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Great question! You asked: *"In your mind, how do we tune down \[or train\] the right amygdala’s sensitivity?"* At its core I think stuttering is more of an **associative** problem rather than a fear...

Great question! >*"In your mind, how do we tune down \[or train\] the right amygdala’s sensitivity?"* Thank you! I appreciate the question and the thoughtful read. Simply put, I argue this is not p...

Pretending to not hear what the person said, coz I’m struggling to say what the person asked me. I just pretend to be dumb and ask the question again....

Should we change "I can" into "I can't"? (towards stuttering remission)

Should we change "I can" into "I can't"? (towards stuttering remission) My personal thoughts: I think, people who stutter (PWS) may often want to eliminate the stop sign (for example, anticipatory fe...

It's hard to admit we're doing our best

It's hard to admit we're doing our best The thing is: In my opinion, for most people who stutter, the problem is often how to work smarter, not how to work harder. When PWS try harder they frequently ...

i fr have to know atleast three ways to say anything. its never as easy to say as "im going home" but i have to change it several times, change the place of the words nd play out a fucking play in my ...

My stutter varies in intensity and severity. From passing for fluent, to blocks and repetitions with facial twitching. I'll usually finish my sentences unless im interrupted and asked to repeat myself...

Mann, wie oft hat jemand meinen Witz wiederholt und ihn besser rübergebracht, NUR weil er nicht gestottert hat. (Da Ihr Kommentar auf Deutsch verfasst wurde, bin ich gemäß den Regeln nun verpflichtet...

Stutter question: how to shift into a ready state (from an inhibitory state)? (rather than simply trying to reduce fear of stuttering).

Stutter question: how to shift into a ready state (from an inhibitory state)? (rather than simply trying to reduce fear of stuttering). STUTTER QUESTION During an excessive error-avoidance response....

Is building fluency "bad'? Should we instead focus on sensitivity to stuttering?

Is building fluency "bad'? Should we instead focus on sensitivity to stuttering? My reply: I think, broadly speaking, simply adopting the term "building fluency" could refer to addressing the feedfor...

I have a mind game I sometimes use. Just decide it doesn’t matter whether you get into med school or not as that will take the pressure off. I’ve done that sort of thing and it results in a good inter...

I can feel you! My end sem dissertation was like this. Worked whole semester and rehearsed 1 day before presentation but during presentation it was just me and my slide. I stammerered so hard that ext...

Ecopipam is a D2 partial dopamine antagonist. It doesn’t block dopamine completely, but helps balance it out, especially in the Striatum which is a main component for speech motor control. Prozac als...

I think that you should try giving mock interviews with someone and go through all the potential questions that they ask usually ask in interviews . Atleast prepare 2 different answers to a single que...

When I'm not stuttering my brain kicks in thinking why I'm not stuttering. Why is that?

When I'm not stuttering my brain kicks in thinking why I'm not stuttering. Why is that? I think that - such a mindset basically lead us in a hypnosis/trance: alluding to the idea of stuttering “alway...

Emalex are said to submit for FDA approval for Tourette’s towards the end of the year with approval likely being in 2026 if all goes smoothly....

I feel this way too sometimes... I mean I have a phone call I need to make.. I'm here thinking about the best words I can use so I don't block for too long. Just placing a freaking phone call has bec...

ECOPIPAM is the one right, which supposed to block dopamine receptors, people are saying it is going to get approved by fda by end of this year for tourette syndrome, but I see no sign....

Process Engineer in R&D in the US. I do have to present to large teams a lot and I do a lot of hiring work for my company. I don't stutter as much as I did as a kid but Ms and Ns are always hard. I ha...

If you observe enough, you’ll notice that most people are pretty self-absorbed with their own lives and problems. I say this because it’s often us as people who stutter who end up hyper-focusing on ou...