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My stutter is affecting my everyday life

My stutter is affecting my everyday life Hello everyone :) I was looking for people to talk about this with, it's been tearing me apart. I've been stuttering ever since I was around 6 years old, i...

Yeah that is super frustrating. Sounds like there could be an anxiety component to it too, now you're older and with more pressures like work, which is quite common and a psychologist could help with ...

I had a slight stutter from about 7-11, it went away and came back when I was 18ish… it just happened randomly and has gotten worse, I’ve tried a few online courses and stuff with basically no success...

Oh…. I just had a regular SVT, and had an ablation a year ago. Had to spend 8 hours in recovery room. Make sure you inform your nurses that you have a speech dysfluency and make sure they give you a...

Hi, just curious what arrhythmia and procedure you have? I have WPW and am getting an ablation pretty soon and also stutter lol....

Oh yeah ! 100% bro, you feel the energy flowing through your body and feeling the rush , helps 100% although it is a very hard journey it is something I am still practicing and working on...

Stuttering is always stress. All of us who stutter have a stress disorder to some degree. I'm not an expert, but I haven't found any changes in my behavior or any other visible causes other th...

Same here as well! It’s weird how it works like that. I use be a lead at my old job so I had to talk to several people and I somehow was able to speak more fluently cause it was fast paced and kind of...

Same, also when im in high stress situations that require my full focus i dont stutter, like driving a car for the first time or having to be evacuated because a fire alarm went off, when im not think...

Yea I need to do that I usually resort to texting even for family. Yea anxiety is probably biggest factor in my stuttering. If am ever fully calm I actually stutter a lot less....

What helped for me is just calling people i know very often, it gets you out of that irrational fear of phonecalls, anxiety makes stutters so much worse...

Thankyou these ideas are really helpful. it is better when you don't care. . When I get stressed out it gets worse, not being able to communicate makes me angry which makes me stutter more. I need to...

Hey, I stuttered most of my life. I have dealt with mental health issues most of my life as well. I’ve been on so many different psych drugs I could always tell the difference in my speech getting b...

34 f, stuttering since I was 4. It became more physical around 12 years old. I started "blocking" and would get stuck on a word or sound while grimacing and nodding my head uncontrollably. Some meds make it worse and some make it better. Anyone else have this specific affliction? How do you cope?

34 f, stuttering since I was 4. It became more physical around 12 years old. I started "blocking" and would get stuck on a word or sound while grimacing and nodding my head uncontrollably. Some meds m...

Lmao yes! I’ve noticed when I’m upset or angry my speech comes out crystal clear✔️ must be because I’m more focused on how I’m feeling than what I’m saying...

I bet you didn't stutter when you told him off haha. I was calling ebay customer service once and got really fed up. My speech was very fluent when I was telling him they weren't helping haha...

What did you learn from CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) to improve stuttering?

What did you learn from CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) to improve stuttering? This is a follow-up on [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/y8ch98/what_did_you_learn_from_mindfulnes...

The last sentence is very unclear and I think you have completely misunderstood the valsalva concept. I had a heart arrhythmia that required an invasive medical procedure to fix. Before, I was taugh...

I guess I misspoke regarding thinking about your articulators. When writing about stuttering, stop talking about them. If you write it, delete it. Instead replace it with something more accurate ...

Many children stutter bcz they are not fluent enough to process new words that quickly and most of them outgrow it. The only ones who don’t get over it are the ones that have social anxiety. The more ...