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The severity of it decreasing is an amazing feat. I'm very happy for you. Literature I've read about stuttering always says gravitate towards overt stuttering for results exactly like what you're sa...

If I recall from speech therapy, there are three main types of stuttering. Blocks, repetitions, and I can’t recall the name but the one where you draw out the soft sounds like s: “ssssssssssssssure” I...

No that character of my stutter is the same. I still have blocks. I still have repetition. I still have elongation. The severity of it has decreased, that's all. ...

Not much advice to offer, but I just wanted to let you know that your post and comments here could've been written by me. The covert block stuttering, 10x worse in "official situations", fluency when ...

Do you have any citation that blocks and repetition favor covert and overt stutterers respectively? I've never heard this before and it's not my own experience. As I understand it, some people just st...

Definitely, I have an extremely difficult time with words that begin with H. I find it almost impossible oftentimes to say words that begin with an H, my face always heavily contorts when I manage/for...

I deal with block stutter a lot too. It's so frustrating when I'm listening to a bunch of people talking and I want to say something but I just can't get it out. It's probably the reason why I keep to...

Yes I block stutter all the time. Sometimes it's helpful cause people may not notice when I get stuck, but other times (especially with bigger blocks) I just wish I did the repetitive stutter cause th...

Sure! Blocks are a common part of stutter. So is repetition, of course. And then there's the prolongation. It's all part of our terrible repertoire. ;-D And you're right, speech therapy can help you ...

This is an overt vs covert stutterer issue. Overt stutters do the repetitive starts, while covert stutters do the silent blocks. I'm a covert stutterer. I'm very good at it too. I'll block, word r...

I actually think most of us only 'block', and hardly ever stutt-ut-ut-er I think that (one of) the most annoying thing(s) about stuttering is that no one ever recognizes it as a stutter, and often pe...

Do any of you suffer with a "block" stutter?

Do any of you suffer with a "block" stutter? Hey, folks. I was just wondering if anybody here suffers from a "block" stutter? I've stuttered all my life, and indirectly it has compounded a lot of aspe...

> Feel anxious about being around and talking with other people > > Feel very self-conscious or embarrassed in front of other people > > Avoid face-to-face interactions and only inter...

I was hoping maybe someone could relate rather than a diagnosis. If I did have a stutter I know its not a bad one but when I start talking is when it happens ...

“Here” can’t say it without blocking or saying “yeah” I just carry out the y and I get laughed at lmao it’s not good...

I have the same problem. In normal conversation I know the words i want to say but i just cant say it. It feels like my diaphragm freezes and I'm not breathing. I use a lot of filler words like uh or ...

I struggle with stuttering blocks a lot. I know the word I want to say but it just won't come out no matter how much I try to calm myself down and relieve the stress. Any tips on how to get through it...

I need tips for that. It's so hard talking and then getting stuck on a word and not being able to say it. ...

I feel the absolute same way, like I want to be around people and I want to talk to people but its this stutter and block stutter thats handicapping me, like shit man. ...

Why did my name have to start on a damn vowel and not some other letter for me to pronounce easier like Jimmy, Tim, Sam.. E is the hardest letter for me and of course it ends with an E too. ...