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If people would simply be okay with my stutter and not so weird about it I could function a lot better. They all see me as a defective lawsuit risk who isn't fun to be around....

Absolute nightmare 😈...

What do you mean?...

Yes; all the time ....

Personally, I manage my severe anxiety by taking a SSRI, Lexapro. It’s been life changing for my anxiety, and therefore indirectly improves my speech too because I’m not so anxious in social settings...

My speech always suffers when I don’t get a quality night’s sleep and if I drink caffeine and/or sugary sodas and foods. I drink a a strong chamomile tea 1 hr before bed and I sleep so much better. ...

My strategy is: Slow down your rate of speech Deep breathe in through your nose Gentle exhale whilst starting the first word with a soft/gentle onset. LinkYourWords Stretch your vowels If you feel a ...

Yep, definitely lowers inhibition, self monitoring and boosts confidence as long as you don’t go too far and become overly dependent on it. It’s amazing how GABA calms and relaxes the mind. That’s e...

Woah, that's so much more extreme than what we did, lol. We did a similar thing, except one person would pretend to be the restaurant. Calling an actual restaurant is cruel...

I went as a kid. I remember this awful exercise where would we call restaurants and place fake orders, to get us used to talking on the phone. ...

Does anyone have interesting speech therapy stories?

Does anyone have interesting speech therapy stories? I'll start. Went to speech therapy from elementary school through middle school. Twice a week for 8 years and I feel like I don't have a whole lot ...

[This can get you started](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Input_hypothesis), but your experience breaks down my theory a little bit. After becoming fluent in Spanish later in life and living abroad, I...

Very brave of you!!! Well done, that’s seriously a massive thing....

A couple examples come to mind. One time, in an english presentation in high school, I simply couldn't speak. Full block stutter. Standing there, eyes bulging for a good 30 seconds before my partner...

Great video! Thank you for sharing. 🙂...

I'm completely fluent and live in the US, and I'd say my vocabulary is bigger in English than Spanish. Any link you could provide? Is it a paper or a book?...

Funny story, I knew I became fully fluent in my second language when I started stuttering in it. How good is your English? I've studied second language acquisition professionally and I think Steven ...

Yes! The worst is saying my own name. ...

It's citalopram that I'm going to stop taking. Because I lose a lot of hair from it. That's why I'm stopping it. I'm also going to stop taking ablify soon and switch to asenapine. I lost a lot of hair...

100% recommend attending an event for people who stutter (either through the National Stuttering Association or somewhere else), it'll be uncomfortable at first and you might stutter more, but that's ...