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Afraidness.. Yeah. I totally agree with you. When I listen to my reaction to other people, it is kind of awkward. It doesn’t go with the flow of talking. I think that’s Because my afraidness makes wh...

Border guards speak with people every day and as some people find this intimidating, they tend to stutter. Border guards also interact with people who don't speak English or French at all, so verbal ...

Stuttering doesn't come from anxiety, it's not a contagious disease, and it's not Tourettes syndrome. All of these are things people have assumed about my stutter....

Thank you for the response! I really appreciate it. We've been dating for 5 months and he doesn't usually stutter so much around me any more :O He's been insanely stressed recently though, which has...

That we are nervous! This one annoys me soo much. people tell me "take a deep breath and dont be so nervous". IF ONLY it was that easy ...

I rarely get blocks but when I do they usually turn into a stammer. But my worst case scenarios are when I try to force it out and by the time the word has been said I am out of breath and need to aud...

Even though most people know that stuttering is involuntary, an assumption I see often is that a bout of stuttering is triggered by general nervousness/uneasiness, unpreparedness (e.g. for a meeting/p...

yeah but if you get frustrated at your stutter the you stutter more, so it sucks...

Here’s a classic one: when people say to “take a deep breath” when you stutter. If it was as easy as that, I wouldn’t stutter at all! Stuttering is much more than a simple breathing problem. It’s a ...

I’m a female stutterer :’) I’ve been stuttering since I was a kid, and it used to be really bad. I repeat the first letter of a word mostly, but I also have times where I hold onto a word for a long p...

Thanks man. I broke down crying in college when I ran out of a writing class not wanting to read my work out loud. Realized it’s not that bad if I’m still alive. Like walking through a storm. It’ll ei...

Push yourself my friend. I was pretty weak and depressed at your age. I had an epiphany that nothing matters if my heart is still beating. Threw myself into the fire when a journalism opportunity came...

And meds helped you ? Btw I too think stuttering is a fear-reflex which is blocking muscles and this reflex becomes a habit somehow. I don't know how to fix it cuz I tried EVERYTHING except meds :(...

I tend to sound like I’m having a stroke when I’m extremely anxious (job interviews, random encounters on the street etc.) ...

Awful day today + theory

Awful day today + theory I had a meeting with my French class + teacher today to discuss details of an upcoming French trip. Pardon my French, but holy shit, I stuttered so much. It was just a bunch ...

Yes, and if you think about it, the fact that you tighten up before you talk seems like a fight-or-flight response to some danger that doesn’t exist, similar to how PTSD makes you sweat or fear situat...

I'm 33-years-old and I still stutter. Some days my speech is better than others, depending on if I'm stressed, tired, etc. ...

So I am a graduate student pursuing a PhD in Physics, and Wednesday is the day I teach lab. It can get hectic at times with multiple groups trying to flag me down, and the stress can affect my stutter...

I think Lee Lovet is a quack. We stutter in social situations because those situations are higher stress /more demanding. To use a real world example, let’s say you inherit a car. It runs ok for neigh...

Do we subconsciously choose to stutter?

Do we subconsciously choose to stutter? Hey guys, lately I have been reading a book called Stuttering & Anxiety by Lee Lovet. And in this book he talks about how people subconsciously choose to st...