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This is very very common textbook blocking. You block bc you are so ashamed for others to hear your repetitions, that you force so hard to get the words out, your vocal chords literally clamp shut. ...

I cannot do a full greeting on the phone due to stuttering on my name, which is fine for customers because they don’t care who they are speaking to.. however I had my BOSS (who is very aware of my spe...

I’ve had people do the hand gesture of “hurry up/go on”, or people screaming “WHAT?” before I’ve managed to get any sound out. It absolutely baffles me every time....

I have blocks come up every day. I push through them. It can be a little nerve-racking going job hunting. When I go to job interview I let the interviewers know in the beginning I have a stutter. Y...

Yes. I would give ALOT to just be able to speak like a "normal" human speaks. Without those blocks inside my own mind and throat. Im 41 and had the gift/curse/superpower(wut?) since I was 6. It doesnt...

I don't think I've ever blocked for 30 seconds. I've seen videos of people with worse stutters than I ever had, although I went years without being able to string a fluent sentence together, but not 3...

Thanks, I’ll try that. I definitely want to move toward confronting this stuff instead of running from it. When you say voluntary repetitions (in the mirror), do you mean voluntarily stuttering on p...

Your brain perceives it as another person bc that’s the intended audience. Blocking is a mild form of panic - if you can speak fine when alone but struggle to even say your own name around others, th...

Once I used a pay phone years ago and when my friend answered the phone, I stuttered so bad and got no words out. The timer ran out on said pay phone and I had to put more money in then the same thing...

I am not sure, I think that the intensity of the blockages for us and how our throats tighten up during it can cause the facial conversion....

When I was about 13 or 14 years old, I was sitting in a restaurant with my Dad and for some odd reason he was really pressuring me to say 'thank you' after every time our waiter came by. I wasn't extr...

Yeah we had to used the greeting too, such a nightmare it was a long greeting, every single time I answered I’d get stuck. My managers would do that same they’d make sure we used the greeting. I’ve si...

Yeah I think not being able to see people’s facial expressions and body language is a big one and I also think getting a phone call catches me off guard so I’m not prepared like I sorta would be for a...

Happened to me when I was working in retail was on the phone to a customer who was asking about stock, stuttered so bad I just slammed the receiver down. Got someone else to re-dial the number...

Stuttering worse on the phone

Stuttering worse on the phone I find I stutter much worse on the phone, I’ve heard a lot of people say the same. Does anyone know why exactly that happens. I find on the phone sometimes I can hardly ...

What's with all this anticipated blocks and anticipted stutterings?? I never ever anticipate and I never ever know what I will stutter on...I never feel stutter or blocks coming on..yest I stilll stu...

Had one very early on. Doesn’t really work with blocking, which I had recently started developing instead of just a normal stutter. Personally I haven’t really heard of anyone having great luck with i...

I do to occasionally. But it’s a lot less likely than stuttering trying to say a longer word. I think saying a single letter out loud is generally speaking easier than the whole word (except “w” mayb...

What if I tell you I block saying "Yes" and "No"? Those are one syllable words....

This is textbook “blocking” from covert stuttering, which is actually a more impactful form of dysfluency. Read my recent comments in this sub to see how to be able to say your name etc...