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Yes I do. Sometimes I add a hard h before it, it helps sometimes but not every-time. Like: UHmerica, re-UHlection. It’s hard to explain, but it’s like forcing a bit of breath before the vowel to stop ...

Bonjours frro. Moi j’ai commencé à bégaiement y’a pas longtemps et je te jure sais relou. Je bégaye quand je veux m’exprimer et genre ma mâchoire se contracte 1seconde et sa qui fait que je bégaye. J’...

I’ve had blocks since childhood. My adaptations include thinking of other ways to say it, or other words. It’s helpful to develop a robust vocabulary for this. I’ve also supplemented magnesium and th...

I live in the Midwest too! Feel free to message me if you wanna chat or be friends! I wonder if the same could be true for me. I rarely get out of the house and the only person I speak to on a daily b...

Yeah I know what you mean. Struggling to get words out means that it’s harder to control your tone of voice, and tone is so incredibly important for communication. One thing I do is smile and laugh ...

Can we talk about those of us with very severe stutters?

Can we talk about those of us with very severe stutters? I feel like we are underrepresented, even in this community. The “be positive,” “don’t care about it,” “don’t think about it,” “no one cares,” ...

Help with stuttering.

Help with stuttering. I have a really bad stuttering problem. When I speak or read something out loud I just can’t speak without stuttering. I say the first syllable repeatedly or the first word. I sa...

I went quickly over the file I can really relate to one sentence where it says "after years of stuttering, your facial muscles don't work as they should". for me it is not the jaw, but the muscle at ...

Twitching is another technique that I used to use. I used to like flap my arms like a bird or twitch my legs just to say something. Not good but I understand where you are coming from....

It’s getting worst

It’s getting worst For the last 6 months, my stuttering has been getting rapidly worse It’s so bad that I can’t even think properly of the words I want to say I end up saying random words or whatever ...

I don't have an answer for you. Nobody does. What I'm saying is that if you start doing something biting your tongue to get over a block, it can easily become a secondary behavior. Essentially, someth...

Actually you may joke but when I asked a highly respected speech therapist what she thought was THE most effective exercise for a PWS she said the same thing. Cancellation. This was back in London in ...

It means don’t push through. Stop, start again, until you get the word. It’s a common technique used in the McGuire program amongst others. It works best with the help of physical techniques...

ik people are making jokes about it, but most people try to push the stutter instead of stopping it and restarting...

It’s definitely tension. It’s called secondary behaviors. It’s like an avoidance behavior that you do unconsciously to avoid stuttering and it then becomes a part of your stutter. I have the same thin...

As someone else said, this isn't going to help you. You're creating a secondary behavior. You really don't want to do that. When I was younger I found that clearing my throat helped a little at certa...

For what it's worth, you did it, albeit it was rough, but I feel your pain and struggle. For my masters thesis, I was in an auditorium defending my thesis, I sputtered, stuttered, spit, facial ti...

This is a very common development in stuttering, and it's probably not a good idea to lean into. Have you ever seen someone stuttering a lot, plus they're also doing unusual little things on top of it...

I’d be such a good actress if I didn’t stutter :(

I’d be such a good actress if I didn’t stutter :( I’m a teenager who does musicals at a community theatre. I’ve stuttered my whole life. it’s worsened in the past few years. VERY drastically. specific...

It totally is tension—you hold it in your face, neck, and shoulders. I assume you’re blocking and trying to get the words out; I do this too. When you force your words without taking a breath or relea...