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commentr/StutterDec 20, 2022
1 points

November 18, 2022 Thank you for signing up for information regarding the Speak Freely research study for adults who have been stuttering since childhood (https://speakfreelyregistry.researchstudytria...

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Helpful Med OutcomesOverthinking & MonitoringHarmful Med Outcomes
commentr/StutterDec 20, 2022
1 points

*First question: What causes stuttering?* Answer: [This](https://i.imgur.com/MAjzt1b.png) research could shed some light to the cause of stuttering. (Kenneth J. Logan-Fluency Disorders\_ Stuttering, ...

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commentr/StutterDec 19, 2022
1 points

Did you ever receive your results from the Emalex Ecopipam study? I participated also, but I haven't heard back from my site....

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commentr/StutterDec 19, 2022
4 points

In my opinion, it's linked to how we conditionally wired ourselves, for example: a condition: 'I blame anxiety to stop breathing out during a speech block'.However, there are many stutterers who also ...

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commentr/StutterDec 18, 2022
3 points

I mean if I wake up, no stutter, and 10 minutes later I walk into a coffee shop and Selma Hayek is there? Well I likely cause myself to have another stutter because đŸ€€đŸ˜đŸ”„ But in all seriousness I don...

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commentr/StutterDec 18, 2022
2 points

I'd like to view 'genetic traits' as an inherited factor. This could predispose to stuttering. Of course, this in itself doesn't create stuttering. It's the combination of: * a predisposition (eg tha...

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commentr/StutterDec 17, 2022
2 points

>How did you stop thinking of stuttering every second of your life? Every second of the day (also when I"m not speaking) I observe the intention to move my tongue, observe my anticipatory fear and...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
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commentr/StutterDec 17, 2022
0 points

In my opinion: Step 1: At 2 years old we were all fluent speakers Step 2: Light stutterer: Then we taught ourselves that speech errors are a problem and to be avoided, and that speech is difficult t...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
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postr/StutterDec 17, 2022
7 points

How did you stop thinking of stuttering every second of your life?

How did you stop thinking of stuttering every second of your life? [deleted]...

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commentr/StutterDec 17, 2022
2 points

>**How to just talk without fixating on your stutter?** In order to stop fixating on your stutter, my suggestion is to view (say: perceive) speech errors like: hesitations, repetitions, mispronunc...

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commentr/StutterDec 17, 2022
8 points

Firstly my feared letters were plosive consonants (t, p, k) - because I told myself that these letters sound harder and are therefore more difficult. But later I told myself that vowels (a,e,i,o,u) ar...

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commentr/StutterDec 16, 2022
1 points

Same here, my thoughts are a precise and concese flow of words with no interruption. I just came to know some of us can stutter even in their thoughts and honestly the thought hadnt even crossed my mi...

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commentr/StutterDec 16, 2022
3 points

Interesting. I don't think I've ever stuttered in my inner monologues or dreams. I wonder what the cause of that is....

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commentr/StutterDec 16, 2022
4 points

When you’re not thinking about how bad you’ll stutter everything gets easier. Note that’s easier said than done because for years that’s all I did for years, dreading the next time I had to open my mo...

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commentr/StutterDec 15, 2022
2 points

>But how do you talk and not push? No sound or air comes out if I don't make a conscious and voluntary effort. What happens when I stop pushing is that I stop talking, because as I said, i CAN'T ta...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
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commentr/StutterDec 15, 2022
2 points

But how do you talk and not push? In my case, pushing and talking come together. I can't talk without pushing. No sound or air comes out if I don't make a conscious and voluntary effort. So when you s...

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commentr/StutterDec 15, 2022
2 points

And this was key for me: Listen very carefully to yourself while you are speaking. Actually HEAR yourself while you speak....

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commentr/StutterDec 15, 2022
5 points

You do it by letting yourself stutter when a disfluency comes. The reason you push is because you're resisting stuttering and holding back. This is very hard to work on your own and something a good, ...

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commentr/StutterDec 15, 2022
6 points

This is a loaded question that deserves more of a conversation than a post. It sounds like you may benefit from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or some similar therapy.. We have the stutterer's mindse...

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postr/StutterDec 15, 2022
12 points

How to just talk without fixating on your stutter?

How to just talk without fixating on your stutter? The only way I've learned to talk is by pushing the words out. Trying to avoid stuttering (which ofc it doesn't result because the only way to avoid ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringLoss of Control