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English teacher here, I stutter and have a class today, I'm so nervous.

English teacher here, I stutter and have a class today, I'm so nervous. Hey everybody, I would love to share my lil story with you because I'm regularly reading everything here and I value and support...

I have been thinking about what you said. When you said about changing the enviroment im in, could it be because of quarantine? Back when i was in class i could speak fluently but now when i have a ca...

Yes for me it’s a confidence issue. The more I feel like an imposter in the language the more I have to stutter...

Folks with social anxiety/fear of public speaking (both are actual disorders) also stutter but it’s different, they only stutter with certain people and/or in particular situations and there’s actuall...

Hello. I feel you 100%. Although I have some friends, I always though I could make so much more friends if I would not stutter. I am looking for Job now and I can tell you is pretty hard. I always thi...

Do you feel like you could change the world, if you didn't have a stutter?

Do you feel like you could change the world, if you didn't have a stutter? I've had a mild stutter for most of my life. Although it was kind of noticeable and I sometimes did get made fun of at school...

How Do You Induce A Different State Of Mind While Talking?

How Do You Induce A Different State Of Mind While Talking? Just last week ago I recorded myself talking casually. An audio journal entry. Just randomly talking on my phone about stuff and having fun. ...

I experience the exact same thing! When I'm reading aloud by myself, I barely stutter. But then when I read aloud in front of other people, I start stuttering and I get really nervous. It was really...

It’s not a matter of ‘way of thinking’.. it’s an actual speech disorder that recent studies found that stuttering is linked to reduced blood flow in the area of the brain that produces speech! Not t...

It would be so nice to be able to talk to someone with the same affliction. Because it really is just one of those things where people don't get it when you tell them. Yeah, they say it must be rough ...

Quarantine

Quarantine I started to try to focus on my speech before quarantine. I took speech lessons with a guy who was quite cool and I started to not stutter as much. But now that I haven’t been out and talk...

Of course stuttering is the miscoordination between the brain and the muscles that produce speech. You have to learn to not read literally. I was not disregarding that reality. I am, however, correct ...

Yes, anxiety makes stuttering worse. That's a wholly different thing than an anxiety disorder and that kind of pathologizing is dangerous. What evidence do you have it's very rare for PWS to not have ...

There is substantial evidence that shows there’s an inherent correlation with anxiety and stuttering. It is very rare to have stuttering and not have the accompanying disorder of anxiety. By the same ...

>Pretty much everyone here has an anxiety disorder and those who think they don’t have it probably don’t know they have it. What a ridiculous statement. Having anxiety about stuttering isnt remote...

Yep... anxiety and OCD will do this to you. While it’s very uncommon for you to develop a stutter in your adult years it’s possible. It’s usually by dint of brain trauma but accompanying disorders may...

I'm 21 and I just started stuttering?

I'm 21 and I just started stuttering? This whole thing is new to me. It started about two weeks ago and now happens about twice a day now where I'll randomly stutter on like the last syllable of a wor...

Does he play basketball too? Maybe you both could just play, so that the focus isn't on talking anymore. That takes the pressure off. You can them communicate as you play, at your own pace....

Same here. It's a performance anxiety thing. What I've found to be helpful is just practicing until you get desensitized to talking with other people. It gradually becomes easier. There are some phon...

I've been though something similar. So I usually turn the focus on them, and ask them about their lives. While they're talking, I try to get as composed as possible, and control my breathing. I still ...