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I couldn’t agree more with the first half. Some of his actions/communication style doesn’t work for my set of health issues but I don’t connect my diagnoses with him. I tend to focus more on my own co...

Ofcourse as partners we don’t want to stress each other out. Thankyou for helping me understand this a bit more....

Thankyou for this incredibly helpful insight! I had a niggling feeling that taking a beat and talking calmly with plenty of space and time for my partner to express himself is required. We’re a long...

You need to work on yourself before trying to support him,your anger and emotions could and most likely are causing him to stutter more...

Stress is a trigger for me, so it's possible. You said you go to therapy. Perhaps you can bring him into a session?...

When you’re not thinking about how bad you’ll stutter everything gets easier. Note that’s easier said than done because for years that’s all I did for years, dreading the next time I had to open my mo...

“I don’t even know if he is right to directly connect his stuttering to my own struggles.” I would say that it doesn’t matter too much. If you are having anger issues that are causing you to lash out...

Yes, if you're making him feel anxious it can make things worse. All I will say is, don't make excuses for your anger issues. That's a problem you have to solve yourself, don't take It out on other pe...

The cold heart truth is that stuttering is an anxiety disorder and that all the neurological pathways are the consequence of stuttering. People might have a predisposition to anxiety and to more speci...

Maybe your uncontrollable anger (believe me I’m a woman so absolutely understand) is giving him anxiety which is flaring up his stuttering....

How do I support my partner better? I’m in a fix.

How do I support my partner better? I’m in a fix. I (32F) struggle with sensitivity to hormone changes in my body. I’m religiously taking therapy, take medication to deal with my symptoms, and do ever...

I was a borderline elite level distance runner, D1 college (if that's worth anything to you), etc. Cardio didn't seem to do anything for my stutter. What does help and did help is the confidence from ...

>If avoiding stuttering was a possible way to overcome it, it would've worked by now. The more you try to outsmart it and dodge/avoid it… The more it comes. I agree completely. This [psychology w...

I feel the same way about your posts here. I think my point is that it could be very useful to rethink dysfluency to including the emotional components as primary bxs....

We are just missing the mark here. I dont think you are grasping what I am saying in general. Ive seen your other posts and I agree with a lot of your ideas. We will agree to disagree :)...

The article has 3 paragraphs. The entire 3rd paragraph "infers" that avoidance and anxiety are now a part of the diagnostic criteria. Here is it: "Meanwhile, anxiety and avoidance have been added ...

> separating out primary and secondary bxs of dysfluency is not seen as a useful current practice. Where does the article infer this? I didnt see this....

Which is exactly what i was saying. Avoidance behavior and fear are certainly elements of stuttering as a whole. I 100% agree...

2 of 2: And its saying its adding anxiety attributes to the whole disorder, not specifically the "types of disfluency" subset...

I think you are redefining disfluency and adding this element of avoidance behavior. Last time i checked, most professionals characterize avoidance as a secondary behavior, NOT as one of the three ty...