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I believe that I was born with one. I had meningitis as a child and that left me mute. I didn't say my first words until I was 4 years old. As soon as I started speaking, I had a stutter. I had spee...

At a young age we build an emotional wall around ourselves to combat the ridicule and pain. Nothing coming in also means very little comes out. This is why a good speech therapist is crucial. Can a...

I’ve searched Psychology Today for therapist in my area, they all have their specialties. Prices vary depending on insurance and whatnot. I’m no expert but some may also be more flexible than others...

How do you find a good therapist? I'm looking into cbt too. How do you know how much it costs beforehand?...

>pushing myself to exposure therapy and forcing myself to make phone calls to soldier through the anxiety and awkwardness Why are you doing this? That's not a guaranteed mechanic or anything. Also...

I don't think there's any such mechanic (distraction ---> fluency). You should probably rather work on _not_ getting distracted - by your concerns during speaking. Focus on your own effort instead...

No, I know it's a lot...I'm glad you're doing something instead of trying to wait it out. You may want to start with an SLP that accepts your health insurance, which may mean going through your healt...

Speech therapist here. It's very important that you get some additional intervention because the rate of curability is much higher with younger children WITH proper treatment. At this age, your chil...

I developed a stutter at the same age, and it took me until I was 14 or so to get help, and it took a few years from there to really succeed over it, so good on you for getting him help earlier. Talk...

Thanks for your kind comment and for the link. The wife's stutter has gotten much better thanks for speech therapy and gaining confidence over the years. When she was in her teens she couldn't finish ...

Thank you for your lengthy response! Yes, my fiance told be that her stutter has gotten progressively worse when she was in high school (to the point where she couldn't finish a sentence without a sta...

Congrats on your upcoming wedding. Just a thought - when did your finance first raise this idea of not wanting children because of the possibility of passing down a stuttering "problem"? I ask becau...

Well, it differs a lot per individual. What i can do is tell you what happened with me and draw your own conclusions. ​ Long ago, when I was still young, I would never really talk. I star...

To make things worse, I see a therapist and today I have an appointment and this is just going to be the biggest waste of time, I am totally on edge. Most times I am able to communicate fine, a few st...

There's no pill out there, but they're researchers out there doing their best looking into developing pills and brain stimulation. In the meantime, speech therapy is your only hope. ...

During speech therapy in school I told my therapist my stuttering was exceptionally worse over the phone. Guess what he did? “Ok /raguirre10 we’re going to order pizza for the staff today with all di...

There are no pills, drugs, or medicine that cures stuttering. Have you tried therapy as an adult with a speech therapist who specializes in stuttering?...

I think speech therapist might help you a lot . check it out and see if it helps . the other thing i heard about a lot here is mindfulness. check out some videos online and it might help you to reduce...

I also don't know where to start and I've been super depressed lately because of it. Just a thought I had lately, I think dealing with my social anxiety may be more helpful thant I think it would be. ...

It's because stuttering is a huge stressor. We don't have the capacity to deal with much else (when it's worst). But it's not like the struggle is a constant. We know it varies on its own, and we als...