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Speech blockages vs stammer. Are they same?

Speech blockages vs stammer. Are they same? I’ve been wondering if these issues are related. It’s not that I can’t speak fluently, but I struggle with mental or speech blockages that make it difficult...

Thankfully my family was always supportive and pushed me to succeed in education, but socially, it held me back for sure. It impacted and still impacts my personality to some level. Since you try t...

oh damn, this is so me thank you so much! But I am just wondering that if the stutter by itself is the problem because if I really think about it, it's usually because social anxiety do I stutter ha...

I think Alexythimia plays a big role on my stuttering. Not processing emotions well or flowing with them leads to tension and anxiety, and thus more stuttering....

I think this is me as well. I don’t stutter when I’m by myself but as soon as someone else is there I get anxious...

i think when i was old enough to learn what anxiety was. or learning that the people i speak to are actual human beings with a mind of their own, listening to me. something like that. happened to me a...

Exactly. I have the similar symptoms. The fear of stumbling upon my words and others judgements worsen my speaking. As well as talking about serious issues. Also recently when I'm arguing with someone...

I consider myself quite introverted in life. I can talk to people in social situations, often for quite a long time, but I will stop for fear of embarrassing the other person, and I don't especially a...

I don’t stutter when I am reading a book and talking with myself either. But when I was a kid, my speaking was so much worse. Again I was mildly stutter when I am reading. For me both thinking about ...

My second kid stutters like me. I was so depressed for a while. I did not think much about it before because my childhood conditions were not ideal and I did receive any help. When I grow up, my spea...

I have "voluntarily" left some jobs due to great stress, and much of that stress was due to the need to constantly talk to colleagues....

I don't stutter when I talk to myself

I don't stutter when I talk to myself I'm 23M and a stutterer since my childhood. But when I'm alone and I speak to myself or reading a book out loud I don't stutter at all. For me It only happens whe...

My stuttering hasn’t been associated with certain beginning letter words as you’ve described but more so with my emotional or psychological state at the time. When I was younger, I often stuttered whe...

Me(20F). It’s not as severe but it sure gets embarrassing sometimes. I’d be having a normally conversation with my friends or family and I’d start stuttering. It’s frustrating cause sometimes I can’t ...

I had a similar experience during my College Introduction day but i didn't have a panic attack , i was just so scared and i felt so Dehydrated and couldn't speak and Say Hello...

That’s so heart wrenching to hear. A big hug to you. But be brave that’s all I can say. Life is not easy not in school not in college and certainly not in job. I’m in my early thirties and speaking in...

I had a panic attack at school

I had a panic attack at school We had a public speaking workshop at school that about 30 kids were chosen to take part in. (Mind you these are kids that I don’t speak to normally) For some reason I wa...

Avoidance of anything you fear tends to reinforce the fear. For some people who stutter, fear of talking leads to anxiety, depression, or social isolation. There are other therapies for stuttering t...

Honestly, i dont think there are any positives of stuttering that I could tell you. But personally, its also a part of who I am right now. I have lived a good enough life by my standards and this woul...

Motivation

Motivation I stutter my whole life. Its pretty hard. I guess the fear and anxiety is probally harder then the stutter itself. We came across so much frustation, humiliation, fear. At most pain of r...