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Isn't it just a reaction to perceiving prediction **errors**? This research explains it better: [https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/uph5g](https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/uph5g) You could see it lik...

Do you sometimes think that they are oblivious to how bad a person who stutters feels about their speech because they never had to think about their own speech because they are fluent and they just wa...

Some people go through fight or flight response when they encounter scary situations. For people that stutter, our speech impediment over time trains our nervous system that speaking is ‘scary’. When ...

Phone calls

Phone calls Phone calls make my stammer so much more worse. As soon as I get off the phone I am so much more fluent than I was on the call. Beyond frustrated😭...

A strong approach avoidance conflict. Simply put, you really don't want to stutter. ...

I’m okay with criticism of him. This is more about the lack of use of an opportunity.. Maybe my view is skewed....

I am a stutterer, and I have a lot empathy for Biden. But he went into politics knowing he had a speech issue. So I think he has to wear the criticism. A stutter is objectively an unusual thing....

Help with stuttering at work

Help with stuttering at work Hey, so at my job I’m forced to say things to my customers/clients and sometimes it’s just hard. I usually stutter on the main word of a sentence, for ex: someone asked wh...

When I was in my engineering undergrad I found that professors wouldn’t take me seriously when I would ask questions and stutter. They seemed to take me more seriously when I would ask a question and ...

Hi, that is the tricky question I keep asking myself too. I think almost every stutter have contexts in which they don’t stutter so badly or at all. I don’t stutter with coworkers, but I do a lot if...

Question for People That stutter

Question for People That stutter Hi Everyone I have stuttered all my life I have went to Speech pathologists for decades In school and out of school My dad has even taken me to professionals and paid ...

I’d love to get some info from you. My stutter is pretty mild and only gets bad when I’m tired or anxious. But once it gets going it kinda snowballs. What techniques do you use?...

I feel worthless and unlovable

I feel worthless and unlovable I’ve always found it so hard to cultivate friendships, much less romantic relationships. I met my crush on vacation, and we hung out for two days. I'm a socially anxiou...

*Continuation:* * RPEs in classical and instrumental conditioning and reinforcement learning (RL) * With regard to the involvement of RPE in RL, one key observation was that, if the PE is absent, lea...

[Research](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7804370/): Dopamine, Prediction Error and Beyond (2021) * **Dopamine** neurons serve a general function in signaling the expectation of (any) i...

[Research](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2802367/): The biochemistry of belief * **Dopamine** levels are linked to belief formation, as evidenced by research on paranormal thoughts. Be...

I get you, I'm only 18, and my mental health, self-esteem, and outlook on life are already fucked to be honest. I'm leaving school forever in the next few days without a job lined up and no ambitions ...

I have summarized the key points from various research studies: [Research](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9062982/): Dopamine and the interdependency of time perception and reward (2021...

I have summarized the key points from various research studies: [Research](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6379460/): A Reward-Based Framework of Perceived Control (2019) * Perceived co...

In my opinion, the problem may be our intolerance to the sensation of a perceived loss of control (resulting in a drop of post-synaptic dopamine release), and then we stutter. On the other hand, stu...