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Hi I’m in high school and am dealing with one of the worst periods of stuttering I’ve ever had. Do you have any advice about how you deal with it?...

I know this is 3 days old, but look up mindfulness! It's a good way to calm you down before a speech and during. I took public speaking this semester and before every speech my anxiety would get bad...

Hi! I’m 24 and I’ve realized my stuttering goes through phases. When I’m happy and calm, I stutter much much less. When I’m scared or very stressed, my stuttering increases. I had speech therapy whe...

Vent: My boss and the world are so clueless about stuttering....

Vent: My boss and the world are so clueless about stuttering.... Sup lol, just a random rant to reflect on my speech as of late and how it makes me realize how uneducated and misinformed *most* people...

I’m the same way. Clearly anxiety must play a big role in stuttering, at least that’s my opinion. When we’re alone there’s no pressure to be fluent. I read lovett’s book. It helped me a bit at first, ...

Hi! Thanks for your reply. I have had the same Dr since I was almost a child, she knows my Journey with stuttering. We have a very open discussion about medications and have developed a very good rela...

When I am in a presentation tackling the audience head on is what helps me. Fighting the fear of stuttering and public speaking I find; helps me out. Sometimes psyching yourself out before you get on ...

When you have a panic attack, your body goes into fight or flight mechanism. Aderenaline gets pumping and your body and subconscious prepares for a life or death fight. Or to run away to safety. When...

Yes its prob the best to work with my Doctor in case of urine tests and offcourse Im less likely to develop an addiction with legit meds under supervision. :) I stutter even if my anxiety is zero bu...

Same here, Im 31 and seem to get worse every year. Today I got prescribed Valium to take on certain days at work. My stutter is also highly stress and anxiety-related so I started also started Zoloft ...

Can a stutter be classified as Tourette’s?

Can a stutter be classified as Tourette’s? Gone through years of therapies for my speech (among other things) which have all proved ineffective but seeing as it’s the only treatment for stuttering, I’...

For whatever reason I usually speak the best in a high pressure situation like that. It's the medium pressure that get's me bad....

You are on the right track. \>> .... and we had to have some difficult conversations in the recent years. I wasn't particularly thrilled to speak then. You had a lot of emotion while talking...

Huh. That's interesting. So, you mean that for some reason I expect myself to stutter in that language, so I do, even if I don't consciously force it? Could it be tied to reluctance? I speak mainly wi...

Baclofen is great for anxiety tho I have not noticed so much increase in fluenty anymore. It makes me too fatigued maybe. Im on a different path right now... I could not cope with this so now Im on V...

It honestly varies for me. I find to stutter far less when my mind is in a place of comfort. Talking in public is pretty awful for me, but if I'm comfortable with the people there it's usually fine......

Thank you! :) I will look into CBT as well. My confidence has been shattered, anxiety dialed up to a 100, so just working on that might help a lot along the way....

I know how you feel. I just have to say that I quit college because i didn't have your courage. You're really fucking brave. Congratulations. though i quit college, I'm a math/physics teacher an...

Yes. Mine gets way worse around close friends and family. Completely shatters the theory of it being nerves, or tension, as I am the most relaxed around them. But nevertheless, my blocks get much wors...

NHS will be a waiting list, and the length of time you have to wait will depend on how many other people in your area also need help. Often the priority is given to children, so the wait can be long b...