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Yeah man. I know how it feels My face goes red and i'm out of breath. heres what i do. i count that word on my fingers and try to say it as i'm counting. so if you're having a block. make a fist and ...

Need help overcoming particular words

Need help overcoming particular words Hey guys, I have a subtle to moderate stutter. It's not so much a stutter in the traditional sense, but more so a block. A lot of times I have trouble saying word...

Block

Block Does anyone else here have a block like where you try to say a word and it just wont come out at all its the worst feeling ever , and for me to try and say the word i have to like release all th...

It is a secondary characteristic. Other secondaries are leg/arm/body movements, muscle tension, etc. for example: “During moment of dysfluency, client demonstrated moderate secondary characteris...

Huh, I don't think I've ever encountered that tick. Google shows only this thread when searching for the term. Is it called something else as well?...

Tongue sticks out when stuttering on certain sound and words. May look a bit silly. ...

Over the years, I've done different techniques and what I can tell you is that talking with your hands only helps for a period of time. It's like building up a tolerance to something. First you start ...

Ordering drinks at a noisy bar is the worst. Stand there for like 5 minutes with loads of people behind you, having to shout for the bartender to hear you, not able to get your words out because of th...

Need tips and advice

Need tips and advice I’m currently 12 with a stutter. I suddenly started to stutter back in fifth grade. I was reading to the whole class and all of a sudden I was starting to stammer and stutter. My ...

The phone is always bad for me because people assume my stutter is just a connection issue, but other than that, they're similar amounts of fubar. Honestly, I'm usually happy with a clean stutter. Wor...

Does talking with your hands help you?

Does talking with your hands help you? I started working recently and my job requires me to be speaking constantly (I know yikes lmao), but what I noticed helps keeps my speech flowing and reduces stu...

If you get stuck, you can signal to her that you want to continue talking. Maybe raise your hand or something. She'll understand. You can also tell her how you prefer to be treated when you get stuck....

Different people have different views about blocks. Some people view them as an avoidance behavior, not one we do consciously, but one that we have become conditioned to do. We are trying to avoid stu...

I think I can upon it by myself, but it might have been taught to me in speech therapy.I do my tapping with my left hand(im right handed) usually tucked around my back ,because it makes me a bit self ...

how did you find that technique? I think one day and I just did it and have been tapping ever since. Usually people will watch my fingers and then look back at me talking, they know there's a connec...

I can also attest to the taping method although I use my thumb and middle finger it just feels more natural...

1. Yeah it is fairly common. People have different kinds of secondary behavior they do when they stutter. I personally, invoultarily make facial contortions and slight head jerks. People develop thes...

yeah, it sounds like a secondary behaviorism as someone else mentioned -- stutters can fluctuate drastically depending upon stress or new environments and situations. i would just be super supportive ...

yes. These movements are called accessory behaviors. They are fairly common, although head shaking and flailing arms is on the severe side. Regarding what you can do: (1)Be supportive. These are n...

I don't know the specifics, but doing certain movements or actions when stuck are pretty common. If she started doing them suddenly, maybe it's a stress reaction? I'd suggest seeing if you can get h...