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postr/StutterJul 13, 2025
4 points

What to do?

What to do? I have been a stutterer myself for a very, very long time now. It suddenly appeared when I was around 4 years old, and has stuck with me ever since. My stutter alternates between being **n...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Severity & FluctuationBlocks & StoppagesAvoidance & Substitution+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 12, 2025
3 points

Oooo I got an anser! So idk when or why I started doing this but I started to tap my fingers on stuff for every time I'd stammer, which overtime made it so I only stammer in 3s, for example: "eh eh eh...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesBlocks & StoppagesRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterJul 12, 2025
2 points

It's so difficult for me when I get blocks to get the word out at all. I'm quite thankful if people say it for me and I can usually just carry on. I'm annoying to myself lol...

Speech & StutteringSocial & Relationships
Blocks & StoppagesListener Reactions
commentr/StutterJul 12, 2025
1 points

Think of it like the needle on a record skipping. For me coughing or using a phase like "whats it called" or something to break up the initial sentence helps sometimes. But I got to ask why is it so b...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Blocks & StoppagesAvoidance & SubstitutionListener Reactions
commentr/StutterJul 12, 2025
2 points

i get repetition stutters and occasional blocks, I usually get choked up on consonants.  it can be the first one tho three syllables (Example: m-meta-meta-b-bolic) or i just slam repeat like two to fi...

Speech & Stuttering
Repetitions & ProlongationsBlocks & Stoppages
postr/StutterJul 12, 2025
4 points

is it my stutter or something else?

is it my stutter or something else? Looking for advice on what's going on/what to do about it. My stutter has gotten better in adulthood, is now fairly mild but gets a lot worse under pressure etc. O...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionBlocks & StoppagesHelplessness & Agency+1 more
postr/StutterJul 11, 2025
28 points

Ruined my first day at college

Ruined my first day at college I have a severe stutter. I can speak fluently in my mind but struggle in front of strangers or in public. Today was my first day at college, and during the first lecture...

Speech & StutteringEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Blocks & StoppagesAnxiety & Social JudgmentShame & Embarrassment+2 more
commentr/StutterJul 10, 2025
3 points

Stutter can neither be fully blown or partially blown . I think only its affects can be . soundless block or stutter are both the part of the same disorder stutter , they happen based on situation . d...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Blocks & StoppagesRepetitions & ProlongationsStress & Fight/Flight
postr/StutterJul 10, 2025
3 points

Anyone know how to help?

Anyone know how to help? So I'm fairly certain I have a stutter or some other speech impediment. But it's not a full blown one. I'll only stutter or just straight up not be able to sound out the word ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & StutteringSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionBlocks & StoppagesEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJul 9, 2025
1 points

Lol this is an old forum but I second this. For me if I try to start a sentence with certain letters (Cs and Ds being the most difficult, Ws, Is, etc) I get this “block” sensation. There are ways to g...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Blocks & StoppagesAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterJul 9, 2025
1 points

Once I start speaking and get through a certain obstacle, then I can usually maintain fairly well. But I always avoid acknowledging my stutter. The hardest thing for me are quick interactions such as ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionBlocks & StoppagesAnticipating Stuttering
commentr/StutterJul 9, 2025
1 points

Depends if I read the day before ir not. But weirdly I moved from stuttering to having hard as blocks, I need to bite my tongue ti end words...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & StoppagesRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterJul 9, 2025
3 points

1. The easy onset technique often helps. 2. My daughter, also a stutterer, taught me this one: during a block, slide your hand across something—-a podium, the side of your leg, whatever. The physical ...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterJul 9, 2025
2 points

ye sorta I have a stutter at all times but whne I am under stress I get a very bad block so it might just be stress...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Stress & Fight/FlightBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterJul 8, 2025
2 points

How bad is your stutter on a scale from 1-10? Do you suffer from blocks or completing sentences?...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & StoppagesRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterJul 8, 2025
1 points

Yeah, Sometimes, it's so bad, it doesn't even free the block. Then my throat muscles, and vocal cords are painful and tight from all the forcing speech....

Speech & Stuttering
Physical TensionBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterJul 8, 2025
2 points

Yeah, do you run into the issue of whenever you are talking about your stuttering you don’t stutter, so it makes you end up looking crazy lol. I had that option when I entered speech therapy again. I ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Experiential AssociationBlocks & StoppagesSituational Variability+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 8, 2025
2 points

As you know, it's very complicated, all moments vary in fluency intensity. For me it's depending on with whom I'm speaking with, what subject, If they talk fast, I can feel it in my speech, but of cou...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Cycles & RandomnessAnxiety & Social JudgmentBlocks & Stoppages+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 8, 2025
2 points

Yeah I have seen those jokes a lot. I hate how they act like stuttering is caused by anxiety. When I was a little kid I stuttered without any anxiety. The anxiety comes from people’s reactions and how...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Anxiety & Social JudgmentAnticipating StutteringBlocks & Stoppages+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 8, 2025
3 points

Hey, I went through a rough patch last year too, and my stutter got really bad, so bad that I couldn’t even talk to people I normally felt comfortable with. I was having constant speech blocks. Thing...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Blocks & StoppagesSeverity & Fluctuation