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I have a question that would help me greatly, my stutter is almost identical to this post. I keep seeing the comment or saying "if you don't stutter when you're alone then it isn't a muscle or learnin...

Check out Baclofen. It’s used for alcohol withdrawals but my psych prescribed it to me and it’s helped the most out of anything I’ve taken besides Xanax. There’s a study showing it decreases some pe...

I can relate due being lawyer that stutters sometimes (stuttered as a kid and stutter went away, but came back when I was 18 years old), but over the time I found that mental cue of "slow your speech ...

I do believe breathing is an issue we all have and we need to control it. I know that's something in my case at least but I also do believe it's very psychological. There are times when I stutter and ...

I have social anxiety because of my stutter and because of my social anxiety I developed anxiety, and now that I developed anxiety I have depression. This has happened over my lifetime despite seeing ...

From what I've read, academic literature supports the concept that anticipatory anxiety (also called 'intrusive predictive thoughts and feelings') bring about **confusion** in PWS: * especially in Ad...

i think this is one of those moments where you have to power through the stutter and anxiety. while ive not been in your exact situation, i understand your feelings 1000%. what helps me is slowing dow...

I had ocd in my early childhood years but somehow i outgrew it but i still don't remember when i started stuttering as said by my family i started speaking very late . I never spoke till the age of 5 ...

that’s very interesting!!! i have PCOS which also causes increased cortisol levels. i have not long been diagnosed so i’ve not long been taking inositol & berberine supplements as well as drinking...

this happens to me when lack of sleep, i noticed what my stutter is so much worse Does lack of sleep cause high cortisol? Recent studies have shown that sleep deprivation or insomnia can cause the bo...

Steam rooms/saunas are proven to lower cortisol levels. In this study they tested cortisol before and after a sauna session and cortisol was lower afterwards across the board. You could use that to te...

I hope you are getting enough rest. You mentioned being fatigued. Is that because you're immersed in your studies in Japan, having to learn a new language and culture while pursuing your higher educat...

Yes, I mean that ordinary people who don't stutter can also sometimes stutter - when they are very worried. So cortisol is rising, but we have it chronically elevated, apparently, and that's where we ...

>But I noticed that stuttering people still have OCD very often. Have you noticed that when we start talking, a severe panic attack, fear begins? Have you ever thought that ordinary people do not e...

Cortisol theory

Cortisol theory As we know, there is no cure for stuttering yet. Because no one understands its mechanism. But I noticed that stuttering people still have OCD very often. Just like me. Have you notice...

Yep, Tmj and stuttering. My jaw seizes up if I am tense or around tense people (my Dad!). My stutter is painful when the Tmj is acting up and my sleep disturbed with night chewing. I saw a specialis...

We stutter when we get anxious and start thinking about the words. When singing you’re not focusing on the word and you’re shifting your awareness to the melody...

stress

stress Hello, I'm making a little progress with my stutter but I'm really stressed out. It's weekend now but suddenly I'm stressed out that I might block in class. I don't know why I'm so stressed abo...

Great story! I’m assuming you’re Christian. Me too. I’m a 25 year-old man. I actually began stuttering around 21 years old. I believe it was a combination of social confusion and emotional sensitivi...

Speech therapist thought initially it was bc of worry/stress bc of the surgery and I figured that was the reason too, but here I am a year later with no real improvement. I even stutter when I’m home ...