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There are several, some more public like a person laughing so uncontrollably that he almost fell in front of a crowd of people. But the most distinct/weird one i have in mind, which thankfully didn't ...

yes. My head either turns to one side and slightly downwards, like if somebody bitch slapped me, or my head kind of bobs a little bit like a chicken when I am trying to force past the same syllable. I...

does anyone else make hand motions or turn their head when stuttering ?

does anyone else make hand motions or turn their head when stuttering ? i noticed that i've been doing these movements a lot when i stutter for almost a year now and i feel kind of embarrassed. ...

Not odd at all..I call them tics.. like blinking during a block. it drives me crazy when someone points out that I made it through a conversation without stuttering because I immediately start stutt...

My son started stuttering at 3 1/2 at the time when he started preschool. It would come on for a week or two and go away completely. When this happened we noticed a big leap in developmental language/...

As a PWS who had mostly hard, silent blocks and semi-automatic eye contact avoidance, my stuttering was simply confusing to listeners. It sometimes appeared as if I was having a medical situation, an...

That always bothered me bc my problem was that I simply couldn’t get the words out, or they came out with a very misleading tone, or timing was confusingly off. I’d try to make a minor passing joke c...

I am in that role now & it’s extremely stressful , did you normally stay away from phones ? Because I did my whole life because of my stutter . I took this position because it was from home & ...

Ik it's doesn't make you weird but the way people look at you when you just stop mid sentences, maybe your face freezes or you make a weird face, they definitely see you as weird xD I'll have to try ...

Oh ok. I mainly get blocks and have to hold down on something or I hand flap...

We should use fidgets for when we get nervous

We should use fidgets for when we get nervous When our secondary behaviours (Leg tapping, eye blinking, flapping hands, avoiding eye contact) show, we should have fidgets to just release the stress or...

Yep exactly and the sergeant had full on blocks and did word substitutions. Idk which stutterer worked with the producers but props to him....

No problem bro. I'm sure you'll be a great drill sergeant whether you stutter or not. I know blocks can be scary when they happen. It's normal to panic a bit because you've lost control of your speech...

When I was in grade school, other kids sometimes called me retarded. I had really bad “secondaries” that twisted me into knots. They were just grade school kids. Can’t blame them for not knowing what ...

Stop closing your eyes. It's going to get habituated where you'll do it all the time uncontrollably. You don't have to close your eyes, it's a "trick" you once used to get out of a stutter and now do ...

Do words ever feel physically stuck

Do words ever feel physically stuck Does anyone else feel like they have to physically push words out of their throat? Like I know exactly what I want to say right before I say it but I have to stand ...

I’ll pay attention to whether I’m tensing up somewhere in my body and try to relax it. If I get to a word I can tell I will stutter, I’ll take a short pause as I’m talking and then say the word. Usual...

Tips to improve stuttering according to the book: The Way Out by Alan Gordon about neuroplastic pain (a conditioned response)

Tips to improve stuttering according to the book: The Way Out by Alan Gordon about neuroplastic pain (a conditioned response) This is my attempt to extract tips from the book "The way out" about neuro...

My eyebrows raise as I stutter or I twitch involuntarily....

I wish I knew. I had a mod to severe stutter as a child, but as an adult, my stutter has improved drastically on its own. I mostly suffer from vocal blocks now, secondary behaviors (rapid eye blinking...