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I also handled stress extremely well, calm in a crisis, patience of a saint... Then BAM, I stuttered! I believe my nervous system hit breaking point, and I had burnt out from a highly stressful job, s...

100% possible I stutter and joined the army right after high school. I did active duty infantry for 4 years, then switched to reserved for another 4. The biggest challenge I faced was speaking to a...

Well I’m in medical school so that could be considered stress-inducing. But I handle stress very well, never getting overwhelmed...

This happened to me too. It got so bad it was suspected I'd had a stroke. MRI's and CT's showed no neurological issues. It was deemed psychogenic. Have you been under a lot of stress? Mine has since i...

This can happen in adulthood due to stroke or head injury. Definitely see a neurologist and if you’ve been having any other symptoms (headaches, fatigue, difficulties swallowing, emotional changes or ...

Mild stuttering may be a form of general stress release.  For whatever reason, most likely at a young age, a prolonged period of stress perhaps amplifies that mild stutter.  Some people show stress by...

My stutter is anxiety based, does anyone know how to lower anxiety based stuttering?

My stutter is anxiety based, does anyone know how to lower anxiety based stuttering? I noticed I only block whenever I’m excited, mad and or supper anxious in situations like for example networking or...

Stuttering is not in speech and not in the skill of reading — it is a reaction of the nervous system to the attention of other people....

Stress

Stress My condition has worsened by about 30–40%. Health anxiety has completely destroyed me, and now my tongue stumbles every few words. I don’t know what to do. I’m supposed to apply to university t...

How's your mental state in general when you take these antidepressants? Do you feel a little less nervous or feel a bit more confident when your depression feels managed?...

I think anti-psychotics and anti-depressants have powerful mind numbing effects reducing anxiety and preventing self-monitoring. When I took these drugs I also noticed that there was a significant red...

I have been taking antidepressants everyday for many years. It has never directly reduced my stuttering but what it did do was to reduce my significant stress which helped me to better control my stut...

Marriage!

Marriage! You as a stutterer are you ready to get married or be in a relationship? For me I can't even think about in spite of I'm fluent more than 80% but it's just so scary because there's so many t...

Thank you for raising this. I agree that stuttering is rarely caused by breathing itself, and we are not treating breathing as the root cause or a fix for stuttering. When we talk about guided breathi...

Would it make sense to do this with a licensed professional who can guide you? I already see a flaw with you focusing on breathing when in general stuttering rarely has anything to do with breathing....

The problem is that stuttering is triggered faster than a person can apply any conscious tool. When a block begins, there is simply no time to use breathing techniques or self-regulation — the process...

I have ADHD + stuttering which is a crazy combo to deal with because those two works together to make me feel much worse in daily life. For me, sleep consistently (7-9 hours), eat nutritious meals 3 t...

I definitely don’t think it’s general anxiety or fear. I only started getting developmental stutter just recently after the covid lockdowns. I was always a nervous person before but I could speak norm...

The thing is that, stuttering affects your ability to communicate clearly and fluently due to your speaking/language production part of your brain 🧠 wires differently and the neurological connections...

The good news is this is a very classic fear based block. Trying to hide your stutter *IS* what’s making the blocks worse. Taking a big breath also very likely makes a fear block worse. Try to begu...