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I wish you the best of luck. Think positively and I guess believe in fate. You will land the right job! I honestly believe it was a miracle I landed my two internships before and yes ngl it is way har...

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Sharing some motivation Love🐦 When I had the quiz score of 11 👇⁣ ⁣ Everytime in class when the teacher used ask you to call out your quiz answer no matter what the quiz was out of I always got 11. L...

I've been smoking weed since 2012 and i can say that my stutter is same or maybe even worse because i developed anxiety on the way. Alcohol on the other hand makes my anxiety low and i speak alot bett...

Oh sorry about that! Must’ve misunderstood. Definitely both play a part it’s hard to say because they can work together. But we can control the environmental factors around us which can limit the exte...

I wasn’t particularly asking for an explanation of the mechanisms behind stuttering, but more so inquiring whether the incidence of a person’s stutter is genetic or related to outside factors. Myself,...

Stuttering is due to an imbalance of signalling molecules in your brain called neurotransmitters. The main neurotransmitter effected is dopamine. Dopamine is responsible for initiating and maintaining...

Is your stutter genetic or induced primarily by outside factors such as stress, public speaking, large crowds, etc?

Is your stutter genetic or induced primarily by outside factors such as stress, public speaking, large crowds, etc? ...

Of course stuttering is the miscoordination between the brain and the muscles that produce speech. You have to learn to not read literally. I was not disregarding that reality. I am, however, correct ...

Yes, anxiety makes stuttering worse. That's a wholly different thing than an anxiety disorder and that kind of pathologizing is dangerous. What evidence do you have it's very rare for PWS to not have ...

There is substantial evidence that shows there’s an inherent correlation with anxiety and stuttering. It is very rare to have stuttering and not have the accompanying disorder of anxiety. By the same ...

Seconding this, although perhaps with a bit more optimism — These are unprecedented, anxious times. It makes sense that your anxiety would manifest itself also in unprecedented ways. If you have a h...

Yep... anxiety and OCD will do this to you. While it’s very uncommon for you to develop a stutter in your adult years it’s possible. It’s usually by dint of brain trauma but accompanying disorders may...

I'm 21 and I just started stuttering?

I'm 21 and I just started stuttering? This whole thing is new to me. It started about two weeks ago and now happens about twice a day now where I'll randomly stutter on like the last syllable of a wor...

I joined choir my junior year of high school pretty good experience, I helped me ease during a rather stressful time...

Depends if I am excited or relaxed. If I am relaxed I almost dont stutter but as soon as I am excited I tend to stutter almost every 2nd sentence....

Hey, thanks for your comment. I just graduated pharmacy school myself this spring. In the process of trying to find a job where I can work from home (I stutter less when I'm not in direct contact with...

I'd love to know as well. It's been extremely hard especially with all the covid 19 stuff going on I have to call more often. It's been hell, sometimes it's literally impossible to say many words, lit...

I've been though something similar. So I usually turn the focus on them, and ask them about their lives. While they're talking, I try to get as composed as possible, and control my breathing. I still ...

Zoom #2

Zoom #2 Hi everyone. Thanks so much to all who joined the last meeting. The next meeting will be hosted on Sunday May 17th, at 3:00 PM est standard US time. There will be a time limit sadly for this m...

Since my stutter revolves around my anxiety, I take some measures to be as calm as possible in situations as presentations. What I do is: • Avoid caffeine for a couple of days before • Have a restfu...