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I’ve done something similar. I’ve recorded myself in a situation where I know I’ll stutter, and I listen to what my stutter sounds like. This helps me to personally see what I can change about my spee...

Just questions to answer...

Just questions to answer... For each of these questions, just reply with a number using the guide below. 0 = never, 1 = sometimes, 2 = always 1. Do you stutter when talking to yourself? 2. Do you st...

Do your research if you want to be critical of what I am saying. It is a subconcious learned pattern of behavior AKA defense mechanism in laymen terms. ...

>Blocking is a defense mechanism and habitual pattern we stutterers learn unintentionally. What? Could you elaborate? This sounds kinda backwards....

These are blocks mate. You can choose to identify yourself however you want, but these are common symptoms of stuttering. You sound young and insecure about this and that is not a problem and is expe...

>from there it is just the trouble of coming up with a good sentence and then having replies to what they will say back. Does anyone have advice on simply practicing a rebuttal in these types of si...

I love the "Chemistry" thing going here :-). Yes. My difficulty was being patient with myself. Not trying to "power through" the block. That just makes it worse. Learning to stop. Breath. Chill o...

Something that's helped me is to stop and pause, breathe and retry to say the word again. I also envision myself saying the word and try not to think too much about saying it. Mainly for me, learning...

I understand your anger at other people. We are all often caught up in our own lives to notice what is going on in others, especially when so many of us try to hide our problems from each other. Stutt...

I've been stuttering for 43 years -- here's my story.

I've been stuttering for 43 years -- here's my story. I want to share what I have learned over the years in the hope that I can be helpful to others that are struggling. It feels really good to write ...

MO- you feel you are being judged from adults and don’t feel comfortable around them. If you can bring the same emotion and frame of mind you do while talking to younger people to adults. I think tha...

Eye contact. The more you stare someone in the eyes, the less likely you are to block. ...

My parents would say "don't stutter" every time I would stutter. Like, thanks. You cured me. About thinking before you speak, I definitely don't think it helped me at all. When giving speeches in sch...

My mom told me this growing up too. I just wanna get everything out so fast, it gets jumbled up lol. It actually does help me to stop talking and start again. ...

‘think before you speak’

‘think before you speak’ ever experienced other’s telling you this in order to stop you from stuttering? my mum always does that to me. she knows that i stutter, but she always tells me that if i th...

Botched my phone interview, yet they still moved me forward.

Botched my phone interview, yet they still moved me forward. Last week I had a phone interview as I am looking for work despite my stuttering being at its worst in years. The recruiter called me and ...

let me try to explain, i don't know if this will make sense! i remember at a younger age switching the way i stuttered from a regular stutter to a block. i started blocking because i thought waiting a...

answering questions during class

answering questions during class well once i was in economics class, and the teacher asked a question, and i immediately knew the answer in my head. then when the teacher addressed me to answer the ...

Being in the military with a stutter

Being in the military with a stutter I joined the military roughly 4 years ago. I was scared shitless to go to boot camp having a mild (when calm) to moderate (when stressed) stutter. Before I joined ...

I also have issues with clenching my jaw at all times. I think for me, it's a lot to do with constant anxiety, especially in social situations. I don't even notice I'm clenching my jaw, but I'm almost...