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Take a beta blocker before the interview to eliminate the physiological effects of anxiety such as elevated heart rate, trembling, tension in your vocal muscles etc.. you’ll feel much more calm. It’s ...

Probably just increases anxiety and adrenaline, so our vocal muscles tighten up more, which in turn adversely impacts our fluency. Try standing and walking whilst making a call. I find it helps me. ...

Its okay don't stress too hard it might seem very bleak now but it does improve overtime. It was the same with me. I actually started stuttering very late as well...around the same age as you in grade...

Same as me! With my girlfriend and parents I am 90% fluent, some blocks but I change words to suit. If I do an interview or try to order food on the phone I pause every 4 words! So frustrating, but it...

I’m either 100% fluent or blocking on each word for 20 to 30 seconds, there’s no in between.

I’m either 100% fluent or blocking on each word for 20 to 30 seconds, there’s no in between. My stutter is mostly long blocks and moments where I completely blank out and don’t know what I want to say...

Yeah that's relatable for me too, the pressure and the guilt, i guess for me it came from the wrong way to deal with the issue when i was young that what was in my head its my fault to stutter which d...

Driving with a stutter?

Driving with a stutter? I was taking driving licence lessons, and I noticed that when I talked to the instructor and I stuttered - my mind kind of blanked and I found myself slightly out of my lane. I...

Like I said, social anxiety plays a vital role in this equation. If I can reduce the physical and mental stress during social interactions and try to emulate my speech pattern when I talk to myself, I...

Talking to yourself (or even whispering) results in totally different neurological and physiological responses compared to talking in a social setting. Adrenaline and anxiety surges through the roof ...

Yeah I get that, but even just to help with that anxiety will help me to control things a bit better, since that fight or flight response is throwing away all techniques i learn....

The root of blocking is a physiological response to the anxiety and adrenaline of our stutter, causing the muscles to spasm and tighten up. If you dampen your anxiety and adrenaline response, you blo...

Beta blockers (propranolol ) improves fluency indirectly by reducing the physical symptoms of anxiety and adrenaline overload. You take it as needed before a stressful speaking event....

Stutter @ work

Stutter @ work Just had a stuttering episode at work with two coworkers. Of course, they got frustrated, which made the stutter worse :) sometimes I genuinely feel like there is no point. I’m sick and...

makes sense tbh. your brain runs on fat and you basically cut off its fuel supply. when i tried super low fat i got anxious and jittery as hell. not surprised your stutter got worse. add some actual f...

Does the stutter ever get in your way? I imagine talking fluently is important for a cop, especially under high stress scenarios....

We are relaxed...many stutter only when they get nervous or have anxiety.....

Practicing a short summary about yourself over and over and over would definitely help you be more fluent during an interview because you don’t really have to think on the spot and get flustered/clutt...

The literature is all over the place. Yeah sure is neurological, but unless you damaged your brain,  that neurotic behavior come from years of stuttering and not correcting said behavior right away, y...

I’d lean moreso mild on an average day, when I’m really stressed prob mild-mod. Tho I do have moments, I’m usually able to get out of them relatively quickly....

I tend to think that stutter does not equal social anxiety. They can overlap, or not, depending on a person. I’m 36 and I have a terrible social anxiety (also researching autism) though my stutter i...