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I think the real misinformation is the outdated current information. Experts say that it can't be stopped, but what about the so called 75–80% of children who stutter and naturally grow out of it? If ...

Hi, look, I'll tell you what my experience is, basically I had a very strong stutter and I tried various speech therapy courses, they helped me but not much. When I discovered psychotropic drugs 5 yea...

Certain aspects of stuttering are generally “all in the head”. If you order coffee (or any order similar low stakes situation) and when they ask for your name, you instantly look away, get a panicky ...

Yep. Been there, done that. Anxiety and second guessing ourselves and being hypersensitive to people's reactions is a major factor in stuttering. I've found that addressing this anxiety to be far, far...

No ofc I let him talk. I have caught myself completing his sentence when like you said we both are speaking on the same topic and yk how you just complete the sentence in agreement. Like that. I would...

I agree that "stuttering is a variation of normal speech", but this perspective has clear limits: for individuals with more severe stuttering like me, it can be physically and mentally exhausting. S...

I find it odd that many people who stutter can usually talk fluent when by themselves, yet put a phone in front of us, even though we are still alone, the stutter cones out and we just can't speak.....

My theory: I don't believe it's anything to to do with social pressure etc. I'm the same - I don't stammer at all if I read from a book in a room by myself. What I suspect is happening (and I think ev...

Today, when I wanted to say to something to someone I knew or felt a block or trouble coming, I looked away and down at the ground, and I said it perfectly when they were on the side of me. The brain ...

I think it's cause I have severe anxiety, that I'm stuttering even if I'm alone, just a little less. But I also put so much damn pressure on myself by trying to force myself to perform when I'm speaki...

I shutter on words starting with specific alphabet, when i repeat what i will speak next. i gave a presentation in my class and it went well literally 0 shutter i was so underconfident overthinking in...

In your own stutter experience, what happens right before your stutter?

In your own stutter experience, what happens right before your stutter? For me there are three components: the speaking component; the self-imposed demands (high expectation/need to increase or reduce...

I need some encouragement.

I need some encouragement. I’m taking a theatre class this semester and I regret it every day. I took drama and high school, and really enjoyed it, so I thought it would be fun to do it again in col...

Should we speak more calmly? (to improve our fluency)

Should we speak more calmly? (to improve our fluency) Generally, calmness tends to reduce everyday normal-disfluencies for all humans. From a stuttering perspective, states such as anger, excitement, ...

Stutter + Resting bitch face + Introvert + Anxiety = Life on hard mode

Stutter + Resting bitch face + Introvert + Anxiety = Life on hard mode I am cooked. I have a block stutter; I can think of the words perfectly fine, but when I get even a little nervous, they just won...

Stutter + Resting bitch face + Introvert + Anxiety Life on hard mode

Stutter + Resting bitch face + Introvert + Anxiety Life on hard mode I have block stutter, I can think of the words perfectly fine, but when I get even a little nervous, they just won’t come out. It m...

Its not the same talking alone or with animals. Even people who don't stutter have different brain activity when speaking another person compared to talking to themselves or animals. Brain is is very ...

How much has your stutter impacted your social skills?

How much has your stutter impacted your social skills? I wonder if more people can relate, but often when people talk to me my mind goes blank like i don't know what say back which usually leads to me...

I also don't stutter when am alone eg.i can say my name perfectly but also when am alone and try to visualize introducing myself to random stranger/group of people, i cant say my name without blocki...

I’ve noticed that my speech is perfect and I articulate really well under the influence. Adjectives flow out of nowhere make it all sound really cohesive. But sometimes my brain goes brrrr…when there...