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I've not tried any but I do use some of the techniques such as taking deep breaths before uttering the difficult words or using some of our comfort words to make it easier for us to speak or get the n...

Blocks are my struggle too , got any advice regarding that ?...

You go to a speech therapist and get diagnosed with "Advanced Stutter" and/or "Speech block". (Then you apply via your countries social welfare system). Speech block is when some words are almost impo...

I try to not think about my stutter but whenever someone mentions speech or talking, my mind instantly goes into panic mode. I try to push the thought away but I just can't. Most of the time when I bl...

I try to do things out of my comfort zone but just thinking about it gives me so much anxiety. My heart beats so fast, my mind goes blank, and my speech isn't any better. Do you have any tips on how t...

I'll give that a try. I do notice that I'm losing breath when I'm talking but I just don't know how to fix it. I try to breathe in while blocking and that just makes it last longer. It could be the an...

Yeah I feel you bro. I’ve had this stutter for 8 years and therapy didn’t help. My speech pathologist told me I was extremely fluent when I spoke but as soon as I left it came back. I try to use a who...

I went in to pickup my order. I was supposed to say "I have a pickup" but I blocked and while I was blocking I was pointing at the pickup counter but there was another cashier in that direction. It lo...

I never want to speak again

I never want to speak again I just can't deal with all this stress and anxiety. I keep blocking for such a long time just for one word. Happens at home, at work, at school, when I'm ordering food, I j...

Yeah for real, this is something that magically clears a block 99% of the time. So strange...

Has there been any work down into dissecting the stuttering phenomenon into broad categories? E.g. repetitions vs hard-blocks.

Has there been any work down into dissecting the stuttering phenomenon into broad categories? E.g. repetitions vs hard-blocks. Hearing other stutterers speak is always interesting, because it highligh...

I'm a native English speaker and can speak conversationally in Spanish. I have a mild stutter in English, and I stutter and block much more in Spanish, probably because I'm more conscious of myself sp...

I dont really speak the same letter twice/thrice. I just stop talking and wait 3 sec and then continue on...

Blocks a pretty common. Its just like the air stops flowing? That happens to me when I'm really tense....

I'm new here - any similar stutterers?

I'm new here - any similar stutterers? Hey there! I've been stuttering for about 16 years, and have been told time and time again that stutters don't normally go away - you just learn to work with it....

Anybody else just has a pause when speaking?

Anybody else just has a pause when speaking? Sometimes im speaking a sentence just fine. But all of a sudden the words just dont come out i just kinda freeze. I mean its at least better then when i w...

*conversation with my close friend* Her: So you can understand abit of Spanish but can’t speak it? Me: It took me seven years to get decent at not stuttering through English. Observe! *attempts t...

Here's a couple of exercises I learned while in speech therapy. How well, if at all, they work for you, may vary. You probably need to put them into practice before you can see if they work: * Take a...

I think possibly, my jaw started getting stiffer when i was 16 and have had a pretty stiff jaw since then. Can’t say for certain as though as i don’t think there’s been much research on this My stutt...

Stutter and bruxism (bruxia or jaw tension)

Stutter and bruxism (bruxia or jaw tension) So I started stuttering pretty badly like one year ago (im 16 in few days). I also have bruxism for a bit longer than that and its quite severe as I broke a...