p...

Thanks for your comment. Your situation sounds exactly like mine. I feel the block coming and know when I will block. I will find another word or just try to force it out but forcing it out hurts my m...

For me it can actually make it worse. I get a lot of things that I wanna say but I think it too fast for my mouth and it's a mess lol...

Hey! I'm a speech therapist and I stutter too. I can try to shed some light on this, but the research is still ongoing. I'll give you the simple explanation and the more science-y one: People who stu...

Welcome aboard! Im sorry to hear about your parents. It's hard to deal with, especially with little support. But you are not alone. We are all here for you! You make a great observation with the ov...

I thought I had gotten over my stutter but I was wrong.

I thought I had gotten over my stutter but I was wrong. for context i used to stutter a lot from class 5th to class 8th, to the point where i had to take a friend with me to tell the teacher what i wa...

I apologise for not having the time to respond to your entire post. For now since I read the article about the variable release threshold, and I keep the threshold down, it results in subconscious flu...

Used to stutter (once per sentence~) between 13-18, I'd like to share why I believe I no longer do

Used to stutter (once per sentence~) between 13-18, I'd like to share why I believe I no longer do I didn't read anybody else's advice on reducing stuttering, this is my first time in this sub. I ment...

I'm a stepdad to my girlfriend's 6 year old. I've been in his life full time since he was like 2 years old, so for extensively his whole life. Granted, my stutter is normally on the more mild side, bu...

I Hold Back Until My Censor Approved What I Have To Say

I Hold Back Until My Censor Approved What I Have To Say *I remember clearly when I was a little boy my mother did not like that I cursed. She hated it. So everytime I curse while talking she yelled at...