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It’s important to remember that old habits make it hard to think clearly. Their inertia is very strong. Sometimes it may feel like you don’t deserve kindness, that you’re guilty of something, that you...

Hi mate, actually i red your post and honestly it makes sense and benefited from it however I need more clarification In the first point of your strategy you said speak without thinking that you're f...

If I don’t stutter as often when I talk out loud by myself, is my biggest problem tension/anxiety?

If I don’t stutter as often when I talk out loud by myself, is my biggest problem tension/anxiety? Pretty straightforward question. I can speak without stammering often if I talk to myself out loud. B...

Help with new techniques

Help with new techniques My speech therapist and I have tried a technique of speaking so slowly but the problem is that i am not comfortable with this and i couldn't make myself speak like that so i s...

My image attempts to show that many people who stutter (and even many clinicians/researchers) underappreciate the scale of suppressed conditioned responses: a learned tendency for the nervous system to suppress or “hold back” speech

My image attempts to show that many people who stutter (and even many clinicians/researchers) underappreciate the scale of suppressed conditioned responses: a learned tendency for the nervous system t...

Need advice on IT Life and Stammering

Need advice on IT Life and Stammering I have stutter from my childhood days, I don't know how I got into stuttering. Now I am 21 and working in Corporate. From Saying my name to Thank you, I struggle ...

Usually when I have a speech block I have an "Emmme Emmme" loop that I can't stop

Usually when I have a speech block I have an "Emmme Emmme" loop that I can't stop I try to spit my word / sentence out, so I do these long ahh ummme to try to help it, because the beginning of the sen...

Have you ever tried tapping?

Have you ever tried tapping? Hi, I’ve always thought there are two kinds of stuttering: 1. **Visible:** when people can see and hear the stutter. 2. **Invisible:** when the person hides the stutter f...

So. To put this into a Model: * Stimulus (fear of being judged) * Needs: (I rely on the NEED that others do not notice my stuttering) & (I NEED to decrease my closeness with the girl I just met - to ...

Anxiety stimulus + anxiety response: So how does it work exactly? I mean, how does our subconscious brain link anxiety stimuli to speech execution? How does our subconscious mind, thru repeated reinforcement, condition the anxiety stimulus with an anxiety response and its manifestations

Anxiety stimulus + anxiety response: So how does it work exactly? I mean, how does our subconscious brain link anxiety stimuli to speech execution? How does our subconscious mind, thru repeated reinfo...

What is your viewpoint on the idea that stuttering is mostly preceded by sensitization—that is, that stuttering manifestations are mostly sensitized reactions to the particular stimuli or needs they have become sensitized to (resulting in excessive regulation of speech execution i.e., a breakdown)

What is your viewpoint on the idea that stuttering is mostly preceded by sensitization—that is, that stuttering manifestations are mostly sensitized reactions to the particular stimuli or needs they h...

me just yapping about how I am just realizing I do in fact stutter a moderate amount

me just yapping about how I am just realizing I do in fact stutter a moderate amount Hello everyone, recently I realized I stutter quite often. I never really realized it as much, I mean i knew I did ...

Any advice for my severe stutter?

Any advice for my severe stutter? I usually do stutter (been stuttering since I was a kid) but I’m stuttering more than usual … I think it’s from life stressors, social anxiety, or just general anxie...

Tbh it’s hard but u just have to hear urself when u talk. It gets easier just hear ur voice every time...

What do you mean when you stutter in your head? For me I can say things perfectly on my head, but if I try to say it out loud I stutter...

My experience as a stutterer.

My experience as a stutterer. I am 20M. And like everyone in this sub I suffer from stuttering. I am writing this because currently I am really angry with my myself cuz of the stuttering and that till...

Nah, had a couple problems with making some sounds like “ch” “sh” “th” etc, but nothing like this, problem is mostly overthinking speaking and what to say, so they my thoughts get muddled, takes ages ...

I don’t always remember to do this. But I noticed it helps my stuttering when I express my thoughts with my hands as I’m speaking. I think it’s some kind of psychological trick? My brain had to speak...

I experience stuttering in my head before saying the word a lot, It's like a mental block where there's nothing I can do to not stutter. I've tried not to focus on my stutter, and while it does reduc...

Yeah this feels like what I have, I anticipate it and overthink it which causes it to happen. Mines also started happening due to a medication I’ve started for something else, which has started making...