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It robs me of all joy due to severe anxiety - drugs have shown me how AMAZING life could be

It robs me of all joy due to severe anxiety - drugs have shown me how AMAZING life could be Hey guys, 18 year old girl. This is a bit of an odd one, but I'd really appreciate you reading this as I ha...

It might be a mix of both, I'm no expert. But I know when I'm relaxed my fluency is definitely up there, but when I'm nervous or frustrated it definitely rears its unpleasant head, and that in itself ...

I don't know how accurate the cell phone heart rate monitors are, but I have checked before a few stressful situations and the last few entries I remember were 122 and 140....

Talking is generally stressful if you stutter. When i manage to get a sentence out without stuttering i exhale and congratulate myself....

Talking increases blood pressure and heart rate.

Talking increases blood pressure and heart rate. Has anyone else noticed that their heart rate increases quite a bit when talking? I was talking to a family member yesterday, I've known this person m...

Hey! I had the same sort of thing after moving back from university. A strange sense of detachment from my memories and experiences. I felt numb. I went to the doctor and he gave me anti-depressants....

Hey! I had the same sort of thing after moving back from university. A strange sense of detachment from my memories and experiences. I felt numb. I went to the doctor and he gave me anti-depressants....

Time to Talk

Time to Talk Hi, I hope you're all doing well. I think it's about time I acknowledge this. I've stammered all my life, I'm 19 and it sucks. I don't have many friends because I work a lot and don't ha...

"Lowering your energy" might help, meaning breathing deeper and speaking from that more grounded relaxed place in you. Watch Elliot Hulse on youtube and do breathing meditation....

A Mild, Yet worsening Stutter (I'm only 15)

A Mild, Yet worsening Stutter (I'm only 15) When I was very young (~4) I had terrible speech. I stutter, talked too fast, and mispronounced most words. My parents got me speech therapy that got rid of...

Overwhelming anxiety brought back my stuttering.

Overwhelming anxiety brought back my stuttering. I stutter because of anxiety. I was able to beat my stutter for the past few months but now for some reason it's back along with some really bad anxiet...

TL;DR (always put a TL;DR when posting a multi-page article) - thinking to yourself ("inner speech") sends the same signals to muscles as speech but also sends a "stop" command. stuttering is caused...

I stutter on the phone. Ive made tons of progress just focusing on relaxing. Have fun. I realized that my fear of stuttering has basically taken fun out of my life. A professor in my stuttering group...

Its genetic factors *interacting* with environmental factors. Alot of my exacerbations (for simplicity, defined as when my stuttering is worse) is psychological. But from when Im having good months, I...

We're in the same boat. I manage my stuttering pretty well usually but when I speak in a foreign language it all goes out the window. The only thing that helps at all is to take it slow and steady but...

Knowing that the mic is on triggers your stuttering behavioral pattern. One tennis player got a block that whenever the judge said 40-40, he always lost that game. Body tensing up, serve in the net,...

I'm the same. No one listening to me? Nothing to be anxious about so the words flow beautifully. Want to try another interesting one? I don't stutter at all when I'm truly angry and cursing someone o...

Stuttering causes anxiety and and anxiety causes more stuttering. How do you break this loop? I am desparate but I've had enough. I am ready to fight this. Thanks for sharing. Did you consult therapi...

How can I stop stuttering entirely only by self-help?

How can I stop stuttering entirely only by self-help? Everybody online suggests me- consult your therapist. Here in India when people are dying of hunger we don't have friggin therapists here. So tell...

Why do I stutter when telling something I know but fluent when BSing?

Why do I stutter when telling something I know but fluent when BSing? Ok, I have stuttered my whole life. My father stuttered, so I take it as in the genes. Weird thing is that I stutter more when ...