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I also do silent blocks like you. When I do a silent block, I'm checking how much air is pushing against the parts of my mouth (like throat, lips, tongue etc) that make sounds. This helps me decide wh...

Silent blocks

Silent blocks Hello guys. I have a very weird problem that I want to share. Recently I have been overthinking my speech patterns and for some reason developed a silent block. The thing is- it’s comple...

I feel for you. Everyone’s facial expressions change and they try figure out what’s happening or look at me like I having a stroke and the conversation stops....

Yes definitely, the advice I have to get over blocks is: * Can you speak right now and stutter? After you blocked just now, notice how you just now stuttered and ask yourself: 'Did I (in any way) ant...

the worst is when you're in the car with other ppl. I once had to say a place to get directions loaded up \*didnt want to type while driving\* and oh damn it was so bad 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I almost said fu...

A block happens *because* you are trying too hard to not have repetitions . So, when you stop trying, the blocks go away....

Well you see if someone has a block or not. Even if those blocks are silent you still see that the other persons want to say something....

I'd say it's just genetics my friend, my Mom has/had a stutter my sister as well they both learned to control it very well to where it's almost unnoticeable me on the other hand is much different lol ...

A block is basically the clamping shut of vocal chords *because we’re are trying so hard to not stutter*. I suspect the cracking voice comes from this too. When I’m even subconsciously worrying abou...

I stutter when talking to my Alexa device even when no one else is around...does that count?...

Yeah I don't get repetition very often at all. Occasionally if I REALLY try to force through a block. I know what you mean by pressure in your head. If I really sit there and try to fight through it i...

I never have repetition , I was somehow able to fix that when I was younger. I get blocks.. sometimes completely stuck. I cant replicate the sensation, so I can practice on fixing it. I do notice I ...

>*Maybe a better way I can phrase my question is if the physiological or mechanical reason for a speech block is not a sort of involuntary valsava maneuver. Then what is?* You can test this out fo...

Maybe a better way I can phrase my question is if the physiological or mechanical reason for a speech block is not a sort of involuntary valsava maneuver. Then what is?...

The valsava hypothesis states that we close the larynx in anticipation of speech and block airflow. https://stutter.ca/articles/2014/07/what-causes-stuttering-valsalva-hypothesis I understand the po...

I can definitely relate, it is very much a viscious self perpetuating cycle. Not sure what prompted it as a child but it certainly has snowballed into something deeply embedded....

In my case at least it seems like a PTSD response. When I was a little kid I used to have to rush my words because my family would never let me finish my sentence they would always talk over me, so I ...

This does make sense. When I was younger I had the classic stammer and repetition but as I got older the block became the problem and the repetition mostly gone. It's funny though cuz like having repe...

Exactly! That’s classic covert stuttering. You block bc you are trying so hard to (successfully) hide repetitions. Does that make sense?...

For me it's mainly only blocks very very rarely to I actually have repetition and tbh the repetition doesn't bother me even when it does happen. It's the blocks...