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postr/StutterApr 12, 2024
4 points

Performance Anxiety

Performance Anxiety Does performance anxiety also make your stutter worse? I feel like my stutter goes away (or reduce) after I’m out of a situation. It’s like an instant switch. Has anybody else deal...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/FlightSeverity & Fluctuation
postr/StutterApr 12, 2024
5 points

Interruption from the others gave me stutter

Interruption from the others gave me stutter Hi! My long-long-gone stutter reappeared after moving into another country, and I strongly suspect that it happened because of my new Arabic friends. In ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentListener Reactions+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 11, 2024
2 points

Practice all what you're going to say, try to have pauses before blocks don't forget to breathe . For me I try to look confident and I try to talk with a rhythm with a gentle voice this help me ( I ...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Fluency TechniquesStress & Fight/FlightMindfulness & Breathing
commentr/StutterApr 11, 2024
9 points

It’s never easy to guess. At moments i wanted people to help me finish my sentence and other moments i wanted to finish them myself. Under no circumstances however do i want people to say “calm down” ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterApr 11, 2024
1 points

I’m gonna be honest I’m still freaking out a little bit but I just sneezed and somehow that calmed me down?...

Causes & Variability
Stress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2024
2 points

Do you think that happened from the anesthesia or the surgery since the tonsils are so close to the vocal cords? Or maybe psychological stress from the surgery itself?...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightTrauma & PsychologicalAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2024
1 points

This is helpful but when you meet people from the very native place you belong to, if you change your accent or tone you come across as someone who is pretending or being haughty. I usually fall into ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2024
1 points

Hi, you’re not too late ( : So glad you wanna get the recommendations I listed. Some of the key points I took from these courses are basically to not hold your expression back when you speak or act...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Overthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/FlightEnergy & Biological Rhythms+2 more
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2024
2 points

Interesting, it does sound like both of our stutters could be stress related! I think I'm just struggling with the head pains and piecing together pieces that don't fit... Plus I really don't enjoy ge...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2024
2 points

This has happened to me over the past few months. I am in my late-20s, and I never struggled with stuttering or similar speech issues in adulthood before, though I did need to work with a speech patho...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2024
1 points

I would trade an arm and a leg for confident fluent speech. Its more of a disability than being handicapped because verbal communication is necessary for survival. It is the cause of so much stress to...

Causes & VariabilitySocial & Relationships
Severity & FluctuationStress & Fight/FlightQuality of Life
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2024
3 points

I'm 26 - my father passed away 2 years ago and the emotional stress of that manifested as benign fasciculation syndrome (my muscles twitch randomly), so it's no stretch to see how a stutter might form...

Causes & Variability
Stress & Fight/FlightTrauma & Psychological
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2024
3 points

Easier said than done when you have a severe stutter, block 10 seconds on every word and talking as result draisn all your energy....

Causes & Variability
Severity & FluctuationStress & Fight/Flight
postr/StutterApr 9, 2024
20 points

Possible Treatment For Stuttering

Possible Treatment For Stuttering After deep diving and doing research, I stumbled upon a fascinating video (attached below). This led me down a path to explore TMS and it’s application. If you can d...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Neurological & BrainAnxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
commentr/StutterApr 9, 2024
2 points

I’m no expert but it sounds like many of our same issues. How old are you? Did anything either physically or emotionally stressful happen before these symptoms started? We’re all here for you....

Causes & Variability
Stress & Fight/FlightTrauma & Psychological
commentr/StutterApr 9, 2024
4 points

I just let go of worrying that I'd be judged. I used to complain here on this subreddit alot and I just feel like it's a waste. You going to have to just push regardless of what people think of you. I...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Mindset shiftAcceptance & PrideStress & Fight/Flight
postr/StutterApr 9, 2024
10 points

People who underwent anesthesia for medical procedures: how did it affect your stutter?

People who underwent anesthesia for medical procedures: how did it affect your stutter? I’m potentially getting an endoscopy soon and was told that for the procedure I would be put in “twilight sedati...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & VariabilityMeds & Substances
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/FlightTrauma & Psychological+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 9, 2024
3 points

Thanks for advice lately I feel that no one gets its what I’m going through. it feels like I hit a brick wall lately. Like speaking takes up so much energy, it I can be so draining....

Causes & Variability
Severity & FluctuationStress & Fight/Flight
postr/StutterApr 8, 2024
5 points

Tension Headaches

Tension Headaches Just wanted to see if there’s any doctors here who might be able to give some insight about this. I’m a person who stutters, (24 M) mild-moderate and very occasionally severe when ...

Speech & StutteringCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Physical TensionStress & Fight/FlightNeurological & Brain+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 7, 2024
6 points

Stuttering doesn’t necessarily mean repeating the same sounds like “S s stuttering”. I have a severe stutter and mostly experience blocks, and in most cases, I can’t even release the first sound, just...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Blocks & StoppagesPhysical TensionStress & Fight/Flight