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postr/StutterOct 24, 2020
5 points

Question about tendencies

Question about tendencies This might just be me but I realize my breathing and even physical movements is effected by my stutter. Like I’ll keep inhaling whenever I get stuck until I can’t inhale anym...

Speech & Stuttering
Physical TensionBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterOct 23, 2020
2 points

Depends, sometimes uea i do end up lying but notmally i just block for a whole minute before finally getting it out. Its an awkward silence...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterOct 22, 2020
1 points

me too, im blocking like every second. Hang in there....

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterOct 21, 2020
1 points

Unfortunately I have no advice but I relate to this so much. I freeze whenever I’m asked to answer a question and I have the same problem. I will be waiting alongside you for advice....

Speech & StutteringCommunity & Support
Blocks & StoppagesAdvice Requests
postr/StutterOct 21, 2020
12 points

stutter getting worse

stutter getting worse hi, im getting worried. i have a stutter since more than a year but its getting worse since few weeks. i have a slight stutter, but since few weeks, im struggling so much. so man...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Severity & FluctuationBlocks & StoppagesFeared Words & Names
commentr/StutterOct 21, 2020
5 points

for me personally, word blocks are always, stutter is not so constant, but when it happens I'm playing on extra hard, you wont survive mode lol...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Blocks & StoppagesSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterOct 21, 2020
1 points

I have horrible moments like this too. We’re going to keep getting through these. Keep your head up. We know our names. We know what we want to say. And sometimes when the stars align, we get to say i...

Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterOct 20, 2020
1 points

I feel you!! My stuttering hasn’t ever been bad enough to affect my life until now. I’m 19 and trying to be more confident in the world, to hold my own and be able to feel comfortable feeling adult if...

Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesShame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 20, 2020
2 points

Hey man I had an interview today as well and struggled during it too. My brain just couldn’t muster out words for the life of me, and I had to actively strain my mouth muscles SUPER HARD in order for ...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Blocks & StoppagesOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterOct 20, 2020
1 points

I do try and practice a lot but it doesn’t help when I’m alone or with family/friends because I don’t block as hard when I’m talking to people I’m comfortable with. It’s hard because just recently it ...

Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 20, 2020
1 points

You can probably get therapy via zoom. So you are not limited to your town. Blocks are hard. Focus on gently approaching the "a" sound in Amy. Gently breathe out and hum a little if blocking and...

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Seeking TherapyBlocks & StoppagesFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 20, 2020
1 points

welcome to the subreddit friend. you're not alone. blocks are probably my biggest issue with stuttering as well and I've come to notice that virtually no one except fellow stutters are even aware that...

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Blocks & StoppagesAnxiety & Social JudgmentAdvice Requests
commentr/StutterOct 20, 2020
1 points

Blocks are the fucking worst. Everytime I get a block (which is becoming more often lol), I have such a severe urge to like... bang my head against the wall or something lol. Hugs, OP. It's tough is...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Blocks & StoppagesFeared Words & NamesFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 20, 2020
1 points

I haven’t yet but I will be, honestly I haven’t mostly because I’d have to say my name at the appointment 😞...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterOct 20, 2020
2 points

Right!! It’s worse because your not making any noise so people think your just stupid haha. And yeah I try to do that too but my job requires me to introduce myself on the phone, and it’s gotten even ...

Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 20, 2020
1 points

Thank you!!! I will be looking into both for myself, it’s just I live in a small town so I’m not super sure I’ll be able to see someone that’s really good if you know what I mean. I’ve googled ways to...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Overthinking & MonitoringBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterOct 20, 2020
1 points

Yes haha like other comments said I am aware, I just mean if I only st st stuttered I’d be fine with it but it’s the blocking that’s really embarrassing because it’s the only things I actually struggl...

Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterOct 20, 2020
1 points

Ik that, when i say stereotypical stutter i specifically mean the one portraid in most movies or tv shows. The more widely known stutter where a persons words are drawn out (ex: s-s-s-sorry!) Most pe...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterOct 20, 2020
1 points

It's not? From which perspective? I think there's plenty of people in here who are intimately familiar with blocks....

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterOct 20, 2020
1 points

I think they are specifically worried about that type of stutter. Its not the stereotypical stutter but is still *very* common...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & Stoppages