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Interestingly enough i went to a speech therapist for 12 years, never realized he was a stutterer until one day he called me to see how i was doing and he had a subtle block on a word. Ps: just goes...

Congratulations for working really hard on being in control of your stammer. ​ >since we know that stuttering is a learned behavior That's one of the many (dangerous) misconceptions a...

I particularly enjoy this on the phone with no visual cues so I have to keep filling the dead air with ums so I don't get disconnected....

I am a 23 year old female . I am a 6th year medical student who stutters

I am a 23 year old female . I am a 6th year medical student who stutters I am a 6th year medical students . The fact is i have a moderate stutter which really holds me back from speaking in morning re...

I figured that I used to stutter a lot because I had a minor OCD with trying to make sure I say all the perfect words for a perfect explanation, now I just wing it and it works a lot better...

Yeah. It’s almost like when you’re trying to be diligent and be as detail oriented as possible is when it shows up....

I GAVE A SPEECH! My story.

I GAVE A SPEECH! My story. Today I finally did it! I public spoke for the first time in a long while-5-6 years. I used to be a good speaker in my middle school. I had a little stutter back them but i...

Thank you for sharing your story. Just like in your case, stuttering usually starts in childhood so by the time someone reaches high school they had thousands of opportunities to develop ingrained ne...

I feel the same! If or when you stutter, it feels like your mind is your own worst enemy. Wish I could offer advice, but the same thing happens to me \/(T^T)\/...

I'm really just confused and frustrated

I'm really just confused and frustrated I'm 16m, by the way. I've always stuttered, but until about the seventh or eight grade, I didn't really let it bother me much. I'm a junior now, in my third dif...

I did a year or two of speech pathology in elementary school, but I question its effect considering my stutter lasted quite a few more years beyond that until it mysteriously vanished. I did some casu...

You are not alone in feeling like this. Stuttering can severely affect confidence and self-esteem. It all boils down to the think-feel-act cycle. Negative thoughts lead to emotions (stress, anxiety, s...

Yes, I am a firm advocate of incorporating CBT in stuttering treatment. Even if patients are not highly anxious, they will all have some unhelpful thoughts and beliefs about stuttering and these thoug...

What’re your thoughts on the cognitive and emotional components of stuttering, and do you think they could play a part in stuttering treatment?...

Stuttering is taking over my life again...

Stuttering is taking over my life again... Before I dump this essay for anyone to read, I just want to say that it's more of a vent/rant and self-expression than anything else. I appreciate advice and...

If you can get to the point where you can own your stutter, you've won. Stuttering gets worse the more you try to hide it and struggle against it so the more you accept it, talk about it openly and ac...

The more someone fights against their stutter, the more they try to hide it, avoid words, people, certain situations, the worse their stutter gets. This is because when someone stutters, their brain i...

Our minds hyperfocus on the delivery because we want it to sound as clear as we heard it the first time, which in turn triggers the stutter. I'm the same way....

At age 23 my stuttering was measured at 30% of my speech in reading and dialogue. Yet, in a room alone I could read out loud with zero stuttering and make pretend phone calls saying my name. When I ...

It makes a lot sense, but we usually 1) don't notice the pattern and 2) we ignore things. For example, about the first, maybe the pattern is the volume. I have more problems if I talk louder. Notice ...