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I need advice or help (also kinda venting)

I need advice or help (also kinda venting) So pretty much I’m 18M and I seem to be having social problems. It’s really hard because it’s preventing me from doing stuff with my family and friends. I ha...

Just Need to Vent

Just Need to Vent So I started working at a call center October 2021. I had a VERYYY minimal stutter to the point nobody even noticed it and I did my job right. I even was recognized for learning ever...

Overcoming stuttering with a breathing technique

Overcoming stuttering with a breathing technique Hi guys, I'd like to share something that recently helps me with stuttering, and it might be helpful for you as well. First, to explain my condition. I...

Yeah when I used to drink I could speak fluently (until I’d start slurring). I think it’s a combination of being more relaxed socially and more relaxed in your muscles. That’s how my life started to r...

I don’t believe stuttering occurs on blocks or there is timing associated with it. It just occurs like an involuntary action. But I do agree in some cases like extreme stress or drinking too much soda...

Stuttering in meetings

Stuttering in meetings I have an engineering internship at a big company and I have to be in meetings all the time. I’m fully remote so we have virtual meetings. Nobody turns on their camera and the c...

I’m 51 and have had an impossible time saying my name. However, I’ve been taking an anti-anxiety pill for 10 years and haven’t had a problem since. My son also stutters and I just put him on the same ...

Hey, do you remember the first time you had a block? Ive had a stutter all my life so Im a bit of a veteran blocker lol. Ive started to understand that my stutter is highly tied in with fear and anx...

Hellish 2022

Hellish 2022 Hi guys, its been a rough one. My stutter has went from bearable to awful in the past 6 months (since my 21st, to be exact). I got a job as a manager in a fast food place and I just cant ...

We stutter because we get anxious then start thinking words. Pretty much we stutter because we have anxiety, some people get migraines, skin rashes, we get it thru stutter. Stuttering is curable! Sho...

Joined the Army in 2006 not long after high school. Had a moderate stutter. My stutter miraculously vanished during basic training. Not sure if it was because I was constantly yelling, the change in e...

Don’t underestimate how much anxiety can make your stutter worse

Don’t underestimate how much anxiety can make your stutter worse We all have different stutters of course but anxiety really can take a toll on fluency. And conversely feeling great helps a lot as w...

My older brother just started the military a couple months ago. He stutters, but it’s not as bad as mine. He said his drill instructor understands, and gives him exceptions to speaking...

The harder you try not to stutter, you stutter more....

I think the point being made here is that if you fight the stutter to the point that you become anxious and angry and frustrated etc then the stutter will likely be worse. By all means try and increas...

You were just retorting amygdala being the root cause with your own speculations while the presentation expert made it clear it was the 'cause'. So at least you gotta retort him with your own evidence...

I run out of breath when I stutter, too. I don't get chest pains but when it's really bad I do start feeling like I might pass out. It's a kind of scary, out of control feeling honestly....

Tons of people who stutter have relatives who stutter, so it really seems like there's something genetic about a lot of cases even if no one's been able to pinpoint any specific gene. Also the fact t...

Happens to me too. Especially when the stutter restricts my breathing flow, I get quickly heart palpitations, which lately transformed in sharp chest pain. Idk man, science on this field sucks. Nobody...

Bad chest pains when speaking?

Bad chest pains when speaking? Hi guys, I have a problem with stuttering, especially when I'm tired or sick. Mostly I get blocks on specific words (the types of words where you can't substitute it for...