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This is common for a few reasons: 1) People who stutter can become very skilled at switching out a similar word for a difficult word; but, you can’t change out your own name. 2) you don’t say your nam...

Yeah, i struggle the most around my family members. I guess i subconsciously put pressure on myself to try and be fluent around them, causing my fluency to get worst....

Exactly. My fiancé stutters a lot more in her native Spanish (she's from Mexico) which she speaks to her family but she's comfortable around with her speech. But she speaks her secondary language, Eng...

Perhaps that’s what it is — I think it's a subconscious switch and since I don't live home anymore I'm more aware of the stutter coming back since I'm not tuned in to filtering it. Occasionally too wh...

It's the opposite for my fiancé. She was born and raised in Mexico and her native language is Spanish and she stutters more in her native language. But she stutters much less in English and a little P...

idk about "triggered" but I know that my fiancé (who stuttered since she was 5) speaks freely with her family and loved ones - which means she will stutter but is comfortable around them. When she's i...

I wouldn't say its extremely rare but some people are better at hiding it than others. I used to with some people for months before I noticed they had a stutter, just goes to show stuttering differs i...

Oh man that's not good to hear...so I take it the medication didn't really help with fluency that much? I am also on a low dose of Abilify (2mg) and it seems to be hit or miss with potential improveme...

For me, I keep covering my mouth like its gonna do anything. I got over it, only thing left on me is just stuttering and it gets really embarrassing sometimes....

Good read. I am currently experiencing many of the same physical issues you described. I have always thought a visible stutter is better than a covert stutter mainly because you end up developing load...

I was incredibly anxious when I was in my late teens. I dropped out of school because of fear of stuttering and completely withdrew. I didn't understand how I could do anything or find a way forward. ...

Yeah it sounds like severe PTSD, and those anxieties come from very real negative encounters. The problem of the dysfunction is that you start to view every interaction as the same. Stuttering for me,...

*I think our problem is we are so scared that people find out that we stammer, more than anything else.* This basically explains my life as well. I hate it when people notice and say "You have a s...

Thank you! Your advice was so on point. I’m definitely trying it next time. I'm replying to your comment now after I got back from the presentation this morning, and honestly… it went better than I e...

Your situation is hard right now, I have been there a lot. I've done presentations where every word has a massive block. If you can overcome that would be amazing, I always persued to overcome. Howeve...

Especially while on the phone, I think we train ourselves to do blocks to avoid the repetitions and the weird faces or noises we make...

Ahhh it feels like I have written this! Fellow covert over here! So I had to present recently to a very senior board at work. It’s all I thought about for weeks. So I feel your pain. As a covert, ...

Yes, the dysregulation in the stuttering brains dopaminergic system is the issue. Some of us have hyperactivity in the dopaminergic system, which is why dopamine antagonists (Ecopiman etc) work, and ...

When I was a kid, I used to add in an "uh" or "um" before stuttering. Took a long time to stop doing it....

Personally, I would begin with “Sorry, I have a stutter”. I’ve had to do this while talking on the phone or ordering at a drive thru. It takes the pressure off and 99% of the time the person is comple...