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Recently I could feel my heart racing while waiting to be called upon in a Zoom based class. Looked at my Apple Watch and it was between 115bpm - 130. Within a minute or so of finishing my speaking p...

I don't have a smart watch, but I can physically feel my heart rate increase out of anxiety of anticipating my stutter. But it only happens with ppl I don't know or in a professional setting where the...

Do I have anxiety?

Do I have anxiety? I have a mild stutter, as I'm sure most of us do. My heart usually feels very fast, irregular and heavy in most situations, I get very shaky and out of breath, when I try to contro...

Heart rate

Heart rate For those of you who regularly where smart watches I am interested to collect here, what your average readings are before speaking and when you are calm. My resting HR is around 60-70 but ...

I can tell Steve Harvey was a stutter he knows the exact cause of it which is the anxiety of speaking then planning words. He’s right most SLP don’t know how to cure a stutter giving you these useless...

Is there any hope?

Is there any hope? I'm 19 years old college student, today my teacher made me read a chapter in front of everyone and i read it very well, i didn't stutter (as far as I know) but i had some air gaps a...

When I was in my teens and early twenties I’d often go into Manhattan, and sometimes I’d need directions, so I’d ask some stranger. Mostly I’d ask a person who was coming toward me, and I’d l...

This is why my school life was a horror show minus the other experiences. Every time my turn came to introduce myself, I started panicking, racing heartbeats and what not. All the symptoms made my spe...

Do you guys stutter whilst recording a voicenote?

Do you guys stutter whilst recording a voicenote? Hey, I was just curious about this because I never stutter when I’m talking to myself alone or creating a voice recording. However, when I’m recording...

What helps calm your nerves?

What helps calm your nerves? I'm based in the UK and the past four days I've been vert jumpy and fidgety and I believe its making me stutter more than usual and it's causing me to panic more than I u...

One of the major stuttering therapies requires for you to do public speaking - and do a lot of it as facing your fear of speaking is a huge factor in becoming more fluent. I am truly sorry you feel ...

It’s like that when speaking (actually stuttering or not) gives you incredible anxiety....

Honestly I’ve been with my boyfriend for 6 years and we’ve only really discussed it over text. I’ve been stuttering more and I have noticed some shifts in his face when it’s bad. It constantly hurts t...

I feel like the real question is: Did you settle out of fear? I mean, I wouldn't think its uncommon for stutterers to have an inferiority complex and social anxiety which lead to bad social skills wh...

i know your comment wasn’t intended for me, but i have a date tonight and i stutter p bad work anxiety like that and ugh!! this comment was needed! thank you sm...

Yes! Attach yourself to the process, not the results! Fear of speaking is AS BIG of a problem as is stuttering! Practicing the art of conversation is super important in overcoming what I call approach...

There are ways you can reduce your anxiety (pounding heart rate) for public speaking using visualization. I encourage you to look into it!...

I agree. It’s mostly dependent how often you take them. Everyday for a few weeks is fine. But anything beyond that, you should drop down to a few times/month, as needed....

Totally agree with you, for the record. I think they can get used in situations where an individual is very much suffering though....

Please never start taking benzos for situations where you “need to socialize”. It’s very easy to accidentally develop a debilitating physical dependency (different from psychological addiction). Se...