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commentr/StutterMar 29, 2018
1 points

Weightlifting may change your attitude and feelings about yourself, which is ONE of the reasons to why you might stutter, and this will surely help with that department. Improvement, yes!...

Causes & VariabilityMeds & Substances
Stress & Fight/FlightHelpful Med Outcomes
commentr/StutterMar 28, 2018
2 points

I think it's pretty common. I don't really know why it happens to me, but I think I just get more tense for some reason even though I know they're fine with me stuttering. Though oddly enough, when we...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMar 28, 2018
1 points

Haven't experienced that. However, exercise most likely effects you in general, of course. Might be one or more of the factors associated with exercise help you?...

Causes & VariabilityMeds & Substances
Stress & Fight/FlightEnergy & Biological RhythmsHelpful Med Outcomes
commentr/StutterMar 27, 2018
2 points

If it helps you breathe in a more effective manner it may be helping, but it probably helps to relieve what I call 'anxiety tension'. For me it's like stress that builds up over time, like when you ha...

Causes & VariabilityMeds & Substances
Stress & Fight/FlightEnergy & Biological RhythmsHelpful Med Outcomes
commentr/StutterMar 27, 2018
2 points

i always speak better whenever i workout and eat healthy. If your mind and body is in good shape, so is ur speaking! take care...

Causes & VariabilityMeds & Substances
Stress & Fight/FlightEnergy & Biological RhythmsHelpful Med Outcomes
postr/StutterMar 26, 2018
4 points

Coping with spasms

Coping with spasms Dear people, a big part of stuttering are the tourettelike spasm which haunt us during blocks. Last few years i have really felt the tightness around my neck and shoulders and it g...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Stress & Fight/FlightPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterMar 26, 2018
1 points

I think I have acquired stuttering. I was very fluent up til the age of 8-9. I acquired it around 4th grade, gradually increased in severity, until it became noticeable. I have two self derived theori...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Stress & Fight/FlightPropositionality & WeightFluency Techniques+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 22, 2018
2 points

I feel as though my throat clenches up, and all of a sudden I need to take a deep breath. The breathing could be a coping mechanism though. My hands stay frozen in whatever position they are at that m...

Speech & StutteringCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Physical TensionStress & Fight/FlightMindfulness & Breathing
commentr/StutterMar 21, 2018
1 points

> But what if we were only left with neurological component excluding every thing else such psychological reactions , word fears and associations , avoidance behaviors, secondary behaviors and tens...

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Authenticity vs. MaskingHiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterMar 21, 2018
2 points

I've tried a decent amount of drugs, and I've only noticed three that have impacted my stutter: alcohol, Xanax, and phenibut hcl (not together though)....

Meds & SubstancesCauses & Variability
Recreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)Stress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterMar 19, 2018
5 points

You’d be surprised what a good sp can do for you. I’m 26, and went through what you’re going through now. At this point in your life, you will start to notice that you will go through periods where ...

Causes & VariabilityTherapy & ProfessionalCoping & Advocacy
Severity & FluctuationStress & Fight/FlightSeeking Therapy+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 19, 2018
1 points

Well technically he’s right , the stress we put on ourselves to be fluent does add to the pressure of speaking, so if we accept it and don’t fight it, we’ll still stutter but it’ll be less “panic” and...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMar 19, 2018
1 points

I think you've hit on something big in stuttering. We all have a reaction to stuttering and the degree and valence of our reaction will influence the degree of those reactions we have to stuttering. I...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Overthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/FlightCycles & Randomness
commentr/StutterMar 16, 2018
5 points

Yeah, that happens to me. Ironically, its the anxiety which causes me to stutter....

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

I change my perspective on how I’m feeling. When I’m stressed or scared or anxious about talking I remind myself that that panic feeling is actually my body getting prepared for me to do great. My hea...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterMar 11, 2018
1 points

Hey, if you're still here with us , try weed , or another drug, they help, drugs help, they don't take this thoughts away , they are just making this thoughts to sound normal to you. They take the pai...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceMeds & Substances
Stress & Fight/FlightTrauma & PsychologicalFrustration & Anger+3 more
commentr/StutterMar 11, 2018
3 points

My stutter isn't that bad, it comes and goes depending on stress and just how im feeling. It was worse when I was younger and has decreased over the years. edit: and good state of mind with her acc...

Causes & Variability
Stress & Fight/FlightSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterMar 11, 2018
9 points

My last relationship (and my best one) went like this. We met on ok Cupid. I was states away but planned on coming home after a few months. We chatted on the app for a few weeks before we exchanged ph...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMar 9, 2018
1 points

I wasn't sure from the post if the stress and tension was being caused by the stuttering or something else. I would suggest you be there for each other. Keep communicating with each other. Even if he ...

Causes & VariabilityCommunity & SupportEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightValidation & EmpathyHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterMar 8, 2018
1 points

Maybe he's planning to propose or do some other stressful, life changing thing? Sounds like he's just suddenly very anxious. ...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/Flight