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Because it feels like a foregone conclusion. I’m worried they’d have heard the stuttering, seen the sweating and seen that as something to judge me on as opposed to my answers and tasks. Really annoyi...

Because my worry is that they’d have heard me stuttering, seen me sweating and thought that it means I’m not confident and not up to it which is just really annoying. I feel like I should be judged on...

Actually eye contact works for me. I used to avert my eyes in the past when I started blocking. But keep big the eye contact steady seems to minimize blocking for me...

Is our tongue the issue?

Is our tongue the issue? Is our tongue the main cause why we stutter, for me I notice my tongue struggles and gets stuck before a difficult word. ...

Is our tongue the issue ?

Is our tongue the issue ? I'd been reading out loud for almost a year now and taking notes about my stuttering, tried different methods and came to realized that I personally get stuck with words that...

Tapping mostly helps whenever you find yourself talking too fast. Whenever I like run out of air from stuttering, I accidentally talk fast to try to get the words out. :3 Hope things go well for us!...

Pretty severe. I stutter on almost every second word of the sentence, with blocks sometimes lasting from 5-10 secs. It's a bit better with family that I block on 1-2 words per sentence but it's still ...

Fairly severe, in that it’s rare I can get a sentence out without stuttering of some kind, and frequently have major blocks. I’ve heard more severe but only a few times....

Are you mild or severe stutter?

Are you mild or severe stutter? Just wanted make a post to know the demographic that makes up this server. I went to speech therapy when I was 5 and was told that I would have it even on adulthood. I...

It takes a great deal of explaining and patience for the vast majority of people to accept that a stutter can manifest as….. hard….. silent….blocks, eye contact avoidance, avoiding the most basic of w...

Newcomer: Sutter after cannabis OD

Newcomer: Sutter after cannabis OD New Comer Here looking to make buddies go talk to for recovery motivation. Male 19 years old. Used weed for the first time out of a bong my friend gave me and over...

People really seem to not understand this. Even if somebody told me that everything was ok, and they’d listen and wait patiently for me, it almost seems pointless to try and connect with people when c...

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...

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...

All motor problems of stuttering is the result of stuttering not the cause of it. There are merely symptoms and do not address the problem. Tackle the problem and the motor and muscles issues will go ...

I would even go a step further. In that, tensing the lips is not required. Yes but relaxing the lip muscles would also not be required, right? It's not that tensing my lips to its maximum extent preve...

What do you think? What do you think is required to move the speech muscles VS what is actually required? (Everyone, join the discussion)

What do you think? What do you think is required to move the speech muscles VS what is actually required? (Everyone, join the discussion) ...

A stutter is an involuntary impairment in your speech mechanisms. A lot of people that stutter develop coping strategies. Losing eye contact is very common. Some will start tapping or rocking back and...