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Yes because stuttering is painful, struggling through a block, and then being embarrassed and feeling shame as you catch your breath. It’s a natural response. If you cannot control your speech, at lea...

Yes, your correct. I was taught when I was younger that these where called “blocks” In my speech therapy meetings I had five other students in my small-ish middle school who stuttered and came to sp...

Would stammering with shorter hair be more awkward?

Would stammering with shorter hair be more awkward? This is weird question but listen. I (16M) have hair to my chin and I noticed I don't feel that uncomfortable stammering in class when I can't see ...

Probably both and more. I'd say the root cause is probably always breathing, but I don't know if that's more a symptom or a true cause. I've tried different ways to push through the block, but nothing...

For you is it a tension thing? A breath thing? Depending on how it feels to me, I may push through the block, but it’s like a 50-50 if I’m successful or not....

reading out loud from a book was easier for me as well but i didn’t drool; i did choke on my spit once while popcorn reading😭😭😭...

I used to count number of students left before me and how many lines were they reading so I would know exactly what line or paragraph I had to read. Oh my god and the anxiety I could feel my heartbeat...

I dont know who else, but I was better at reading out loud than just talking, so I would get through it just fine, but not without having my heart racing. Though I would trip here and there. Also di...

I'm told I have a really deep voice. But i know I slightly raise the tone of my voice when im talking to anyone who's not my family....

I need help with blocks

I need help with blocks I stutter since I was a child and I used to only repeat letters but now I’m 19 and it became blocks and weird face movements and neck pain happens when I have blocks ( it’s ba...

When I speak to someone who isn’t directly looking at me, I’m fluent as hell (not on the phone though). Which means the face, looking at me, is what actually causes the stutter....

Outside of just being selfaware of my own mental and building myself up for positive interactions, knowing that awkward interactions has a charm themselves. .. Body language helps me a lot when I re...

I stuttered a lot in elementary school until 5th grade. I think I got really confident and stuttered waaay less. Then 7th grade started and i began stuttering again, much differently. Instead of the w...

Blocking is frustrating, totally get it:( Your head movements aren't weird, just part and parcel of the block. Only advice is try to be mindful in the moment and don't let fear/anxiety take over. Noti...

Blocking before speaking

Blocking before speaking Hey everyone, i just had a problem and I was wondering if anyone knows how to fix it or just help me with it, so I don’t really stutter while speaking, but I have a huge probl...

Almost normal speech adult going back to stuttering when upset

Almost normal speech adult going back to stuttering when upset I used to stutter quite bad as a kid, it improved so much as soon as I left home at 18, I think it was caused by having some trauma at h...

EMS & Fire // Stuttering

EMS & Fire // Stuttering 28M moderate/mild stutter categorized by heavy prolonged blocks. I work for a major metropolitan fire department in a major northern US city. I’ve been running medical/fire...

Drive throughs. WHY CAN’T I NOT STUTTER DURING A DRIVE THROUGH?!?!?

Drive throughs. WHY CAN’T I NOT STUTTER DURING A DRIVE THROUGH?!?!? There just something about it lol. Whether it’s not seeing the person, speaking to a box, or what. As soon as I hear the “Hi welcom...

Speech and language therapist here. Anything I say is just my opinion. EDMR therapy and making sure your wellbeing is taken care of can be good ways to help manage a stammer as stammering can have ps...

It has gotten worse suddenly

It has gotten worse suddenly There isn't anything NSFW about this ive simply just put it for people who wanna avoid negative posts. . I've been stuttering my whole life but recently it has been th...