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Socially Anxious and Abroad
Socially Anxious and Abroad https://www.sociallyanxiousandabroad.com/blog My name is Brad, I am a 24 year old currently travelling the world, filming & documenting my adventures as I go. My goa...
this happens to someone else?
this happens to someone else? I'm not afraid of make conversations but when the conversation continues I reach a point when my mind es completely white and i only want to finish the conversation when...
I really relate to having issues with eye contact. When i walk around my job through people i don't really know i NEVER make eye contact with them, i just stare into the floor or something because I h...
At first I thought this would be dumb, but I think it's really important to get more comfortable with it. To be honest, I was cringing while watching that and I guess that is part of my problem, the ...
Dissociating is never a good move and in speech therapy it's called 'Avoidance Behaviour' which is always being not recommended in therapy. doe I can relate to what you are thinking about, I still wa...
On the plus side, most law is practiced outside the court room. Besides speech therapy, have you thought about seeing a counselor for the social anxiety? That might be worth checking out, since ho...
Speech block
Speech block Hi I’m a 26 yrs male, i’m having speech blocks since as long as i can remember, due to that i lost interest in anything and everything even the things i used to love, i have lost my life...
This is great man! I’m in the Dave McGuire Program, and we do deliberate disfluency and disclosing our stutter as well. I have been slowly building my comfort zone by purposely stuttering in graduall...
Thank you so much for the kind and fast reply! Of course everything is through zoom, and we spoke for 10 minutes in between my classes on Wednesday. Here’s the kicker — the full story is that it’s act...
Sometimes yeah, it's really freaking annoying cause when i'm fluent i'm very social I think the worst thing is when you mess up your first impression and people think that you're nervous or scared wh...
Apart from silly one liners, i don't think I've ever told a proper joke in all my life, which is sad really... and anxiety is a real issue for me, answering or making a phone call, visiting rel...
Anyone else feel social awkward purely due to their stutter?
Anyone else feel social awkward purely due to their stutter? As PWS we often: 1. Get stuck on a word and must repeat ourselves multiple times, which doesn’t look good, extremely for telling jokes and...
Same here my man. My guess is the anxiety anticipation goes all the way down therefore the words comes out easier....
It's all about the pressure and tension you feel while speaking so this makes complete sense, I would also stutter the most in these instances. My belief about repeating yourself and why we stutter ...
Not only that I stutter but I also have anxiety which I believe does make my stutter worst as a result. Currently My perception of stuttering is negative I don’t know how it is a positive asset to my...
Dealing with Anger outbursts
Dealing with Anger outbursts Hi, Does any1 else get uncontrollably angry sometimes because of stuttering? Its a serious problem I have, sometimes I get angry at myself but sometimes especially if so...
I definitely have had this happen, where all of a sudden my stutter just get progressively worse and don’t even get me started on trying to tell people my name 😅 I think it’s probably stress related ...
Thanks heidguy8. I hope it’s useful to your son. The big thing I think is to keep him talking and confident and not reaching a point where he becomes emotionally reactive to his stuttering moments....
Stuttering & Mental health
Stuttering & Mental health TLDR; there is currently no cure for stuttering. If you are a stutterer and are having difficulty with: addiction, depression, social anxiety, general anxiety, or othe...
It’s a vicious cycle….
It’s a vicious cycle…. I k stuttering is not a bad thing … there’s a lot of ppl who stutter in the world….there’s ppl who stutter severely and confident as ever…ppl who have a mild stutter and hate it...