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commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
4 points

I hate when I’m not able to say bye or leave the room. There will be times where someone is just talking and talking and I’m just shaking my head yea to everything and I want to leave but I keep stutt...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
2 points

It’s often the transition from the vowel and onto the neighboring consonant that’s actually the problem. The vowel is being pronounced but it won’t move onto the next sound. Also, the brain timer insi...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Neurological & BrainCycles & RandomnessBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
5 points

Try slowly moving air through your throat first and then gently making a very soft and b/ for “bye.” The plosive sounds /b, p, t, d, k, g, ch, dj/ at the beginning of words are rascally because they ...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
1 points

The breathing helps as long as I can get away with saying "so" before most of my sentences. It can probably sound annoying kind of like when people say "like" a lot. But saying "so" just helps me star...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
3 points

Saying them out loud and by myself is fine. But when I am forced to say certain words and have no other option, then it doesn't matter how many times I breathe or pause. Just me personally, tho....

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & Stoppages
postr/StutterJan 22, 2025
4 points

Help me out

Help me out I’ve had a stutter my whole life on and off but recently it’s been getting really bad can’t even talk to my own family or my own girl without stuttering bad anybody got any tips to calm it...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Severity & FluctuationAnxiety & Social JudgmentBlocks & Stoppages
postr/StutterJan 22, 2025
3 points

Going backwards

Going backwards I’m 56, male, and have my stutter from a stoke I had as an infant. At times when I talk I get these big blocks and my face can scrunch up like. I had medium to ok fluency happen for an...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Severity & FluctuationStress & Fight/FlightBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterJan 21, 2025
9 points

It's interesting, I have a severe stutter but when I'm alone I can spend hours talking out loud and not a single blockage, but the moment I perceive or think that someone may be listening to me, a "cl...

Speech & StutteringEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Blocks & StoppagesAnxiety & Social JudgmentAudience Scale & Group Size
postr/StutterJan 20, 2025
1 points

I am so done with Blocking . Need help!

I am so done with Blocking . Need help! [removed]...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterJan 20, 2025
1 points

No, I have a therapist, but I've never really talked about it with anyone because I've tended to minimize its importance to myself since it's so specific and doesn't actually cause communication issue...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Overthinking & MonitoringTrauma & PsychologicalIdentity & Self-Perception+3 more
postr/StutterJan 19, 2025
9 points

I only stutter when talking/reading to myself?

I only stutter when talking/reading to myself? This has been an increasing problem over the past few years. I'm in my mid-thirties, and before maybe 5-6 years ago I never had a stutter in general. I s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Experiential AssociationOverthinking & MonitoringBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterJan 19, 2025
1 points

My advice would be to figure out what your articulators do when they make a K sound and practice it on its own for a bit. It may seem silly but blocking is not a core stuttering behavior. If you can't...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesBlocks & StoppagesPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterJan 19, 2025
1 points

I block on the K I just can’t even say it most of the time...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterJan 19, 2025
1 points

Are you saying you block on the K or that you're afraid to make the K sound? ...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterJan 18, 2025
1 points

Couple of questions, just to see how we can help.. How old are you? Is there any history of something similar in your family? Have you had any trauma? How does it feel? Is it a block? Does it ...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Genetic & Family FactorsTrauma & PsychologicalBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterJan 17, 2025
1 points

Yes. I can go weeks with a mild to non-existent stutter. I can also go days, and what turns into weeks every now and again, where I have extreme difficulty speaking. I don't even need environmental an...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Cycles & RandomnessBlocks & Stoppages
postr/StutterJan 17, 2025
3 points

i’ve recently started stuttering with certain words and i don’t know why

i’ve recently started stuttering with certain words and i don’t know why over the last 6 months or so, sometimes when i start a sentence with the letter W like “what” or “why” i struggle to get the wo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterJan 17, 2025
1 points

Stuttering can become very severe if you are in big tension and don't know what to do immediately. If the bus you are planning to board in leaving in next 20 mins and the queue of people standing in l...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionBlocks & StoppagesHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterJan 17, 2025
9 points

Stutter help in the UK, can’t say a full sentence anymore

Stutter help in the UK, can’t say a full sentence anymore I had private speech therapy when I was younger, the NHS waiting list was long then and if I remember we didn’t have enough time in appointm...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionBlocks & StoppagesFeared Words & Names
postr/StutterJan 17, 2025
12 points

stuttering & employment

stuttering & employment Hi there! So I have a severe block stutter caused by anxiety/nervousness/PTSD. I am fine in situations/people that I am comfortable around but if I am not...I get very anxious...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Stress & Fight/FlightBlocks & StoppagesHiding & Concealment