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This pisses me off so much...anxiety does not cause stuttering it’s a secondary condition to stuttering. If anxiety cause stuttering there would be a whole lot more than 1% of the population stutterin...

Any advice stuttering is unbearable ranting srry

Any advice stuttering is unbearable ranting srry My stutter consists of blocks where I have issues saying some words. I realized I’m starting to have issues saying words that I never before had issues...

Anxiety makes it worse. It doesn't cause it though. If it did anti-anxiety medication would be able to cure it. Most stutterers are like you; the more anxious they are the more they stutter. But if y...

I've felt the same feelings time and time again. I'm 19. In my second semester of university. And I won't give you the normal mumbo jumbo of just accept it and it's a part of you etc. For me, that kin...

Let me disagree. The more anxious or just emotional I'm, the more I stutter. It cam change from person to person....

Nope, I actually stutter more when I'm comfortable with the person I'm speaking with. Please don't go around sharing this information....

I’ve also noticed that it goes away after drinking. It obviously helps a lot with confidence and everything else. I wonder if anxieties make stuttering worse and I don’t stutter while drinking because...

Well stuttering mainly comes from anxiety and nervousness which obviously go away largely after drinking a bit....

NO! Stuttering is physiological motor speech disorder. The ROOT is there is something physically different in the brain. Emotions can definitely affect the severity of stuttering. [https://www.n...

Stress is a main cause. When I was 7 I tore my spleen in an accident and ever since I have stuttered. Over time you get used to it and eventually in most circumstances for me it’s non existent. I’m 17...

Very much so. I look at stuttering as a bad habit, made worse by anxiety. Speech Therapy gave me techniques to break the habit. Applied to those moments of anxiety. Most people these days don't consid...

Does a stutter get worse when you think about it?

Does a stutter get worse when you think about it? I stutter in everyday conversation, but I’ve noticed that I stutter way more than is typical for me when I think about it. If someone mentions any kin...

I had the same issue when starting a new job. We had to talk into walkie talkies to communicate with each other. For about six months It mentally drained me, coming home feeling so tired with very bad...

This is my experience too. Oddly enough whenever I feel a block coming on, if I say “fuck,” “fucking,” or some variation right before the word I can get it out pretty much flawlessly....

Blocks are the worst. They almost physically hurt bc A. I am literally holding my breath trying to get the word out and B. They make you anxious so your body gets all tense....

Welcome to the negative feedback loop that stuttering has :) best way to break out of it is relax and keep trying. Don’t let it get to ya....

Sudden onset of stuttering?

Sudden onset of stuttering? Hi all, until very recently I thought I had overcome my stutter from a few years back, but I’ve noticed that whenever I’ve gotten anxious over the last few weeks my stutter...

Yess, me 2 when I am excited, angry, happy, sad I stutter/ talk fast more than I usually do....

Hey! This must be tough for you. From experience, when I'm anxious I stutter more and then obviously the fear of stuttering makes me more anxious. It's kind of a cycle, and from what I read from your ...

Just had to talk to a nurse (via phone) working on my mom’s psych eval, & it was horrible

Just had to talk to a nurse (via phone) working on my mom’s psych eval, & it was horrible So yeah. It totally sucked. Blocks like crazy. It’s not a voluntary eval, which makes it worse too. Ju...