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commentr/StutterJul 1, 2022
6 points

The consciously slowing down is the cause. The more you make yourself hyper aware that you will stutter the more you'll stutter. Its really hard to do and you need to just pretend at first but just g...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Overthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/FlightMindfulness & Breathing
commentr/StutterJun 30, 2022
5 points

My understanding based on years of stuttering is that most of us have pretty mild stutter problem but the permanent anxiety that we have developed since childhood exponentialy makes it worse, so when ...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterJun 30, 2022
1 points

See, I only started to stutter in my early to mid teen years and it was around the time when things became very shitty too. I stutter infront of everyone, family, friends, strangers, and it's worse w...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Stress & Fight/FlightAvoidance & SubstitutionSituational Variability
commentr/StutterJun 30, 2022
2 points

Hey mate if you don't stutter alone then this is 100% curable and it's just a neurological pathway problem. Your fight , fright , flee response gets activated when you talk to strangers and thus resul...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Stress & Fight/FlightAvoidance & SubstitutionSituational Variability+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 30, 2022
1 points

I'm being trained in a call centre and I have a stutter and the people that have been helping keep thinking I'm nervous and that's why I'm stuttering, sure I'm nervous but that's only a small reason f...

Causes & VariabilityTherapy & Professional
Stress & Fight/FlightSeeking Therapy
commentr/StutterJun 30, 2022
1 points

I also started stuttering in my teens. I’m not sure what caused it tbh. It gets really bad when I’m depressed, otherwise it just shows up randomly. Sometimes I get stuck repeating/extending sounds or ...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Onset & Life-Stage ChangesStress & Fight/FlightRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterJun 30, 2022
15 points

When I am angry I do not stutter at all. Its like anger is more powerful than whatever brain damage I have lol....

Causes & Variability
Stress & Fight/Flight
postr/StutterJun 30, 2022
7 points

Strange Occurrence

Strange Occurrence I wanted to share a strange occurrence that happened with my fluency one afternoon a few months ago. It began when I felt motions in my mouth. The motions felt like a pressure or ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationAnxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/Flight
postr/StutterJun 30, 2022
15 points

Anger is my only option

Anger is my only option So everytime i try to talk, i stutter so badly, But everytime someone makes me so mad I’m almost at my limit, i just snap at Them without stuttering and they just stands there ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterJun 29, 2022
1 points

Mine is almost definitely stress or nerves based. It popped up in about 3rd grade and I got speech therapy, and it was gone for a few years. It slowly started coming up again once I hit college. Now i...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Stress & Fight/FlightOnset & Life-Stage Changes
commentr/StutterJun 29, 2022
2 points

It’s ok to be nervous and anxious happens to me all the time before going into a professional speaking situation I just slow my breathing and tell myself the less I freak out the better I’ll speak and...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterJun 27, 2022
2 points

Yep, anything that takes my brain away from my speech seems to help my speech. I just need a random explosion to happen before all my damn zoom calls lol...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Overthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterJun 27, 2022
3 points

For me, since as long as I can talk, I've had repetitions (b-b-b-) and blocks (not being able to get the sound out of your mouth), nowadays, it's mostly blocks and having to restructure the sentence a...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Repetitions & ProlongationsBlocks & StoppagesStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterJun 27, 2022
2 points

Hey thank you so much for replying. I don’t know what it is it a stutter ? or is it social anxiety? I talk fluently every other time. It’s only when I am nervous or thinking about it that it happens ...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterJun 27, 2022
3 points

Very similar for me. I guess in my twenties (especially early 20s), I didn't think about life & financial stresses much at all. If I had $100 in my bank account I was sittin' pretty lol. Everythi...

Causes & VariabilitySchool & Work
Stress & Fight/FlightEmployment & CareerSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterJun 27, 2022
5 points

This is my experience as well. 20's the stutter was there, but not a huge issue. I was happy. Now in my mid 30's, moved cities, have what I would call my dream job - and its way worse. The stress of h...

Causes & VariabilitySchool & Work
Stress & Fight/FlightEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJun 27, 2022
6 points

Try this : 1. go far from your place where there is no one near and scream as loud as you can. Then come back and speak (scream for long, jump, if you can punch grass do that, don't just yell say an...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureFluency TechniquesStress & Fight/Flight+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 26, 2022
1 points

I think the same thing. It has to be confidence and some breathing. I don't remember stuttering before high-school and I can't really remember if I stuttered in the first few years of high-school or ...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & VariabilityTherapy & Professional
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/FlightSeeking Therapy
commentr/StutterJun 26, 2022
4 points

Not exactly, but I do feel light headed when I'm trying to talk and running out of air too much, and I feel worn out from all the struggle and tension in my jaw....

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Stress & Fight/FlightPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterJun 25, 2022
2 points

when you have a conversation with people , do you feel pressure in your brain after talking for more than 10 minutes?...

Causes & Variability
Stress & Fight/Flight