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Is your stutter worse when you're asked to repeat yourself?

Is your stutter worse when you're asked to repeat yourself? My stutter comes and goes, but there's one scenario where I stutter every time. If I say something and somebody responds with "What? Or "Cou...

I find that I stutter a lot more when I’m trying to order a drink at the bar - I think it’s because of all the background noise...

Sure :) Choose a sound you can say smoothly and stand in front of mirror, makimg eye contact with yourself and intentionally speak having brief repetitions using that sound. “Today is M-m-Monday. I...

Yes you are right, he might truly not be able to say it. But from all the people who stutter that I have met (about 200), only one person, one time, was physically not able to say the word. The rest o...

So you get mental blocks? Not blocks when your speaking? Thats interesting I honest never had mental blocks.. my speech just gets stuck.. I learn to control the normal type of stuttering when I was ...

Any chance your name (or name of something/someone important starts w R)? Voluntary repetitions - actually choosing a sound you do NOT have problem w, so you can j-j-just do a brief repetition and mo...

>Something I (as a person with a mild stutter with solely blocks/pauses) have used quite succesfully is 'soft contacts' (1), making sure breaths are not shallow (2) and when I block, just immediatl...

Once I used a pay phone years ago and when my friend answered the phone, I stuttered so bad and got no words out. The timer ran out on said pay phone and I had to put more money in then the same thing...

In Uni when talking to friends, I had a stutter that was quite rhythmic. They thought it funny because it sounded like I just started freestyling....

Has anyone noticed that some fluent people stutter when you stutter? My mother-in-law apologized for stuttering around me. She wanted me not to think she was mocking me. She did have a latent childho...

>Most ppl block bc they are trying to avoid repeating, so allowing yourself to repeat or just getting used to it can dramatically decrease blocks. This made me think a lot. I will definitely try t...

Choosing to repeat a few syllables. Most ppl block bc they are trying to avoid repeating, so allowing yourself to repeat or just getting used to it can dramatically decrease blocks....

Connection between OCD & stutter

Connection between OCD & stutter I've had chronic anxiety since age 4, and my stutter began then too. I used to speak really well before that apparently, and was quite outgoing and charismatic for...

My stutter is back with a vengence and I went for enuf therapy already!!! When one can't speak anymore..it's time to say good bye world...your time is up! My stutter aint in my head though...it's in...

So…if you stutter when imaging *talking to people*, that counts as *talking to people*. Think of all the other things that produce a similar physical effect by only imagining (delicious food smell...

Strange fluency on words after someone else says it, does anyone else experience this?

Strange fluency on words after someone else says it, does anyone else experience this? This might be difficult to explain but it is almost 100% with me or atleast 95% to be safe. Example situation: I...

I’m aware your stutter is psychological and that you are unable to “just accept it or stop thinking about it.” Here’s the thing - in terms of cause and impact, hard blocks are very different from rep...

Taking deep breaths will make your stutter WORSE. Try reading my comment again! are you unable to say certain words sometimes (names, places, your food order, favorite fan/sports team etc) , and you...

I identified noises (clicks) in the temporomandibular joint and developed the joint before the disappearance of noises (clicks), I had severe stuttering, now it is practically gone....

The main point of my comment was to say that focusing on inhales will not work and will probably make the problem worse (as you have basically said yourself) Focus on exhales, pretty much always. Be...