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Speech uses very little air, but it requires uninterrupted airflow. That airflow can be disrupted by fear or by mechanical pressure that limits diaphragm movement. In many cases, fear amplifies a pre-...

I can only imagine that haircuts are the worst. Even after making an appointment, you're stuck there in a chair with no option but to make small talk. I don't stutter but have social anxiety that some...

My pausing technique works almost 80%.

My pausing technique works almost 80%. Hi guys. Hope everyone's doing well for the new year and God bless 🙏🏽 😇. I'm using the pausing technique to control my stutter. Got it from a YouTube channel ...

As for mine, as well as others that I know of, we struggle with breathing during exercise as well, not just talking, and it can very in intensity throughout the day pending on the upward pressure and ...

Just linking a pattern that many of us stutterers have, it seems that short-waisted people with high upward intra abdominal pressure are more at risk for breathing and speech issues especially if they...

I know that feeling all too well, particularly when I'm stressed. Have you found any coping mechanisms that work for you? I also recognize that feeling of your head being completely 'full' of the stu...

Micromanaging breathe control

Micromanaging breathe control I’ve recently noticed that when I talk, I’m constantly aware of my breathing ... almost like I’m trying to control when to inhale or exhale instead of letting it happen a...

Appreciate you dawg my strategy for the longest time was force the word it sounded like a gun fight or a motorcycle race it was fucking horrible shout out to everyone who kept a straight face😭...

I know it doesn't. Its just sometimes It gets lonely. I know I am not owed love. I even had girlfriends in the past. It was easier then. You go to school and you find your group of outcasts and star...

Saying my name

Saying my name I’m on vacation for the next 2 weeks and today we met up with some family members who I’ve never met before, like second cousins, that kinda thing… And as per usual, I found myself gett...

I slow my roll so to speak rather than try harder to get it done. I may do repetition until it lets go or just what ever happens happens but I force myself not to dwell on it or worry about it at all...

That's the thing, very few really understand, even some people that stutter doesn't fully understand because the levels of severity vary so much. Some people it's only an annoying inconvenience but to...

My experience with stuttering and how it affected my mental health

My experience with stuttering and how it affected my mental health As far as I can remember, I’ve always stuttered. I was born in a country where almost no one is aware of stuttering, so my parents di...

There is no single global statistic that definitively states "X% of all stutterers are mouth breathers." However, clinical studies have found a significant overlap between the two conditions, particul...

My parents aren’t supportive when it comes to my stutter

My parents aren’t supportive when it comes to my stutter I always tried to explain to my parents about my stutter but they aren’t so patient with me, whenever I try to order they say no I’ll do it, wh...

Something I don't understand about this sub.

Something I don't understand about this sub. Alot of people here say shit like "oh I stutter but I still have the confidence to talk and socialize". But my question is, isn't it painful? Like literal...

have you ever talked to anyone, and they started doing this hand gesture to rush you on what to say? like my fucking bad my disability is making you impatient. it’s not like i’m struggling

have you ever talked to anyone, and they started doing this hand gesture to rush you on what to say? like my fucking bad my disability is making you impatient. it’s not like i’m struggling ...

Your breathing is probably fine. You are likely having an unwanted valsalva maneuver in response to fear, which clamps shut your normal breathing....

I need this in school they help decent amount I know how to do speech prompts i get super nervous and get that shaky feeling thats where I start stuttering and hard time pronunciation i need talk that...

Does anyone else think they don’t exactly have a stutter/stammer, but a damaged nervous system? And the outcome of that is a speech disorder that gets triggered around people?

Does anyone else think they don’t exactly have a stutter/stammer, but a damaged nervous system? And the outcome of that is a speech disorder that gets triggered around people? Sometimes I am able to s...