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Sometimes there’s a word that I can’t get out no matter how hard I try. If I can’t substitute the word, there’s no way for me to express myself :(...

This happens to me a lot more if i’m anxious with the person i’m talking to. If im comfortable, it’s much easier and stutter less. But i feel you, it sucks when you want to make a joke or tell a story...

Toast masters

Toast masters Has anyone tried toastmasters (public speaking club) to build confidence in front of people for interviewing or social situations?...

Hey, thanks so much for this response! I would agree that these examples ring true. I think that part of stuttering in the sense of it increasing in frequency and strength of the block can be related ...

am i alone

am i alone am i the only one who is kinda sad because i dont get to say things i want to i conversation because when i have something to say on a topic i stutter to much to get it out before the topic...

Absolutely! There's no point adding stress when stress makes things worse. Some people say that avoidance is a bad thing, but it depends on the context. Pathological avoidance needs to be worked on to...

Also avoiding some things that cause stress or make stuttering worse & actively preventing situations of discomfort. I don’t drink coffee now because it makes my stutter worse, I always tell peopl...

Yeah i also believe therapy with medication is the best way to go,, first people should learn the speaking techniques and just master them enough that they should be fluent with easy situation with (p...

Rejection makes me more insecure about myself, stutter included

Rejection makes me more insecure about myself, stutter included I went to an all girls high school, so that really didn't help me meet boys. But the key problem has always been my stutter. I can contr...

I have an appointment with one January 19th. He’s great. Actually I came to this site to ask what is the best thing to do when he gets a block on the next word? Is it Ok to interrupt and change the su...

I understand that now, esp coz I don't have much of a choice anymore. But when i first started it always felt really demeaning and embarrassing to fail to communicate and resort to writing instead. No...

I recognized this and tried therapy but with my extreme severity, even the therapist felt uneasy and recommended a speech therapist to me instead. Writing to communicate always felt weird. Tried sever...

I’m in a job where I have to say Numbers all day and I have a severe stutter 4-7 which is like every number you use. It’s frustrating but it literally makes you find ways to say the words. Also anothe...

Amazing response! I loved reading it.. and I agree with you. This is my attempt to summarize your text into a vicious circle: 1. trauma \[negative experience\] \[hiding trauma\] \[feeding trauma\] 2...

I would say trauma. Some or many events on the past that had such on impact on us that change our way of looking at the world on a negative basis. It is a learned behaviour that served a purpose when...

Thanks for sharing - I’m a member of Stamma and I’ve attended that. I will look into the other ones and possibly even reaching out to them first before anything. For now, the focus is on working wit...

Not that involved to be honest. I’m based in the UK and the research on stuttering has been lacking. What’s available has not particularly been in line with my experiences of stuttering growing up. Fo...

Thank you for your response! What exactly can I explain better in the text? Basically, the research is about inhibitory control. The role of inhibitory control is stimulus orienting, interference cont...

Yes of course. So basically, the research states that the cause of stuttering is likely a dysfunction in the left hemisphere. That's the shortest and simplest I could answer.. and for the tips. Here a...

Yh I use it for my ADHD. But I understand. But having a stutter doesn't make you weird, it make you...different. As someone who stutters, mainly blocks, it helps me...