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This is just what I do and helps me a lot: Tap your finger on ur thigh on every single syllable you say. This type of physical movement helps get the stuck syllable out. People usually do “ummm”, eye ...

There are three types of stuttering- repetitions (a-a-apple), blocks (can't get a word out), and a third one idk what its called (aaaaaa-apple). I typically have the blocks which is a love-hate relati...

It could have something to do with confidence. I’m much more fluent in English than in other languages as it is my native language, and I tend to stutter much less while speaking it than in other lang...

Akin to blackface? Yeah not at all. It is a learning tool. Put yourself in those shoes. See how it feels. Any professor worth their salt will have you do this! Decide how you want to pseudostutt...

Yes. After a day of talking and blocking, my whole jaw aches....

who else exhales a bit hard before before they speak to help fluency. that can be super draining sometimes too....

Definitely! My torso even gets tired. I don't think it's from the speaking so much as the tension I hold in my body when trying to speak. It can be very draining, I agree....

Definitely! My torso even gets tired. I don't think it's from the speaking so much as the tension I hold in my body when trying to speak. It can be very draining, I agree....

Can we talk about physical mouth tiredness

Can we talk about physical mouth tiredness After speaking for a length of time I often feel emotionally drained, especially if I have stuttered a lot. But something else which is maybe less talked a...

Glad to have you! I've been in speech therapy for about a year now after not doing it since high school. We're working on several things, one being noticing secondary behaviors like looking away or ti...

First off, just wanna say I’ve been there a million times. I know those moments are tough and weigh on you but try not to let it get you down. It wasn’t the first and it won’t be the last, but with a ...

avoidance and secondary behaviors do not come out of nowhere. They are learned and(most of the time)only present in developmental stutterers. they grow up with these behaviors and many children who ou...

I am having trouble applying any reliable strategy while speaking anymore,i even feel tension in my legs and the rest of my body,it is pure agony and the more you tense up,the less likely you are to p...

I am getting through the day terribly,completely abdicating from speaking/phone calls escalate my stutter.I have gone to therapy and the conclusion wasnt something i wasnt aware of-i have an innate ab...

My stutter has reached a culmination point.

My stutter has reached a culmination point. I feel so melancholic,embarrassed and ashamed of myself.I feel like i have always exhibited stuttering in some shape or another,but now it has evolved into ...

There are days where I feel like I'm fighting for every word. I just have to push through. The good news is that best practices right now place the teacher more in the role of facilitator than dispens...

Thanks for your reply My class is fine, so much better than the one from the last school. I almost never got any unpleasant commentaries from them. But it happened sometimes, and several of them maki...

Stuttering less when not holding eye contact

Stuttering less when not holding eye contact Hey there, This is my first post here, I've had a stutter since I was 4 years old and it feels like it's getting a bit worse nowadays (mainly blocks with ...

We sometimes make weird face expressions while being stuck in a stutter...

My son has quite a severe stutter. He has the hardest time getting out the very first sound, he gets stuck and sometimes no sound comes out at all the first few tries, then the rest flows for a while ...