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I had a similar situation. I was in speech therapy once a week from kindergarten through high school. My speech therapy was only focused on tools to help me get through tough sentences, like easy-on-s...
The telephone ☎️ was my nemesis for 20 years and the thought of it ringing set my heart to cardiac arrest. One day I told myself that I need to get over the fear because I'm going to have to use it ...
Phone anxiety
Phone anxiety I am a pws and I have bad anxiety when it comes to phone calls. It's destroying my relationships, and I don't know how to fix it. I'd rather answer the phone than call someone. Although ...
What I believe stuttering is for a lot of us
What I believe stuttering is for a lot of us So to simplify I believe stuttering for a lot of us is the fear of half-way committing to speaking, then fear of a reaction from the listener because they ...
Several times in my life I have been extremely anxious and stuttered in my thoughts....
I've experienced this exact thing my whole life. My chest tenses up and heart flutters whenever I'm out in a social situation or even on the phone. My BP also goes up alot I notice. It's because of th...
Nervousness i think, I rarely stutter if i don't feel any anxiety and nervousness however in some occasions it's random...
What do you do for work ? I feel the same way. Sometimes I'll get a cramping in my chest and think that's it, this is the moment I'll die. It never is and my heart is healthy but it just feels so hea...
At some point I'll get a heart attack cause of my stutter.
At some point I'll get a heart attack cause of my stutter. ...
I’m sorry everyone but I need to vent
I’m sorry everyone but I need to vent I know it’s something I simply cannot control, but it’s so freaking frustrating. I have to make monthly phone calls to my doctors office for prescription refills ...
I tried Abilify (Aripiprazole)
I tried Abilify (Aripiprazole) As dopamine-antagonist seems to be the most helpful drug for stuttering, i give aripiprazole a try. I got it prescribed for tourette syndrome, which i also have. &#...
I’ll add that the first 2 departments I applied to didn’t hire me specifically because of my stuttering. The third department hired me, I gave them 7 years of which I was on SWAT for 4 years, 3 of ...
Sometimes. But I think it's because even if I'm alone, I am often talking as if another person was there. Usually a particular person. I do it more when my anxiety is worse...
Anyone Else with Periodic Psychogenic Stuttering?
Anyone Else with Periodic Psychogenic Stuttering? I have normal verbal fluency under ordinary circumstances, but when my emotions rise, be it anger, fear, anxiety, frustration, etc. or when I have to ...
Pretty interesting. For me, it's the opposite. When I feel under pressure, I stutter a lot more. That's really good for you...
my stutter is mostly a vocal block and it started due to anxiety and trauma. it comes at the start of words and starting slow and elongating words helps me sometimes. what Ive found really helpful is ...
I know that anxiety can worsen your stutter, definitely learned this from experience. But i am not sure if the "men experience stress more than woman" part is true. My dad and I very similar when it c...
It could be due to the fact that we are hyper aware of ourselves and our emotions when trying to make a good first impression. I notice I do tend to have more blocks when speaking to my husband and mo...
Yes I still stutter, more so when stressed or really tired. I razz my wife when she’s afraid to speak in public by giving her my tips- fear is a choice. Why would race play a part? This is a ridic...
this happens to me all the time too. i’m actually surprisingly fluent (for the most part) around new people. do we think this is because, as part of existing, us humans meet so many other new humans t...