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I’m in the same position as you, graduating uni and done with exams in less than a month. I had a job interview with a good law firm a couple days ago and couldn’t say one word without blocking. They ...

I have “blocks” too. I started having issue after I noticed the stutter was a thing to me....

You have" blocks " I have a lot of blocks when I'm sick or if i don't sleep 8 hours...

Developed a stutter at 20?

Developed a stutter at 20? I think I developed a stutter but I thought they were something you were born with. I'm struggling, because I don't know if it's really a stutter, it's like I can't get my w...

Somebody please leave advice

Somebody please leave advice I am in the 8th grade and will be going to a very big high school. My stutter isn’t even that bad, but I get severe blocks whenever I have to say my name and often at rand...

40. lol My stammer is more of a block when I speak. It’s like I can’t finish every sentence and it’s infuriating as all hell. Super powers?! Heck no! It’s a major hindrance if anything I’m nerfed!...

It’s technically a primary stuttering behavior by the book, but it’s only laid out that way so we can diagnose stuttering as a communication disorder and differentiate it from the more common childhoo...

There is no research to suggest that a block is a learned behaviour. Blocks are a type of stutter like repetitions or prolongations....

I have just recently developed a bad stutter, or slurred speech. (I dont know what to call it)

I have just recently developed a bad stutter, or slurred speech. (I dont know what to call it) Hello and thanks for clicking on this, I have developed a stutter (if you can call it that) over ...

Sometimes speaking or reading aloud , your stutter will become reduced. Reading aloud is much different than speaking normally, conversations are usually unplanned. You said your stutter causes you to...

It's odd because it can tend to happen at the end of the word.  Sometimes people feel like they keep losing all breath trying to finish a word, try once, it closes up, try again, closes and it's like ...

Hi! SLP here - that is a stuttering-type disfluency called whole word repetition. There is also sound/syllable repetition, sound prolongation, and blocking. People who stutter may experience all of th...

Is repeating full words a form of stuttering?

Is repeating full words a form of stuttering? I am an adult, early 40s. In the past couple of weeks, I’ve been getting stuck on a word when trying to talk. Such as “The goal goal goal goal [pause]… th...

There's not just one kind. "Wh- wh- wh- what did you say?" There's been surveys even here in this sub, and the majority responses were that *blocking* is the most common. In my own case, it would be s...

I dont understand my stutter

I dont understand my stutter Scrolling through tiktok, ive found many videos where you have to read a speech like teleprompter style, and i always nail it. Really, i sound like an expert public speake...

I’m gonna scream like a banshee.

I’m gonna scream like a banshee. So I have a Zoom interview with a major law firm next week for an entry level position, with a partner and an associate no less. I’ve been making notes and practicing ...

Oh I see. I have that happen often, but I didn’t know it was called blocking....

It's the most basic symptom of stuttering. Blocking is when you try to say a word, but nothing comes out. It's a momentary lose of speech function for particular or range of phonetic sounds due neurol...

Stutter turned into Blocks

Stutter turned into Blocks I used to stutter, like repeating sounds until i could say the word. Now I can't do that. Instead my body tightens up, my mouth tightens, I can't breathe. I'm standing the...

Bad stutter during job interviews

Bad stutter during job interviews I'm a 19 year old student with a stutter. I feel like I won't be able to find a decent job since every time I have an interview (even an AI one), I stutter almost all...