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You will need to be careful with this. you cannot be sure that what looks like nodding or even what sounds like "yeah" in a smaller voice means confirmation. "nodding" can be the beginning of an attem...

Thank you for even caring about how we feel. Also, if you are 100% sure that I am going to say "ketchup," then please say it, but if you guessed it wrong, it becomes a problem because it adds more an...

i’m so sorry you have to go through this as well. it’s so fucking exhausting and frustrating. i just don’t get why the anticipation happens. what reason for it if it’s always been said fluently?...

Same experience, during my bachelors, initially clearly able to speak "present" on my roll call during attendance, and one day suddenly not able to pronounce present, or stuttered. Shifted to "yes" wo...

but why does the anticipation happen if you haven’t stuttered on it before ? why would it even come to mind ?...

I call this anticipatory anxiety. It wreaks havoc on our speech!...

why do i suddenly start stuttering on words i said fine before?

why do i suddenly start stuttering on words i said fine before? for example, at work i’ve always been able to say “[place of business], this is [my name] speaking how may i help you?” but one day out...

were you still taking clomipramine. I also stutter, I'm going to start taking clomipramine. how much does it help you?...

I've also stuttered all my life. I'm married with 3 sons. I'm a successful corporate accountant. The phone and video presentations are the hardest. I always tell people I've never talked to before in ...

I'm 39 and my stutter is still here. It has got better though. I really feel that working on it and being positive gets me quite far. It really helped when I started to accept my stutter. I hid it l...

Will my stutter ever go away ?

Will my stutter ever go away ? I had a stutter my whole life tbh wasn’t really that bad or I don’t know maybe I didn’t care when I was young it actually went away in grade 5 6 and 7 and Nobody even ...

I've been stoned for 20 years, lightly. It used to be an impossible expense but now it's an affordable self medicating solution. Coffee, green, sertraline and environmental control (live on my own, ...

Military is like a hell for me

Military is like a hell for me I’m 25 years old and have been stuttering since I was 8. After graduating from university, I had to start my military service. Since joining, my stutter has gotten worse...

Nervous over Date / Severe Stutter

Nervous over Date / Severe Stutter Hello! I have a first date with a girl from hinge this week, and although this is far from being my first time in a date (I’ve gone on plenty) I’m quite nervous for ...

I've tried a few things with the name: I have changed my name but I eventually stutter on my new name as well. I've also done things where I preface saying my name by saying 'I actually stutter pretty...

Very interesting on the breathing. Thanks so much for sharing your experience. I haven't gone super deep on the breathing as you have, but I have had to slow down everything from breathing to enunciat...

What works for me is Fluoxetine (Prozac) which Is an anti-anxiety medication. Others have had success with Sertraline or Lexapro. Do what works for you. I’m not recommending any medications but spea...

Is there a way to prevent anticipatory anxiety? This is one of my biggest problems, which also stops me from expressing myself fully...

Yep, I don’t think I’d take them forever, even though SSRI meds are very well tolerated for prolonged periods. In my line of work where I’m constantly on conference calls, I find it helps with my anx...

I’m significantly less anxious in social settings, which indirectly improves my fluency because I have a lot less anticipatory anxiety around people. Less anxiety, less blocks for me. Other people o...