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commentr/StutterJul 13, 2018
1 points

Never will I attend a conference. If I am around someone who is stuttering, mine gets so much worse. I can’t be around it. ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJul 12, 2018
5 points

Yes, we had a mindfulness meditation class at my work that I was a part of for 5 weeks. It DID help. So much of my stuttering comes from stress and anxiety. If I can curb that stress my speech impro...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Mindfulness & BreathingStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterJul 12, 2018
1 points

Its common for stutterers to stop breathing when they talk. You become tense....

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Stress & Fight/FlightPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterJul 11, 2018
3 points

Try to yell using your diaphragm. I'm an MTI (drill sergeant) in the USAF & that's how we're told to yell to preserve our vocal cords. For whatever reason, I'm completely fluent whenever I have to...

Causes & Variability
Stress & Fight/FlightSituational VariabilityEnergy & Biological Rhythms
commentr/StutterJul 11, 2018
3 points

Stuttering very rarely develops past adolescence and when it does, it seems that it can just be caused by stress or anxiety. Hey, atleast you can tell your friends now that youve been able to experie...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJul 11, 2018
3 points

I'm 20. I don't think I ever had a stuttering problem before the age of 19. It's likely that it was an anxiety thing, though I've only got worse mentally since then so it's odd that I don't still have...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJul 11, 2018
1 points

And while you were busy worrying about wether or not you were gonna be able to say your name, you haven't been listening to what anyone else has said and still don't know anyone else's name haha. Clas...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Stress & Fight/FlightCycles & RandomnessPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterJul 10, 2018
2 points

Yea this drives me crazy. But on the upside I don’t stutter much when I’m mad and this pisses me off enough that it still works out sometimes....

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightFrustration & Anger
postr/StutterJul 4, 2018
3 points

PWS of Reddit, how do you manage your anger.

PWS of Reddit, how do you manage your anger. Hey, there fellow Redditors. I often bust out into anger if something didn't go according to me or someone being a dick around me. It feels so relaxing ...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Frustration & AngerStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2018
4 points

I exclusively experience silent and audible blocks. I've have never shown involuntary prolongation or repetition. The hardest sounds for me are words that start with vowels, or words that start with l...

Speech & StutteringCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Blocks & StoppagesStress & Fight/FlightFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2018
1 points

Hahaha yeah I hate taking on the phone period, much less with actual people listening to me in the same room. If possible, try to not put yourself in that situation but sometimes that's just how it be...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Feared Words & NamesStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterJun 29, 2018
3 points

I use 4 strategies most often: Breathing: diaphragmatic breathing, letting air out before I speak. Linking: linking my words together. Basically saying sentences as long one word instead of individ...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Fluency TechniquesStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterJun 27, 2018
2 points

The best thing I can tell you is when you get worked up, stop, close your eyes, take a deep breath and start talking again when your eyes are closed, opening them after you start. It helps me but the ...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Stress & Fight/FlightFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJun 27, 2018
3 points

I couldn't read out of books either in middle school and would get made fun of constantly (this was when billy madison out - ttttt today junior!) so it was....not fun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

School & WorkAnticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
School & Academic LifeAvoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/Flight+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 27, 2018
3 points

All I got is remember to breath, don't rush yourself, and try to relax. All of which can be quite difficult to do but practice. Try talking in a rhythmic flow. Take practice but could help. ...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Fluency TechniquesStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterJun 22, 2018
1 points

Maybe you can list all those things that has changed in your life, and then see if any of those might be a reason. It could be that the impending job that you are going to do might be making you tens...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Overthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterJun 18, 2018
1 points

is there a history of mental conditions or disorders in your family that includes a stutter as a symptom psychedelics are known to aggravate dormant conditions I've tried a super hero's dose of mu...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceMeds & Substances
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentStimulants & Caffeine+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 17, 2018
1 points

I started stuttering when I was 18, I was in a lot of stress at the time, I failed my driving licence several times... It was the opposite for me, I stuttered the most when talking to friends and fa...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & DisabilityCommunity & Support
Stress & Fight/FlightCycles & RandomnessIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 16, 2018
2 points

The path is to become stronger and more competent. Physically, mentally, emotionally. When you're physically stronger, you have less anxiety around people, hence the speech is better. When you know ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightEnergy & Biological RhythmsHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJun 14, 2018
2 points

It makes my stutter even worse . But in my first speech therapy I couldn’t stutter may be because I was comfortable with my therapist and speaking language other than my mother tongue makes me speak...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more