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There are strategies you can practice (e.g., easy onset, prolongation) to help you out during a moment of dysfluency and other strategies to use to work on secondary characteristics (e.g. anxiety arou...

Me too. I’m getting tired of the throat and jaw tension that comes with me being so deathly afraid to repeat syllables a few times. I’m so afraid because I don’t want to stand out negatively. I don’t...

Are you sure it's the word 'twitch'? Among the symptoms of stuttering, there are symptoms of 'companion movements', which are subconscious behaviors or body coordination behaviors. For example, when u...

developed stutter with jaw jerking

developed stutter with jaw jerking I recently went through a fairly traumatic event (not my first by any means) but not long after (the second day) i have developed a stutter. It feels like I can’t ge...

I always put my hand on my face now whenever I talk

I always put my hand on my face now whenever I talk Whenever I talk now I just subconsciously put my mouth on my face. I guess it’s just because I’m so self conscious now of the faces that I make whe...

What do you think about this? Can it be helpful?

What do you think about this? Can it be helpful? Hi. I am a 23M stutterer and I’ve been stuttering since I was about 5 years old. I should note that my stuttering generally occurs in the form of block...

Words starting with D, B, and some times Ts. I also have a lisp and can't pronounce some words correctly, I can say sure perfectly fine, but it's the words with the long S, like science or stutter. ...

What ACTUALLY helped me was...

What ACTUALLY helped me was... In advance... Please forgive this post for being so long. Like so many on here, I had a speech therapist starting at a young age. She was very smart/educated in her fi...

Preparing for Speech Therapy: How Can I Maximize Results?

Preparing for Speech Therapy: How Can I Maximize Results? Starting Speech Therapy in January: Tips for Better and Faster Results? Hi everyone! I’ve been dealing with stuttering for a while, and I’m...

are u stil taking that ? what did u do with your stutter then ?...

No. I think it's limitations on how the articulators fire. Under duress it's just not capable for reliable fluent speech. When relaxed, it can be managed. At best. I think what a person with st...

I have a tic where I close my eyes and slowly turn my head to the side. My friends always joke that I have the Harry Potter tic 😂 I know it can be tough dealing with judgment, but it’s just part of ...

Sometimes I’m physically unable to start a sentence

Sometimes I’m physically unable to start a sentence I am a 26yo male and I’ve recently developed speech issues in my last few years, and I feel like it has become worse. Sometimes, when I want to star...

Jaw pain/muscle tension cause?

Jaw pain/muscle tension cause? I’m new here 28f and have had a stutter my whole life, although it’s significantly better in my mid/late 20s. I can feel when it’s going to happen and when it’s going to...

I don't know where any of what I said relates to acceptance or giving up. I quite literally said this opens up new avenues. Are you still stuck on the argument that happened the other day? Senseless ...

thanks for sharing. One thought that popped into my mind when I viewed this video, is that stutterers involuntarily have their vocal folds or speech articulators lock up when these speech muscles come...

Help please - Seeking advice as a parent

Help please - Seeking advice as a parent For context my son is 3.5 and we do not have any history of stuttering in the family. He will be 4 in March. My son started stuttering at the beginning of his...

It’s much less now after years of working on myself in terms of emotions etc but if I am stressed out and then I get triggered by something like meeting a new person in a pressurised situation and nee...

How do I overcome stuttering blocks?

How do I overcome stuttering blocks? I've been stuttering ever since I can remember, I'm 15 now and it seems to progressing and worsening, not so much with mumbling or stammering (sttt-,hooo-) but the...

I had the same issue, i was a very extrovert child who loves to read aloud in class and it was clearest reading in all class, then i dont know when i started to experience stuttering and my teacher wo...