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I randomly started stuttering and I don't know why?

I randomly started stuttering and I don't know why? I'm not sure if this is where this is meant to go, but I was hoping someone could give me some help. I just turned 22 and I've never had speech prob...

Need advice. What would you do?

Need advice. What would you do? So Im currently on my third year of college, out of a total of four. Just started the semester and just learned today that one of the classes consists of solving differ...

Making an announcement

Making an announcement So I need to read off tickets that come in over the intercom and I tend to get really stuck or tense, anyone have any tips or tricks? ...

I'm a speech pathologist and I stutter. What I do with those words is called "easy onset." First I think about what my mouth is doing for those sounds. For example, with an L your tongue is hitting th...

I get the same way, and if it's really bad, I get a lip twitch. It's a speech block. If I'm stressed or anxious, it's very strong. If it's with family, like I have to tell them something important tha...

Developed a similar behavior early on too, but my movement would stop with block along with my speech. If I'm consciously moving that doesn't seem to occur....

I have what you have, only everything is a tense situation for me lol. It's anxiety/stress. You are unaware of your breathing, most likely holding your breath trying to find the right word. When we ta...

I don't really know how to classify my block.

I don't really know how to classify my block. I've had this speech impediment since at least 4th grade, that's the farthest I can remember at least. I'm perfectly fine through most normal interactions...

Yup. In speech therapy years ago, it was pointed out to me that I would tap my foot, head, or finger every time I spoke, keeping time with the syllables. It took three people to hold my head, arms, an...

I was taught a trick in middle school to start to tap either my finger or foot if I catch myself getting a block. I'm pretty sure I do it subconsciously now and it really seems to help get past the bl...

I agree with this. When I block, I can't help but turn my face a weird way...

Hey you don't have to do the facial ticks, those are called secondary behaviors. Just try saying exactly what you mean to say - stuttering and all....

Stammering in retail

Stammering in retail So I've worked in a pizza restaurant for around 3 months now. I don't know how I've only just noticed this but here we go. At this restaurant in particular, I have to ask: Which...

I know I'm late to this post but- I stutter A LOT when I talk to my dad because he has a tendency to rush me and correct me if I get even one detail of what I'm saying wrong. I have no idea how to ta...

Update to my last post about getting a disability interview

Update to my last post about getting a disability interview https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/6lign7/i_set_up_an_interview_for_disability_anyone_else/ So the big day finally came, I had my in...

Any other stutterers with asthma?

Any other stutterers with asthma? I've had asthma since I was born, and have been stuttering since I was 6 or seven. I feel like the asthma amplifies the stuttering severely, as my air ways are constr...

It's great that you found something that works for you! It probably works because your mind is distracted temporarily and your 'normal' speech mechanism kicks in (like when you speak to yourself). I...

I have noticed that I mostly block on the sounds which involves contact of both the lips such as 'm', 'p', 'b'. However that is not entirely the case I also have trouble with 'k', 'f', and 'dh'. But ...

Hello doc! *high fives* I hope you stick with it too. No doubt we've survived some of the hardest challenges in our lives, and it would be a shame if a speech impediment made all this pointless. There...

Thank you. While VERY FUCKING DEPRESSING LOL, your perspective is right on point and illustrates my crisis perfectly. And you're a lawyer, even better...we live in rather similar minefields where our ...