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commentr/StutterAug 12, 2023
1 points

Same, but if I'm overdrink coffe I stutter worse. I love coffee, but it has so much anxiety and bad sleep for me....

Meds & SubstancesCauses & Variability
Stimulants & CaffeineStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterAug 12, 2023
1 points

What helps me is to relax as much as possible before talking. Imagine an anchor is tied to both your wrists and ankles while you're floating in the air while imaging you smoked tons of weed and are hi...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Mindfulness & BreathingStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterAug 11, 2023
2 points

Even if the confrontation isn’t about me, I will get really stressed and shake uncontrollably like a huge rush of adrenaline. It happens when I get angry as well and I have no control over it, after a...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterAug 11, 2023
4 points

You are not a coward. You panic like me, I start to shake when any form of confrontation happens, it’s almost like PTSD and it triggers a fight or flight response, we are constantly living in this sta...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterAug 11, 2023
1 points

I took prozac for awhile and it did work quite well but I was extremely anxious at the time, I had developed agoraphobia and very bad social anxiety. So I just think I stuttered more because I was afr...

Meds & SubstancesCauses & Variability
Helpful Med OutcomesStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterAug 11, 2023
9 points

I had a lot of health problems and my stutter increased both from chronic stress & meds. Now I can barely talk without stuttering every or every other sentence. Even when I am alone, I sometimes h...

Causes & VariabilityMeds & Substances
Stress & Fight/FlightHarmful Med Outcomes
commentr/StutterAug 11, 2023
2 points

Yeah because half of stuttering is coming from anxiety, that's why most stutters doesn't stutter while talking to babies or pets....

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterAug 10, 2023
3 points

If all this is true, then it appears that stuttering isn't a speech impediment as much as it's a form of (performance) anxiety. This is a very interesting thread. I hope a professional online sees i...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterAug 10, 2023
5 points

Know the feeling, when you 1st start a new job, your quite for a week or two, then when you try to join in it happens! You end up wishing you just kept your mouth shut...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterAug 9, 2023
4 points

Did your chest got stiff and whole body stuck like you can’t move it. Were you not able yo breathe??...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Physical TensionStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterAug 9, 2023
7 points

Yes, because from the way I see it, stuttering in general is inhibition of expression. It happens to me in baseball, practicing graffiti (legally), piano, etc. You have to learn how to move and flow y...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/Flight
postr/StutterAug 9, 2023
12 points

A story of my stuttering

A story of my stuttering Hey there guys, hope you’re doing well. Way to hard to include all the details but I’ll try to get to a gist. I was diagnosed with stuttering at 5 years old. It didn’t effect ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Experiential AssociationStress & Fight/FlightFluency Techniques+3 more
commentr/StutterAug 9, 2023
1 points

Hola, gracias por responder. Por lo que he visto al parecer a la mayoría de los que hablamos español y tenemos al ingles como un segundo idioma se nos hace más fácil el inglés. Pero cuando hay que hab...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterAug 9, 2023
5 points

That’s how it is for some people, it’s not the main reason of course lol but it’s 1 of the things that some do. I’m one of them, my girlfriend has to tell me sometimes to slow down so I’m not stutteri...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterAug 9, 2023
2 points

Must be stress? Same as me though. Since i’ve started working last year, i became more self-aware about my stutter when talking. Usually i think when i speak, whether this is a good topic to talk abou...

Causes & VariabilitySchool & Work
Stress & Fight/FlightSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterAug 9, 2023
1 points

My stutter has been much worse since start my new career 5 months ago. It’s just a baseline stress thing. Not sure there’s much we can do about this sort of thing. What helps me a bit is exercises con...

Causes & VariabilitySchool & Work
Stress & Fight/FlightEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterAug 9, 2023
3 points

helps me as well. it's because it reduces the physical signs of anxiety like the shaking and the heart rate, so you can control your breathing and rate of speech better. also makes it easier to 'prete...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Mindfulness & BreathingStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterAug 9, 2023
1 points

My general stress levels can cause fluctuations in the severity of my stutter. It isn't a uniform thing, and sometimes some stress from certain causes will hit differently, but it is definitely a fact...

Causes & Variability
Stress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterAug 9, 2023
2 points

I have the slight feeling that a stutter will get worse once we get confronted by it. When a child suddenly realizes "something is wrong with me" and starts to fear being "wrong" or "weird". This then...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringStress & Fight/Flight
postr/StutterAug 8, 2023
14 points

Stuttering coming back because of college

Stuttering coming back because of college Hi everyone, i recently found this subreddit and I love it, its so nice to see people sharing their experiences. Lately ive been going through a brutal amount...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Stress & Fight/FlightFrustration & AngerBlocks & Stoppages+1 more