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You have head ticks because you're trying hard to push through stutters. It's a learning behavior so the good news is it can be unlearned. it won't easy but it'll be worth it....

I hate that I make certain head movements when stuttering as if im trying to jump over a hurdle with my head. I feel so stupid and ashamed afterwards. ...

Mine is pretty severe. Even when I’m completely calm sometimes I still stutter so bad I can’t even talk. My stutter causes me to tic which includes weird faces and involuntarily blowing raspberries...

It’s sooo bad I tend to sweat on words. And it gets worse when am intimidated by someone like my manager and some coworkers or kids at college. It’s not that bad or barely appears when am super com...

I stutter more when I’m nervous/stressed out. When I have to talk about something that makes me uncomfortable for example I’ll have to remind myself to take deep breaths. I also rarely stutter when I ...

Stuttering and Blocked Nose

Stuttering and Blocked Nose Hello ​ I have had a blocked nose for almost all my life, starting from 7-8 years old, my stutter also began at that age, and has continued so, I am currently ...

Yeah I've noticed that the muscles around the diaphragm area get very tight and rigid when I speak. Do you think loosening those muscles up can go a long way in overcoming stuttering? Has it worked ...

Feeling Down. Don't know what to do :(

Feeling Down. Don't know what to do :( I don't know what to do. This year I have been trying to adapt a change about my stutter and I have made some changes but they're not big enough changes to reall...

yeah i had that problem when i was in grade 7 and 8 . Practicing to speak without clenching your teeth might help you....

That happens to me too when I play piano. It's a weird block, like I freeze but with my hands. Good to know I'm not the only one. ...

It is quite interesting. I've been playing music since I was 3. For me, music is almost a second language, and I often feel like I am speaking when playing music. Occasionally I'll stutter on a note a...

That's very interesting! Can you tell more about what you experience? The only comparison I can think of is when I sometimes stop movements/gestures due to them being tied to something I'm stuttering...

Yes! But what’s interesting is my stutter remains when playing instruments sometimes. I’ll “stutter” on the first note of a piano phrase, for example. Wacky stuff....

Just realised I cover my mouth and break eye contact too, amongst other things. I hadn’t thought about it much before joining this subreddit, now I’m a little worried I look really weird 🤦🏻‍♀️...

I say the word “like” a lot when I feel a stutter coming and shut my eyes. Once I started driving around 6 or so years ago I stopped shutting my eyes when I stuttered because obviously I had to focus ...

I throw in a lot of "umm/ahhhh/well" to avoid stuttering. I screw up my face a lot when stuttering, and so I tend to cover my mouth, whether it's looking away, holding some paperwork in front of my mo...

I used to twist my face and make different facial expressions, but now I've noticed that I only squint my eye and turn my head so that people don't see....

I didn’t even think about that when I posted this, but I guess it could be a bad habit or coping mechanism. Diving deeper I feel like a coping mechanism is something that helps for a short period of t...

What do you think defines a bad habit over a coping mechanism? Truly curious. Anyway. I close my eyes a lot when trying to get through a word and I making eye contact with a person in conversation i...

I’ve just talked into a mirror to notice things. That’s when I noticed the squint. I thought I was good to smooth sailing. It’s all good I know I’ll eventually kick it. Just glad I can finally speak n...