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I don't experience mental blocks when I speak. I know exactly what I want to say. The problem is sometimes I block on those words. Why? Because I'm a stutterer....

In your opinion, why do you think you experience mental blocks when speaking?

In your opinion, why do you think you experience mental blocks when speaking? [deleted]...

What was your worst stutter ever?

What was your worst stutter ever? Hi all, I made a video talking about the worst singular stutter I ever had, which was on my first day of high school. I can laugh about it in retrospect but those we...

Look its really hard to explain but I guess I should go to a speech therapist. And When I think the stops dont happen as much. And with sentences I mean I mess up where to put the words. In all its ju...

And if you think before you speak, do you still have those short stops? When you have those short stops, do you know the word you want to say or are you looking for the right word to say? When you say...

If I say something long without thinking I make short stops where you shouldn't. And also I feel like my sentences are really formed bad without thinking....

Swearing

Swearing I'm curious if anybody has a similar experience to mine. When I'm caught in a silent block or a repetition, swearing can easily break through it. This has caused me to swear like a sailor. ...

I absolutely dread introductions. I will always stutter badly at the very very beginning, struggling horribly just to get my name out. Then, when I finally get some words out, I gain fluency and carry...

1) My stutter is overt. People watching me talk easily realise I am stuttering. 2) I would say my stutter's severity score varies depending upon the situation. When I am having routine, mundane conve...

Im a junior in high school with a stutter that developed around your daughters age. I started seeing a speech pathologist on and off through elementary and middle school. Mine peaked in middle school ...

That sometimes helps me, but only about a third of the time. I'm not sure why it doesn't help all of the time....

This.I can't remember when I did the typical s-s-s-stuttering.I just cant start the word.I don't know which one is worse...

I dont even stutter anymore. I just have blocks. Its the worst....

It is both, unfortunately. On words like "fire" or "registration" I keep repeating the first letter. On words like "customer", I get stuck or blocked on the first letter....

Can I ask if your stutter is blocking or repetition?...

That's interesting. I have noticed a paradoxical effect where alcohol increases my stuttering by a lot. I have the block-type stuttering where I can't get a word out and there is absolutely no help fr...

Either superfluent - I practically communicate with my thoughts, instantaneously - or mute - I want desperately to say something but am totally helpless....

Thank you so much for the advice. I am definitely going to preface my next speech with a warning and an apology for the last speech (I can't believe I didn't think of warning everyone sooner, I'm sure...

It just comes all of a sudden. I just block, and I'm standing there, not able to finish my thought. Or I'll get stuck on a syllable. So either way, I say sorry and try again in vain to repeat myself...

When you know that you are about to stutter, what do you do? What has helped you?

When you know that you are about to stutter, what do you do? What has helped you? I tend to stop, try to say the stuck letter quietly and continue normally once I can say it. It can happen that, when ...