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This is really interesting but sadly I can’t try any of it until I’m able to move out and have my own source of income. However I have been taking prozac for my anxiety and I noticed serious speech im...

I don't know how. I can speak pretty much fluently when having casual conversations with people I know and feel comfortable around. But when I get put under any stress such as meeting a new person (wh...

Yeah I'm exactly the same. I have a very good job, a wife, 2 young boys and I still stutter talking to strangers, people in authority etc. Just started to decide to do something about it, from what I'...

Stutter increasing over the years.

Stutter increasing over the years. So i have a very severe stutter, to the point that i have to take my brother to grocery shop sometimes if talking is involved. Missed out on alot etc etc... U guys a...

It depends. Usually I can get the words out after 2-3 seconds of stutter if I just slow my tempo. But i tend to talk fast naturally.. I can't control my tempo when stressed.....

I've been stuttering my whole life and tomorrow is the start of uni

I've been stuttering my whole life and tomorrow is the start of uni Hello as said on the title I've been stuttering my whole life. By that I mean I can be fluent for a whole 5min then I start stutteri...

Ah ok. Got it. I did not associate lack to sleep to stuttering. But that makes sense....

nothing at all, but she told me things that kept me awake all night and lack of sleep has everything to do with stuttering. sorry....

TIFU and brought a witch to my house, got drunk, slept badly, and broke my > 3 month fluent streak.

TIFU and brought a witch to my house, got drunk, slept badly, and broke my > 3 month fluent streak. Went to party last night, got a bit tipsy, came home at 0245 with a witch (a good witch) who then...

Yes to anxiety, yes to panic attacks. My most recent panic attack was at my Grandma's 90th Birthday, fun times! Anxiety runs in my family but unfortunately, I am the only one who stutters....

Do any of you people have anxiety and get panic attacks

Do any of you people have anxiety and get panic attacks I have been stuttering for my whole life. I overthink a lot and i guess because of which i have anxiety and sometimes gets panic attacks (like ...

You can get the help you need by going to a speech therapist and learning techniques. I work in a cyber office and i receive calls daily. Last year at this time my stutter was so bad that i couldn't s...

In the 90s, I worked at White Castle (a fast food chain) during highschool and college. They put me on drive thru then laughed at me when I stuttered. Beautiful experience through, looking back, it ga...

Stuttering can be influenced by surroundings and schedule. If I am on vacation and I don't have my usual schedule, or when a series of hard tests are coming my way, I stutter more. It could also be th...

For me it's my chest. When alone, my chest feels fine. With people it feels tight. I agree if we can have that same level of relaxation....say when alone in our safe space as in other environments, th...

Yes but you are more aware of the tensions while talking. I notice I always tense my abdomen when talking to someone, yet when I'm alone I keep it relaxed. This has to do with the vicious circle of st...

I've stuttered since I started talking at 18 months old. I've been clinically depressed since I was 12. In my teenage years it made me contemplate suicide more times than I care to recall. I had what...

Experience I just had

Experience I just had I’m at work (OS assistant, clinic is closed so I’m just answering phones and BSing), and the phone rings and it’s a man named Dan trying to schedule a cleaning. I have a stutter,...

I have this happen too with breathing being irregular, giving out of breath very quickly and needing to take many breaths every few words. It doesn’t happened too often to me, I think it’s linked with...

>I speak at the end of my breath and run out of breath mid-sentence. Maybe this is close to what you’re describing, it feels like very shallow breathing. This is exactly how I feel.So how you con...