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This YT video explains secondary behaviors in stuttering: [part 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LftpTGx0xhs), and [part 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUgyXtdkW6E). I think that the traditional...

I do the exact same thing, if I just start yelling, or using a fake or goofy accent, I'm good. (I also naturally speak with a very thick Southern accent, so I try to speak like "a Yankee" and I don't ...

I was the opposite and I stuttered a lot only when I'm nervous like giving speeches in front of the class but then I became exactly like what you described. I feel it's because with people you're ner...

Can anything be a stuttering secondary behavior?

Can anything be a stuttering secondary behavior? For those unaware, a secondary behaviors are an observable behavior that people sometimes do when stuttering which includes but are not limited to: rep...

I’ve realized that when I get stressed I talk very fast and often I trip on my words which leads to stuttering. I definitely gotta learn to slow down and relax!...

I've become fluent in Spanish, and have a very a limited fluency in Italian. While I;ve developed lots of mechanisms to my stutter in English, they don't work as well in Spanish or Italian (or when I...

Saying “don’t anticipate the stutter” is like saying “don’t think about the night you were conceived”. It’s impossible to not connect imagery to words. Also - language is a human invention and the val...

Omg, why didn't I think of that, was it really that easy all along? What a life hack I didn't know I needed till today....

You could have worded it better and nicer, but you are correct. For me, atleast, the more you think about/worry about stuttering the worse it will be. I rarely stutter now, had a severe stutter befor...

It's not that simple. For some people, it may help to stop anticipating, but even then, stutter doesn't completely disappear....

Most stutterers are losers who arent willing to try anything and just bitch about life, look at the comments not one has hope to try, all this bitching, making excuses I used to be just like that til ...

This is how my stutter manifested, always threw my speech therapists for a loop. Talk great doing presentations, in front of crowds, in groups. Stuttered much more with friends and family and "comfo...

Same here. I slow down dramatically when speaking to my mom , and this way I’m able to express myself...

I find it best to diffuse the situation with a light hearted joke or something. I know it’s a coping mechanism from the years of bullying, taking the jab at yourself before others can, but still I fin...

Thank you for commenting! Yeah it’s like… I’ve gotten so used to saying the term ‘words’ when I stutter that now it’s a compulsory thing and that’s hard for me to accept. Since this post I even did s...

**propanolol** on itself will not help alot, at first you may have placebo effect but as you use it placebo effect will go down and you will go back to your normal fluency rate.. that is because **p...

I used to do the same thing. The belief being that if you go fast you'll not stutter. It's a wrong belief tho. Speaking fast aggravates one stammer....

Is it normal to speak fast

Is it normal to speak fast Is it normal for people to stutter to speak fast? Why do many of us feel the need to speak super fast and not take a breath?...

In the past when I would go on dates, the first thing I would talk about is how I stutter. It just helps the other person understand you better and takes the pressure off of you. I always felt I had t...

Substitutions help me a lot. Beyond that, i don’t stutter if I’m yellow or “pretending” to talk in an accent different from my own. My stutter and silent blocks are HELLISH when i speak with my own n...