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commentr/StutterFeb 18, 2020
2 points

Yeah I can’t tell if it has anything to do with my stutter or not either. I first noticed this “writing stutter” when I was around 15 years old and I didn’t actually start stuttering when speaking unt...

Speech & Stuttering
Onset & Life-Stage ChangesPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterFeb 18, 2020
1 points

This happens to me too! I thought I was the only one who had this, although I do think that it has something to do with my stutter....

Speech & Stuttering
Physical Tension
commentr/StutterFeb 18, 2020
1 points

I definitely should but rn I'm just too afraid of doing this. Havent talked on phone for months now and the fear just keeps going up. My face to face convos are pretty bad too. I often have blocks of ...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & AgencyBlocks & Stoppages+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 18, 2020
1 points

Similar thing happens to me. Whenever I'm about to write a "complex" letter like 'm' or 'w', my hand freezes for a second and I need to write the letter out slowly. It interrupts my pace when I'm writ...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Physical TensionAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterFeb 18, 2020
1 points

This happens to me when I'm on prednisone for my asthma. It's scary, sometimes I can't even sign my own name....

Meds & SubstancesSpeech & Stuttering
Harmful Med OutcomesPhysical Tension
postr/StutterFeb 18, 2020
11 points

Stutter when writing

Stutter when writing Anybody else stutter when writing too? Like when I try to write certain letters I sort of have this hand tremor and struggle to get the letter started, much like when trying to ta...

Speech & Stuttering
Physical Tension
commentr/StutterFeb 12, 2020
2 points

I’m so glad you put the part about your muscles straining! I never noticed that is what happens to me until I recorded myself stuttering and struggling over words. FKN SUCKS!!!! To somewhat answer you...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Physical TensionEnergy & Biological Rhythms
postr/StutterFeb 12, 2020
8 points

Is it common to stutter more when you're hungry?

Is it common to stutter more when you're hungry? I'm 21 and I've been stuttering since I was 10. It's still the most inconvenient thing in the world but I've started seeing it as a part of life now. ...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Energy & Biological RhythmsPhysical TensionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterFeb 12, 2020
2 points

I know how your son feels mate. around the same age i used to clap, hit myself to able to speak a few words. I would be honest with him and tell him that just like anything, he has to practice to be a...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposurePhysical TensionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterFeb 12, 2020
7 points

I would look into some type of fluency boot camp program. I was 26 when I attended my first one and it's been the only thing that was truly helped me. This program was a 3 week summer program of 5 h...

Therapy & ProfessionalCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Positive Therapy TechniquesSituational VariabilityPhysical Tension
postr/StutterFeb 12, 2020
49 points

My 13yr old son has a stutter and im at a loss how to help him.

My 13yr old son has a stutter and im at a loss how to help him. Brief history. Started around age 6. Got worse (still getting worse IMHO). He stutters almost every word. Its hesitant rather than stamm...

Speech & StutteringParent & CaregiverSchool & Work
Physical TensionEarly Concern & OnsetSchool & Academic Life+1 more
postr/StutterFeb 11, 2020
58 points

Finally able to maintain eye contact!

Finally able to maintain eye contact! Not 1 minute ago may have been my first time I consciously maintained eye contact during a block. The sentence was, "What are the chances all the instructors are...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionPhysical TensionAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterFeb 9, 2020
0 points

Can stuttering prevented you from lasting during sex

Can stuttering prevented you from lasting during sex Throwaway for obvious reason. (M/27) I've had a mild stutter my whole life and seen many therapists who did little to help. I've read that part ...

Speech & StutteringCauses & VariabilitySocial & Relationships
Physical TensionStress & Fight/FlightDating & Romance
commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2020
1 points

Well man, i got blocks too, i can share you some jaw exercises to calm, it helps in the begining...

Speech & Stuttering
Physical Tension
commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2020
1 points

I tend to lift the right eyebrow and lower the left. However, I find it's habitual, and I can trend away from it if I focus on it. - There's also the gaze avoidance thing, but that's already covere...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Physical TensionOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterFeb 7, 2020
1 points

Bounce on the balls on my feet, making a very tight fist with my left hand, and closing my eyes really tight for a moment....

Speech & Stuttering
Physical Tension
postr/StutterFeb 7, 2020
6 points

Secondary behavior

Secondary behavior Hello my speech therapist told me about this website. So what are your secondary behaviors? Mine are blinking eyes lips pushing together touch my face....

Speech & Stuttering
Physical Tension
commentr/StutterFeb 5, 2020
1 points

It’s pretty bad if it’s anyone except me that he is trying to talk to. Even when he talks to me, he has a pretty major block every couple sentences, like the kind where his jaw kind of locks up and it...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & StoppagesPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterFeb 3, 2020
1 points

It isn't something I consciously think about when I'm doing it, honestly. I'm not immediately thinking about how I'm perceived by the other person when I shut my eyes and look away (mostly towards the...

Speech & Stuttering
Physical Tension
commentr/StutterFeb 3, 2020
1 points

Yeah, almost uncontrollably so. And then when I do finally look back at them I'm always worried about their expression which makes it worse....

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Anxiety & Social JudgmentPhysical Tension