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I’m an SLP and my own 2 year old started stuttering recently (which is pretty common around this age). There is a lot of cognitive and skills based development happening around the 2-3 age range, whic...

Probably whatever effect the cold is having on you, is slightly changing the way you’re speaking and therefore making you stutter less. Currently battling strep throat right now and my lymph nodes are...

Fat to skinny breathing has helped me. Take a deep breath before you start talking and let a little out before you start talking....

Mostly slowing down my speaking tempo and extending vowels in certain words. Feels a bit off sometimes but helps most of the days....

Hi! SLP here - that is a stuttering-type disfluency called whole word repetition. There is also sound/syllable repetition, sound prolongation, and blocking. People who stutter may experience all of th...

I don't do this, but a family member who also stutters does – it's their biggest stuttering symptom. I used to as a kid, but not anymore. I see it as an instinctive way of giving yourself repeated cha...

The problem isn’t the word ‘goal’, it’s the next word which you’re struggling to move forward with. In order to stem the silent tide, you sort of bounce on that fluent word until you are ready to move...

Is repeating full words a form of stuttering?

Is repeating full words a form of stuttering? I am an adult, early 40s. In the past couple of weeks, I’ve been getting stuck on a word when trying to talk. Such as “The goal goal goal goal [pause]… th...

There's not just one kind. "Wh- wh- wh- what did you say?" There's been surveys even here in this sub, and the majority responses were that *blocking* is the most common. In my own case, it would be s...

I stuttered heavily during the speaking test. I got 25 in speaking and overall 105. I messed up in listening and got just 22. I also wonder why they scored my stuttered speech 25 😂...

It's the most basic symptom of stuttering. Blocking is when you try to say a word, but nothing comes out. It's a momentary lose of speech function for particular or range of phonetic sounds due neurol...

Is talking too fast also a part of stuttering?

Is talking too fast also a part of stuttering? So I have been stuttering for 9 years now at first it was like just repeating the same word again and again (normal stuttering) now it's blocking but in ...

Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up

Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up A couple of stuttering focused lines in this. Personally, I found it funny. But it may not be for everyone. Porky Pig lays down an angry, stuttering "did I st...

It switches for me. Lately, any sentences starting with a vowel are hard. Sometimes, anything starting with an S or T....

I kinda stutter on anything, it doesn’t discriminate lol. But I agree it’s the worst when I have to quickly come up with a response knowing the word I want to say, I’ll stutter it. 😭😂...

This is a long post so I think I have to split it between comments. I'd disagree and say there are clear definitions and categorizations of what stuttering is. Admittedly, there is a major lack of e...

This is so relatable. Either I sound like a child or I sound weird. One time in biology someone once said to me “We speak English not caveman” because I was blocking badly. Also I struggle with announ...

wow! you’re lucky! Female here too, and I got mocked & bullied because of my stutter. 😢...

Whats this phenomenon called?

Whats this phenomenon called? So say you're blocking/stuttering trying to get out a word, somehow another person says the word and you can finally say it... Example, John is blocking on completinga ...

He has admitted to ketamine and cocaine use as well as other recreational drugs before to stay awake. I can only voice my opinion as a former behavioral therapist who previously worked with addicts, t...