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I'm going to theorize... Speech is communication. When you're talking to yourself, it's not communication. There's no other party listening. As such, you're not critiquing your speech. When others a...

Do you have to talk much? Most people I know love the sound of their own voice. You could just listen. Nod. Answer questions etc. Do you feel like you have to make conversation? Sometimes I feel lik...

Understanding OP's post more, I think this is kind of the wrong question to ask? Fluent speakers don't stutter period. Stuttering starts in the mind with anticipation and control. Fluent speakers ma...

by "short fuse" do you mean getting angry easily, or do you mean not able to focus on something for long time?...

Just know the one who is most bothered my the stutter and hears it the most are us like for example like 2 months ago I had a bad day and was with my grandma. I felt self conscious talking to her and ...

I think that being self-conscious has positive effects and negative effects. I argue that too much self-consciousness (about your 'stutter triggers' for example) can lead to more anxiety. My argumen...

This is quite tricky but here's a few thoughts off the top of my head. If you're anxious you're already in fight, flight, freeze mode, so fighting yourself in the middle of that is only going to make...

I stutter no matter in what situation or what I'm doing, and my anxiety and if I'm calm or not also plays a big role, sometimes I can have big blocks or severe stutters, and even get stuck on certain ...

Just Wondering.... ???

Just Wondering.... ??? I was just wondering if this just happens to me or is a common issue between persons who stutter. While I´m alone and thinking I tend to DISCUSS with someone imaginary in my h...

I feel the same way when I was your age but the best thing to do is to just do it without thinking about the worse. You going to meet a lot of cool people that don't care about your stutter so just be...

Speak here and now.Do not scroll through the same phrase in your head, you only increase the pressure. Gesticulation, it really distracts and thoughts are easier to formulate...

making phone calls right after waking up

making phone calls right after waking up I noticed when I make phone calls right after waking up, I'm not as nervous & my mind is somewhere else. means that I'm less tense. just *had* to make a p...

I think it’s important for you to understand that the words you struggle with are no different to any other words. You should stop treating them as some tough words. The more you think those are tough...

It’s like training wheels. Yes, maybe it’s good to let the kid fall on their face, but some kids aren’t strong enough for that. I regularly see ppl here say they block when they imagine talking to...

Absolutely. I find that I can’t wake up too late or else I’ll be too energetic and can’t focus on my speech. If I wake up too early, then I’ll be groggy and I also can’t focus on my speech. If I wake ...

I appreciate the reply. It appears that stuttering is largely just inhibition that manifests in speech. My assumption is that the inhibition manifests in a person primarily in their speech because spe...

I really appreciate this long and helpful response! I have heard references to content in the DIVA model but had never heard of this model directly. Thanks for sharing it, I will have to look more int...

Blocks leading to confusion

Blocks leading to confusion Does anyone else forget what they are talking about when they have a block? Like you are worried about what you look like or how you sound and then you forget your sentence...

Open discussion: How did we create stuttering anticipation?

Open discussion: How did we create stuttering anticipation? Let's consider a hypothetical feared letter /P/. How can people who stutter (PWS) create stuttering anticipation on the letter /P/? Based o...

Yup. Exactly the same as me. Its basically an intense fear of failing speech. This intense fear for failing speech, is ironically what makes us stutter or "fail speech". It's this anxiety loop we get...