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I have been stuttering A LOT lately

I have been stuttering A LOT lately (19M) The past few months have been really odd for me. I have so much trouble forming sentences sometimes. This is not every time I try to speak, but it happens a l...

I believe they mean prolonging phonation, since stutters occur in the vowels, rather then consonants. Vowels require prolonged phonation....

Thanks for the detailed response. I know I had trouble with pronouncing words as a kid but had "grown out of it" by age 6. I suppose I do often repeat words when talking, usually the filler words like...

Sudden onset stammer triggered by psychological stress?

Sudden onset stammer triggered by psychological stress? Hi all, I 30/M have been going through an increasingly stressful situation for the last 2 months. It is an ongoing legal situation and the inci...

Yes! Let others hear your repetitions, begin by making normal eye contact, and begin on a regular size exhale. Ask further questions if needed :)...

My sibling stutters

My sibling stutters My little sister (6F) stutters the beginning of her sentences and a little of the middle. For example she’ll say " I-I-I like ice cream " she doesn’t do this all the time. I can’t ...

I do it every fucking time. If someone makes me repeat myself I will stutter through it...

Having to repeat yourself

Having to repeat yourself Do you ever have those moments where you’ve said something and made it through WITHOUT stuttering only for someone to say “sorry I didn’t hear you” so then you have to repea...

“W’s” are the WORST! But for me, so are “R’s”, “L’s”, and “M’s”. 😂 Sometimes it takes all the air in my lungs to say words that begin with these letters. Lol....

Yeah I relate to this a lot I probably stutter the most with S and ST sounds, as well as W, can’t explain how much I hate it....

People that say “no one cares if you stutter” is absolutely BS

People that say “no one cares if you stutter” is absolutely BS I started working as a bank teller and I’ve been nervous to do drive thru transactions because for some reason it makes me nervous, and t...

Great comment! Let's use the definition: Stuttering can be categorized between primary symptoms and secondary symptoms. The traditional view of primary symptoms is blocks, repetitions and prolongation...

Question for People That stutter

Question for People That stutter Hi Everyone I have stuttered all my life I have went to Speech pathologists for decades In school and out of school My dad has even taken me to professionals and paid ...

What you describe seems like blocks which is a type of stuttering. I think you have stuttering probably a mild one. Also, repeating a sentence triggers stuttering in most people who stutter. For the ...

How was your stutter when it was at its worse?

How was your stutter when it was at its worse? For me It had to be a few years ago, during the start of covid. I would take multiple minutes just to say one word pretty much every time I tried to talk...

agreed. but sometimes people who have a stutter dont even know that they are stuttering ( this happened to me a couple of times when i recorded my self speak). but either way texting and calling are t...

Please help out

Please help out Ok so Idrk if this is a stutter or not but I could t find a better community Ok so I'm 14. 6ish month ago I this started happeing to me (or at least I started noticing it but I'm 99 p...

Im not sure how academic this is, but when I was in speech therapy over a decade ago, my therapist said there were 3 main types of stuttering. You’ve said basically the same here but he had different ...

Repetitions and prolongations come mostly in the brain. Hard silent blocks come mostly in the diaphragm due to your lower core muscles tensing from involuntary valsalva maneuver. Trouble articul...

Has anyone been asked if they have turrets syndrome?

Has anyone been asked if they have turrets syndrome? I've developed some bad stutter habits. Sometimes I open my mouth while struggling to speak. I've been asked if I have turrets. Also...anyone have...