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Definitely disclose. Please don’t try to use “take a deep breath” because it’s not necessary and will almost definitely worsen the situation. A block as described is actually a moment of brief fear...

I quit smoking a year ago after smoking daily for about 15 years. I noticed I was getting a lot of anxiety and paranoia which ultimately made my stuttering worse. I just wasn’t enjoying being high any...

For me personally, it is the other way around. All sedatives and tranquilizers make speech considerably more controlled and fluent whilst stimulants usually exacerbate stuttering. The better question ...

Definitely! Everybody has different experiences when it comes to that kind of stuff. The stories you hear about people going crazy and killing themselves is a very very minuscule amount of people in t...

In my experience, Drugs that make u think like psychedelics are bad for people who are in a bad place (so the spirallers vs the growth mindset individuals) so for example I’ve had friends who said “I ...

Hi there. We seem to have the same kind of stutter. I’m about ten years older than you but I remember just how bad high school was battling a stutter. What you’re referring to are blocks. There’s not ...

Hey I am very similar to you I think I can help. I started to stutter when i was in the 3rd grade and now i’m in the 11th grade so just 2 years older than you. I’ve been through everything you’ve been...

I took speech therapy for a couple of years and ome of the first things they said, was to accept I have it and that it is part of me. Really helped me to just be more relaxed about it! Does it suck? Y...

It will not go away by itself. I read this book called “Redefining Stuttering” or something like that. It talks about the “forces” that cause us to stutter. Like emotions, physical state, mental state...

Look up the science of yawning. I’m pretty sure it’s an almost totally involuntary action in response to a group sensation of needing more air. When I had terrible blocks, I always *felt* air hunger...

Not really… You will almost certainly need to do radio communications to include sending receiving messages (to include basic encoding and decoding with NATO phonetic alphabet) to get out of basic. Al...

For me, The ratio of times it’s stopped me from saying something hurtful vs times it’s stopped me from saying something helpful is extremely unbalanced. Additionally, I would become fluent when ang...

If you have racing thoughts, GAD, general agitation that triggers the stutter then I would definitely recommend buspirone, based on personal experience. Has helped me live in the moment and just talk ...

I highly recommend going to the gym if you already don't, I feel like weightlifting on bad days really saved me from doing some stupid shit to either myself or other people just by being mentally over...

Most people right here will go into complicated and elusive suggestions, but the real practical approach is to adopt anti anxiety meds for such occasions. Even the non-prescription ones are way more ...

Very glad to hear it worked for you. I do stutter everyday mainly due to anxiety and have never taken any medications / any steps to ^reduce^? stuttering . Would you recommend buspirone for a person ...

Don't apologize. You've done nothing wrong. We're here for you. That's the whole point of being here. Don't worry about your boss. This is a disability. Let's frame it as such from here on out. It's...

Maybe anxiety plays a role. I’ve noticed that I would stutter a lot when I’m anxious during interviews. I’ve tried to call myself down during interview and my speech has been so much better and I feel...

I have been on Buspar for a year or so. I take it instead of Benzos due to a benzo addiction is easy to have and deadly (source: me). I am an alcoholic who last year went to rehab. Earlier this year...

Take a big shot of fireball before going up and you’ll do fine. Just look at the top of people’s heads when you’re scanning the audience....