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Please never start taking benzos for situations where you “need to socialize”. It’s very easy to accidentally develop a debilitating physical dependency (different from psychological addiction). Se...

Since Stuttering is so individualized, for me, I practiced saying my name every day for half a year in front of my bathroom mirror. I desensitized myself from the fear and anxiety so now my name ju...

First rule of stuttering parents: name your child something you can easily say. I’m not joking at all. This was a serious concern when naming my child. I’ve had to suffer through my own name my enti...

This is the reason why I skip the first class of every semester. I can't say my name without a heavy block and if there is a crowd of students, things are even worse....

This is sooo true man,at times we say the words we know we won't stutter on...

Help please,i often stutter cause i try to say two words at the same time with same meaning,how can i fix it

Help please,i often stutter cause i try to say two words at the same time with same meaning,how can i fix it ...

Stuttered in class

Stuttered in class So today is my first day of classes for the new semester. I went to class today trying to hype myself up for the introduction part but when it came to my turn I just couldn’t do it....

Is this Larry Stein under that user name???? If it's about modeling...I still stutter while modeling and repeating affirmations!!!...

I'm on SSRI for years and had a bad block last week in a meeting. Couldn't say the person's name. Eventually stuttered and got it out. And I don't stutter most of the time except when I pych myself ou...

same here, i used to get blocks on words starting with p... what i do is that i slightly touch my lips when saying 'p'...

What is this? I don't stutter, but I "block", and it only happens when I'm anxious. The anxiety can be due to speaking in front of a crowd, or it can be anticipatory anxiety about a certain word that begins with a certain letter that I know I've blocked on in the past.

What is this? I don't stutter, but I "block", and it only happens when I'm anxious. The anxiety can be due to speaking in front of a crowd, or it can be anticipatory anxiety about a certain word that ...

If you stutter with “p” then what methods did you use to reduce the stuttering on that consonant?

If you stutter with “p” then what methods did you use to reduce the stuttering on that consonant? ...

In person I talk mostly normally, no issues. On the phone I stammer a lot if it's not a close friend because I feel like people are busy and need to rush through it. I even sometimes stammer on the ph...

Amazing video! Tips to improve stuttering: * outgrowing stuttering is extremely hard \[finger trap mechanism\], because we want to do what our instinct doesn't want \[protection mechanism\] \[counter...

I'm sorry to disagree but this kind of attitude tends to lead to having an endless junk drawer of words you will fear anticipate blocking on. Clear the drawer and don't avoid those words. You can sa...

Try to start sentences with words that don't give you blocks, like if the word "my" makes you block as you said, start the sentence with "so my" or "okay my" or something. Something that makes me bloc...

Per professionals w training in dysfluency who have helped themselves and many many others, you are asking the right question! You have to add these other steps in to move past the blocks. We block ...

Hey!! So my psych class that met yesterday was very difficult- the prof made us talk to the ppl sitting by us and then we had to introduce them which is fine but I wanted to say it as fast as possible...

Thank you so much everyone, will do follow your guidelines and let you know. Apart from these other suggestions are welcome too, personally for me i have issues in pronouncing most words starting with...

Agree. Definitely let them know from the beginning. Immediately makes them stop guessing what could be happening, and breaks the ice a smidge. I always start my "so tell us about yourself" with my nam...