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I love this! it gives me more confidence to keep trying. Thank you again, and I’m wishing you the very besti too. I’ll keep pushing, and yes… I’ve got this😳...

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Yea def a stressful time. Also I think for hs you know everyone and are comfortable with the environment so to speak. In college is different you have to make an effort to stand out or connect to peop...

Yeah fuck college man. We underestimate how much it fucks people up mentally. Loans, 24/7 work, and the looming dread of no job after college etc. fuck that shit...

Same thing happened to me it was manageable during hs but college was a whole different beast. Became so much more anxious about it and it spiraled quickly...

Come on, it didn't literally melt your heart. You have to know what 'literally' means....

For me, the stutter gets worse when i am nervous which i think is pretty universal for stutters. and in the case of a visa interview, it makes total sense why you are struggling more than usual! For ...

In middle school/ hs my stuttering if 10 is worst was probably a 3-4. Extremely minimal. Maybe even 0 at times. Around 21 it became more like an 8-10. I blame different brain chemistry, the uptick in ...

As an experiment today, I consumed a Snickers bar, a Lemon Ice Tea, and then indulged in a sugary lemon soda soft drink an hour later. For the next few hours, I found my fluency was adversely affect...

Yes, “box breathing” activates your parasympathetic nervous system and is a great way to reduce anxiety quickly. Method: - Deep breathe in through nose for 4 seconds - Hold for 7 seconds - Slow brea...

Xanax is a benzodiazepine and it can be quite sedating at higher doses. Do not take a high dose and you’ll be fine. It’s essentially a relaxant for the central nervous system, similar to Valium. Yo...

this is such an important observation and it's backed by neuroscience too. When we're under pressure, the brain shifts resources toward threat detection and away from the speech planning areas, which ...

Well done! I’m glad you found your speech therapy session helpful. Keep at it, and keep practicing. The aim isn’t to be 100% perfectly fluent, but to be fluent enough for your personal comfort zone...

My stutter almost disappeared... then blocks suddenly started at 14. Has this happened to anyone else?

My stutter almost disappeared... then blocks suddenly started at 14. Has this happened to anyone else? Hi everyone, I want to share my story because I’m confused about something that happened to me, ...

I can imagine how challenging that must have been , and it means a lot that you took the time to encourage me. Your words are truly comforting and a good reminder not to be too hard on myself. I’ll ke...

for me it also happens with the same words; for example i can pronounce them easily in most situations however when i am feeling anxious i suddenly can’t anymore even though moments ago i could...

this applies to me too and i think it’s because we are expecting to stutter so then we get nervous / anxious and thus we stutter more than we would normally...

Hey, I'm 6'7, 37 male and Stuttered since I was 2. It's hard when you've had interactions like this, I know it can be emotionally draining and spirit crushing. Don't blame yourself, keep trying a...

You could play the part as pathetic, but I won’t let people decide who I am....