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Blocks are when no sound comes out. Prolongations are when a sound gets stretched: “prrrrrobably”...

Actually mine is only repetition and rarely stretching of some letters. I suppose people with blocks are more likely stutter regardless of the situation. But overall there are few benefits to speak fl...

It's blocks 99% of the time, but sometimes I have repetitions too :)...

Advice for my 4.5 year old with hard blocks starting a sentence

Advice for my 4.5 year old with hard blocks starting a sentence I came here for advice from those who have had hard blocks as we haven’t yet been able to find a qualified speech therapist for my 4.5 y...

My stuttering hasn’t been associated with certain beginning letter words as you’ve described but more so with my emotional or psychological state at the time. When I was younger, I often stuttered whe...

Me(20F). It’s not as severe but it sure gets embarrassing sometimes. I’d be having a normally conversation with my friends or family and I’d start stuttering. It’s frustrating cause sometimes I can’t ...

Fellow Stutterers; what "type" of stutter do you have & has it always been the same?

Fellow Stutterers; what "type" of stutter do you have & has it always been the same? Hey everyone, Hope everyone is doing ok! I'm currently 29 and have stuttered since I was most likely around 8-9 y...

I had a panic attack at school

I had a panic attack at school We had a public speaking workshop at school that about 30 kids were chosen to take part in. (Mind you these are kids that I don’t speak to normally) For some reason I wa...

I have two girls, neither stutter. However, my youngest did for a few days. It was a horrible stutter. I demanded that everyone ignore it and it went away by itself....

Imma blame it on being born a micro preemie😂 God really said a pinch of this (ADD) a pinch this(half blind) and a wholeeee bunch of that (stuttering) 🥳...

mirror; or saying them out loud with another person. I also kinda do a sing song voice or dragging the word out when I’m having to say words starting with M W, L, or S...

Yes!!! definitely drag out Ms and W’s sometimes S’s which is embarrassing as hell when trying to tell someone they’re total of anything with a 6. Now it’s not bad but if it’s a medication or I’m repea...

My mother. My mother had a stammer. It trickled over to me. Because she was also a nervous person and that made me a nervous person. I also have an issue where I word salad like crazy. So toss in a bu...

Genetic predisposition for sure: my dad stutters and my cousin and nephew have a form of cluttering. My mom also said she mysteriously stuttered for a few months in middle school. As far as my parents...

YES😂 especially at work I got a customer complain to the pharmacist about my phone etiquette saying “you need to have a talk with whoever I just spoke to cause she talked too fast and was rude” I was...

Yes. Honestly the main reason I can’t get action is because my blocks are so long that I creep girls out. Even when I can get through a block i have to repeat myself a couple of times to built up my f...

Does anyone else stutter when playing a musical instrument?

Does anyone else stutter when playing a musical instrument? This might just be me not being very good at it, but I just can't play either the piano or the guitar fluently. I often find myself repeatin...

I can’t believe I’ve found almost the identical case to my child. He also repeats the last syllable of a word like yours did, starting from 2.5yo and now 3yo, and he’s got really rich vocabs compared ...

I can’t believe I’ve found almost the identical case to my child. He also repeats the last syllable of a word like yours did, starting from 2.5yo and now 3yo, and he’s got really rich vocabs compared ...

Saying something fluently and being asked to repeat yourself. “Huh????” Though I have noticed that people do that out of habit. When someone asks me to repeat myself I just don’t and the conversation ...