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Does anyone stutter on words/abbreviations where the letter repeats itself? (abbreviations like SST, GTT)

Does anyone stutter on words/abbreviations where the letter repeats itself? (abbreviations like SST, GTT) I work in a pathology lab where one of the blood tubes abbreviation is SST and a blood test Gl...

Me too. I think most stutterers have this. It’s the worst 😞...

My block stutter is the worse when I introduce myself lol. People stare at me and say “so you don’t know your name?”...

Ive been stuttering since I was 5. And yup, I had the traditional type of stutter. However, it progressed to speech blocks as I got older. I attempt to get through it by substituting words etc, but ha...

I rarely repeat syllables/words/sounds. My major problem is blocking. I just can't move, my voice box can't make a sound. Inside my body I've been trying to take note recently of what exactly is go...

Michael Pittman, a pro football player, compared it to paralysis: “he described the feeling of being stuck midsentence while trying to convey a thought as comparable to paralysis, “Where you can’t mov...

Tips to improve stuttering from the research study: "Recovery and Relapse: Perspectives From Adults Who Stutter" (2020) by Seth and Yaruss

Tips to improve stuttering from the research study: "Recovery and Relapse: Perspectives From Adults Who Stutter" (2020) by Seth and Yaruss This is my attempt to extract tips from [this](https://pubs.a...

Describing the feeling of stuttering

Describing the feeling of stuttering The other day I had a pretty bad stuttering fit, where I couldn’t get a single word out without stuttering. I would get stuck on the first two or three words and r...

Whenever you do it . I have a block stutter. So whenever I stop talking and can’t continue even when meeting someone new, or being on the phone , I’m still somehow able to say “sorry I have a stutter...

Although I stutter, I do not identify as a stutterer. Rather, occasionally I have trouble speaking. Just changing your identity mindset helps you speak 5-10% better, and that's better than nothing. ...

That feel when you have a block and the other person thinks it’s the end of the sentence and you just end up having no choice but letting it go...

I had such a bad block in a drive thru, late at night, that they thought I was drunk driving and called the police....

the blocks are my main issue. its what makes me look the weirdest when I try to introduce myself to someone...

Usually yes, even in front of people. I remember in Elementary School when we did the speed reading test, I was one of the fastest in my class and I was usually very fluently. Now is more like this: i...

I have blocks that i can never get past lol when i try to breathe and relax it still doesn't get out 🤣...

I close my eyes and duck my head as well. I hate it but it feels outside my control and it's very hard to stop....

Stuttering blocks

Stuttering blocks So while I’m OK with being like this forever I swear the blocks be killing me 😂 especially when I haven’t even said the word yet but my throat says NOPE! People looking at me crazy ...

Definitely, you and many other PWS know well in advance what word we are going to stutter on. We may anticipate or scan for feared words \[future-focused\], also often we excessively check the outcome...

Omg yess .. I was just on the phone with my mom for about 2 hours and every single word omg I felt like I was suffocating and it was so frustrating....

This concept of private “flow” has fucked with me forever. I’ve been searching and finding the make up of creating flow. Stuttering only tip of the iceberg. It gives us a doorway. Also wild how it...