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commentr/StutterAug 9, 2023
3 points

Interesting! I sometimes have blocks when reading or thinking, but only when I am REALLY sleep deprived....

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterAug 9, 2023
6 points

When I read and I say the words in my head, I'll sometimes block on them the same exact way I would as if I were speaking them. So this doesn't really surprise me that much....

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterAug 9, 2023
6 points

i experience the same too! my asl teacher mentioned it not knowing i had a stutter. i def thinks it varies person to person, but you’re not alone :)...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Situational VariabilityBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterAug 9, 2023
15 points

I haven’t much, but I have “stuttered” while playing an instrument before....

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Blocks & StoppagesSituational Variability
commentr/StutterAug 9, 2023
3 points

Or it could just be part of your stutter & the ‘repetitions’ are displaying through your body language. 🤔 just trying to figure this out haha....

Speech & Stuttering
Physical TensionBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterAug 9, 2023
3 points

Sounds like you’re getting into a loop or getting stuck in a repetition.. if I’m understanding correctly. This is a real thing. I’m not sure what it’s called but you should definetly mention this to a...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Blocks & StoppagesAnticipating Stuttering
commentr/StutterAug 9, 2023
4 points

Blocks, but my mouth, and apparently my hands, will loop the movement I’m trying to do without producing sound until the block ends. However, I don’t stutter I’m making a sound that doesn’t convey inf...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & StoppagesPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterAug 9, 2023
8 points

Hmm that is very interesting, is your stutter repetitions or blocks or both? Unrelated but kinda related, I couldn’t cough when the doctor asked me to due to a block. My throat/chest locked up I gues...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Blocks & StoppagesTrauma & Psychological
commentr/StutterAug 9, 2023
8 points

Yeah I hope so! It just felt exactly like my stutters. I knew how I needed to move my hands but they weren’t responding the way I wanted them to....

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & StoppagesPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterAug 9, 2023
24 points

I’m not! I also stutter on some, but not all, musical instruments. Mostly just polytonic ones....

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Blocks & StoppagesSituational Variability
commentr/StutterAug 8, 2023
2 points

Whenever I block, I start to laugh a little bit, it eases the conversation at least at my side. Of course it is unacceptable ar certain situations. That’s when I try to click my fingers to get me in t...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesBlocks & StoppagesPhysical Tension
postr/StutterAug 8, 2023
14 points

Stuttering coming back because of college

Stuttering coming back because of college Hi everyone, i recently found this subreddit and I love it, its so nice to see people sharing their experiences. Lately ive been going through a brutal amount...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Stress & Fight/FlightFrustration & AngerBlocks & Stoppages+1 more
commentr/StutterAug 8, 2023
2 points

I have used this in the past and it works like 50% of the time. It's a pretty good trick I just always forget to do it lol. If it fails I just end up breathing out very aggressively as I try to get th...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesBlocks & StoppagesPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterAug 8, 2023
3 points

Sometimes I get so stuck I eventually quit and just say "oh fuck it". makes me and anyone around me laugh...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & SupportSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionHumor & Community ToneBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterAug 7, 2023
2 points

The only reliable way to move through blocks is to stutter your way through them. The reason you block is because you don't want to risk stuttering on the sound....

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & Stoppages
postr/StutterAug 7, 2023
22 points

I am going to high school in 2 days. My stutter right now is kinda severe, and I need a technique to get past the blocks, as they are the only thing I'm very scared of right now. Thanks in advance

I am going to high school in 2 days. My stutter right now is kinda severe, and I need a technique to get past the blocks, as they are the only thing I'm very scared of right now. Thanks in advance ...

Community & SupportSpeech & Stuttering
Advice RequestsBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterAug 7, 2023
1 points

I agree. I talk fluently sometimes with others but starting makes things harder. If I need to ask some questions to someone at that time it becomes harder for me. When I speak long sentences I speak f...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterAug 7, 2023
4 points

I don't stutter when im alone, because i feel more comfortable when no one is listening to me talking. I also stutter less when im speaking english, which is not my native language....

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Situational VariabilityBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterAug 7, 2023
11 points

If I'm by myself, I never stutter. If I have even the slightest expectation that somebody might hear me, like recording a voicemail, I'll stutter again. It really is that expectation we're going to st...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Anxiety & Social JudgmentBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterAug 7, 2023
5 points

One of my favorite stuttering moments is struggling with a word, tripping over it twice, stopping to take a breath, and then purposefully saying it wrong in the way I was struggling. It got a laugh, b...

Community & SupportSpeech & Stuttering
Humor & Community ToneBlocks & Stoppages