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Should I Apply To Be A NYS COVID-19 Contact Tracer?

Should I Apply To Be A NYS COVID-19 Contact Tracer? I’m 24M I live on Long Island and have an opportunity to apply to be a COVID-19 contact tracer. The job is essentially making phone calls all day to...

Thanks for sharing what you're going through. I've the opposite problem. Before the lockdown, I was used to being around lot of people in the office, and making small conversation (in break room, or j...

Thanks for the update. I'm big coffee lover, but I'm thinking about stopping drinking coffee completely. I've mild/moderate stutter that gets worse as the number of audience increases. I've always ...

Is it possible a car accident could make my stutter worse?

Is it possible a car accident could make my stutter worse? Feel like I'm going crazy my stutter has slowly been getting worse and worse ever since my car accident in September 2019. A week after the a...

Stuttering is either neurological or passed down from your family, stressful situations can very well increase disfluencies. Stuttering is variable and you can experience months of fluency and then st...

Why stuttering gets intense in a middle of conversation

Why stuttering gets intense in a middle of conversation I was arguing with my brother about something at first i didnt Stutter much but in the middle of the conversation i started to stutter severely....

Hy, I also sttuter when I am under stress. When I am relaxed, I talk ok, but when I have to talk in front of people, I freeze out. I just hate it. I want to be relaxed like all the time, because I thi...

Feeling stuck

Feeling stuck Quarantine got me a lot of time to think and I realized **I am feeling stuck**. I am in mid 20s and I dont have a job, a place to live on my own, also my dreams are very far (from my poi...

Is my stammer psychosomatic?

Is my stammer psychosomatic? To be honest I think it is. It really only happens when I get nervous, frustrated or excited. I could be talking normally for hours and then as soon as my heart rate bumps...

Hi everyone. So tomorrow I’m hosting a zoom meeting...

Hi everyone. So tomorrow I’m hosting a zoom meeting... Hi everyone tomorrow I’m hosting a zoom meeting (TJ Traver is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Stuttering community zoom meeting...

I can relate 100% except the dating part sadly lmao but seriously I also don’t understand that shit. Most times when talking to new people I just met, friends, or someone I barely talk to my speech is...

Most of the time my stutter is fairly mild, but like many people it is worse when I'm anxious. I was taking venlafaxine for about two years for anxiety and depression. I stopped taking medication abo...

I called my mom and my grandma today!

I called my mom and my grandma today! It was especially hard to bring myself to call my grandma since she only speaks English and it's not my native language (making me block more), but I still did it...

I experience something like this too! So when I‘m with people I just met, I tend to stutter less. When with my parents it‘s like a return to the old habits and stutter a lot. My therapist said it ha...

Does anyone have any experience with anti-anxiety medication?

Does anyone have any experience with anti-anxiety medication? I am wondering whether I should go see a doctor to help treat my social anxiety which most of us have as a byproduct of our stutter. I've...

I have heard that caloric deficits can induce more anxiety in people who are already prone to anxiety. That's why some psychiatrists recommend eating a full breakfast. Also about your medication thin...

Losing weight quickly can increase cortisol production and being in a fasted state can increase epinephrine production. This could be making you anxious, which is making you stutter more. I’d imagine ...

Hi all! So I’m having a zoom meeting just to talk about stuttering and to see how everyone is doing because this is a supportive understanding community. I want to do my part and see how everyone is. Comment if you’re interested!

Hi all! So I’m having a zoom meeting just to talk about stuttering and to see how everyone is doing because this is a supportive understanding community. I want to do my part and see how everyone is. ...

Maybe it could be because of the stress of being in quarantine. It is a big change in our lifestyle and at times we don't realise ourselves that we are stressed but it manifests in other ways....

Interview & Stutter Advice Needed!!!

Interview & Stutter Advice Needed!!! Hi guys! So basically i have a stutter which can get really bad at times. Repetition of letters, blocks etc. and I decided to push myself out of my comfort zon...