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I’ve always stuttered but now at 21 it’s worse than ever before. Did you have any sort of accident? Or increased levels of stress in your life recently?...

Late onset stutter

Late onset stutter Hello, I’m new to this community and have been reading a lot of your guys posts on stuttering. I am 20 years old and didn’t start stuttering until about 2 years ago when I was 18 an...

The stress is the hardest part. Letting go of that fear takes time and exposure. Work at your own pace. It's nice you have a family support that allows you to take your time integrating into the workf...

Is it with all sounds? I know when I was younger, there was a particular sound I had difficulty with, so they had me start the word with another sound. Have you been very stressed? I know my blocks ge...

I do tend to feel a lot of aggression but its more often not speech related. I have road rage as well. yesterday someone was driving crazy and almost rammed into me so I lay on my horn and the guy ope...

I have a weird thing. Most times I can control my speech to like 95% fluency. But on the phone it drops to like 60%. One of the words I cannot say when in control of my speech at 95% fluency, is "I st...

I would just add it is worth being mindful of the causes of your stuttering worsening. Mine is far worse if I have slept badly or I am pulled unexpectedly into a meeting with people I do not know at w...

I would to SLPs to know that although anxiety and depression has a significant effect on stuttering, this is not the only reason that people may stutter. I have found that although my stuttering gets ...

Tips for other people’s stutter affecting mine?

Tips for other people’s stutter affecting mine? I’m sorry if this has been asked already. I’m new here. I’m 20 and I’ve had my stutter my entire life, like nearly everyone here. My stutter has alway...

I'm a student, I tried debating today and I can really use some moral support.

I'm a student, I tried debating today and I can really use some moral support. Where I live there is this debate competition that is huge in my country, for the first time they are hosting an English ...

Positive excitement has the same physical effect as anxiety: increased muscle tension, increased heartrate, faster breathing, lots of thoughts running through your head. All of these things contribute...

Wim Hof breathing to reduce anxiety in the morning and set a calm tone for the day.

Wim Hof breathing to reduce anxiety in the morning and set a calm tone for the day. Anxiety causes my stutter, or maybe it's stuttering that causes me anxiety. Whatever. Anyway, there's this eccentric...

I'm a CyberSecurity Solution Architect / Engineer and I have a mild stutter. My role involves attending daily project stand up meetings which are sometimes face to face, and sometimes via phone confer...

How to not block when someone asks something????

How to not block when someone asks something???? I have this problem, I get blocked, like words refuse come out of my mouth , whenever someone SUDDENLY asks me something like my name or where do I liv...

I'm really just confused and frustrated

I'm really just confused and frustrated I'm 16m, by the way. I've always stuttered, but until about the seventh or eight grade, I didn't really let it bother me much. I'm a junior now, in my third dif...

My top advice is that if you are really bothered or worried about your stutter, there are brilliant specialist Speech and Language Pathologists out there that can help you gain confidence and become m...

All of those, but it starts in the brain. Stuttering is a neurodevelopmental disorder, which means that from birth, the brain of a person who stutters is wired differently from a person without this p...

You are not alone in feeling like this. Stuttering can severely affect confidence and self-esteem. It all boils down to the think-feel-act cycle. Negative thoughts lead to emotions (stress, anxiety, s...

Yes, there is a definite and well documented link between anxiety and stuttering. Up to 60% of people who stutter suffer from social anxiety. The good news is that people who stutter respond very well...

What have you encountered when it comes to the link between anxiety and stuttering E.g. stuttering when anxious/nervous, then increased anxiety due to the stuttering, resulting in a cycle of anxious s...