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I empathize with you greatly. I'm in a dead end unfulfilling job. I have anxiety and depression and I feel like my stutter is the worst that it's been because of all of this. I remember when I had a g...

Part of my speech therapy as a kid was to go through my exercises with my therapist using noise cancelling headphones so your experience makes sense...

Your delusions of grandeur are astounding. You are a layman pontificating about something you admit science doesn't know a whole lot about yet here you are staking claim to being some kind of authorit...

100% this. I went to speech therapy for over 20 years. I'm still in touch with my childhood speech therapist and I contacted her when I was having a hard time a few years ago. I was laid off 4 times i...

Speech therapists are often not great for stutters(they may work well for other speech pathologies) and they are not even close to being the be all and end all of stuttering support. They typically a...

I have done speech therapy for 3 months then stopped I did benefit from it by getting out of my comfort zone and unfortunately that was it the technique I learned didn't help me...

This here! I got speech therapy in MS and HS and it was revolutionary. I only have very occasional blocks now. I am also a teacher who occasionally refers students to speech therapy. Students ge...

You don’t sound pathetic. I’m a school-based speech language pathologist and am happy to answer any general questions you might have. The biggest thing to keep in mind that all school services are r...

You're not pathetic at all. I sure as hell wouldn't want someone in a classroom just to study my stutter. My speech therapist was at a kind of speech centre in my county, didn't even have to meet her ...

Well i was visiting speech therapy for like 6 months. My stutter appears only when im nervous. The calls are meant to report whats going on....

First, the speech therapy: How long did you attend? Were there exercises or techniques given for you to train? Second, the calls: What do these entail, verbally? Does you boss know you stutter? Do yo...

Thank you so much! I appreciate that immensely. I’ve always enjoyed performing but as a child I had trouble believing I could do it without stuttering. I definitely think that was part of my struggl...

The General physicians usually just follow prescription guidelines but discriminate based on age. They’re strict with most prescriptions and loose with others(like stimulants and ADD). I’ve been to ...

True. Also, have you tried therapy / CBT? Personally, I dealt with severe social anxiety for years. I read all of the books, tried meds, herbal supplements and none of it did much of anything. What...

I go for private speech therapy once every 2 weeks. And it has helped me a lot. In speaking but mostly in the way i think about my stutter and how i deal with it...

I did speech therapy in college, and it was helpful. I went for like a month or 2, and then you just kinda do the same things over and over and I realized that I didn't need to pay for that, so I stop...

NHS will be a waiting list, and the length of time you have to wait will depend on how many other people in your area also need help. Often the priority is given to children, so the wait can be long b...

Questions about speech therapy (UK specific)

Questions about speech therapy (UK specific) I'm a college student who has never had (nor has access to, given my location in a third world country) any form of speech therapy before. But I'll be movi...

It's so good to hear a positive story once in a while. Kudos mate. I too started therapy a year back but left it after 2 months. It's sort of like I gave up when my therapist said "It will take atlea...

Hey u/krista_isnt_funny, thanks for sharing that recording. Must've taken som real guts to do. :) You've definitely got a lot going on in terms of stutter patterns. Since I'm not a professional, I do...