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I feel like I’m at the end of my rope.

I feel like I’m at the end of my rope. I’ve had a stutter my entire life. I thought I had reached the point of acceptance but I’ve realized that I’ve just done by best to suppress my feelings towards ...

Help with blocks

Help with blocks Hello my fellow stutterers, I‘m gonna start with a little background story: I‘ve stuttered my whole life. Did a lot of speech therapy when I was a child and some more in my adolescenc...

I'm 14 years old and can relate to this alot. I've had no previous issues with talking, but suddenly I've started stumbling little and often with my words when recalling something or talking to my fri...

Unfortunately mines the opposite. I'm all for having a heated / healthy discussion or debate with someone, but unfortunately without a doubt that's when my stutter seems to appear the most causing me ...

I empathize with you greatly. I'm in a dead end unfulfilling job. I have anxiety and depression and I feel like my stutter is the worst that it's been because of all of this. I remember when I had a g...

Same here. My theory is that this due sharing something is emotionally charged and causes more stress. Which as we all know increases stuttering....

I feel like my stutter can be completely cured.

I feel like my stutter can be completely cured. I have had a stutter off and on my whole life with the cause being my social anxiety and depression. If I'm feeling bummed or lonely or super bored I ha...

These are great observations, and hope some variation of it helps others here. I think #3 can be explained that when you're not in familiar surroundings, it's difficult for your brain to trick you in...

Yes - I think it underlines the role that anxiety plays in stuttering (at least for some people who experience the above). It's the brain pre-planning "**Damn - I always get stuck in the most importa...

Stress totally increases it. I'm a woman and even before my period, my fluency decreases dramatically. I can barely get a few words out before I'm out of breath due to blocks. I use some herbal supple...

​ My last name, my home town, and my high school all start with /m/. Saying any /m/ word for me brought on 30-60 second stutters. Shame and fear drove it (i.e. "I should be able to say m...

Vent

Vent I'm done ignoring it or pretending it will go away and I'm done trying to work towards ''fixing'' it. I can't hold a conversation with the ones I love and I can't tell jokes or include myself in ...

Well it depends on how big the stutter is and how far i am into pushing. Well i understand what ya mean and never really thought of it like that. We do put way more effort into speaking than people ...

When you’re trying to push them out, can you consciously pause, stop pushing, and relax your mouth/face muscles? I think we tend to tense up when we stutter because we feel social pressure to get the ...

Physical

Physical I am 20 years old and i have been stuttering for as long as i can remember. This last 2 years it got extremely worse because of emotional stuff. I also accepted this and i am working on just...

Are you the Michael Jordan of stuttering? You get better under pressure :) On a serious note, reflect back on a pressure moment and evaluate what you think and feel that results in your peak perfo...

physical: Do you run out of breath during stutters? cognitive: Do you feel anxiety and stress during stuttering? I once knew a pws who opened his mouth so far during blocks that he developed TMJ...

For everyone who is FED up with stuttering, this is the ONLY post you'll need

For everyone who is FED up with stuttering, this is the ONLY post you'll need A little bit about myself. I'm currently 23 years old at the moment but my stammering isn't as bad as what it used to be 4...

Same if I'm at work and shit isn't getting done when it should be I get really angry and my stutter almost goes away....

What helped me the most is the public presentation, first it feels like you will die and your body will keep on sweating, your heart will keep on beating before you start and once your start you won'...