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My jaw gets tense because of my stutter and i think chewing gum helps me. Everyone tells me it makes it worse. I get where they're coming from, since it should make me more tired. But having something...

For me it’s after when I’m done eating it’s worse or when I drive . But chewing gum try something fresh...

Chewing gum makes my stuttering 10x worse and makes my heart race fast

Chewing gum makes my stuttering 10x worse and makes my heart race fast is it common?...

Those situations are so painfully awkward. In group conversations, I usually point to someone if I’m talking directly to them and need to get their attention. Of course that has to be the moment when ...

was yelled at work today when i had a major block

was yelled at work today when i had a major block i had to relay a question from a customer to my manager since it was my first day and i was clueless as hell about menu items and questions surroundin...

A block is basically the clamping shut of vocal chords *because we’re are trying so hard to not stutter*. I suspect the cracking voice comes from this too. When I’m even subconsciously worrying abou...

I can understand that it starts to get somewhat annoying if people block for a very long duration of time, but never finish his sentences for him. It doesn't help him, and probably even lowers his sel...

Does anyone else have different problems in other situations?

Does anyone else have different problems in other situations? I started my job in a call centre. It only ever cracks while I'm taking calls in work and I don't know why. I assume im trying extra hard ...

Bad presentations

Bad presentations Hello, so I have been struggling a lot with presentations at university. I have tried everything and I just don’t see a way out of my stutter. I had a really bad stutter when I was p...

I agree that PWS tense speech muscles (e.g., jaw, mouth, laryngual and respiratory muscles). These are a few reasons why a *person who stutters* tenses speech muscles, like: * **inaccurate knowledge*...

When you tense you articulatory muscles voluntarily when you are by yourself, there is a 99% chance that you will not stammer. because a stammerer will not stammer when he is talking to himself. So,th...

Yeah I don't get repetition very often at all. Occasionally if I REALLY try to force through a block. I know what you mean by pressure in your head. If I really sit there and try to fight through it i...

I never have repetition , I was somehow able to fix that when I was younger. I get blocks.. sometimes completely stuck. I cant replicate the sensation, so I can practice on fixing it. I do notice I ...

The valsava hypothesis states that we close the larynx in anticipation of speech and block airflow. https://stutter.ca/articles/2014/07/what-causes-stuttering-valsalva-hypothesis I understand the po...

Not OP, but when I was not aware of my own facial secondary behaviors, one time I tried maintaining eye contact through blocks and someone was so freaked out that they went no contact with me. I'm g...

Im not sick. I work in a call centre for 8h 45mins for 5 days a week. There is zero fresh air in the call centre, doors remain closed and so do the windows. The ac is constantly on and my mouth and th...

>*This looks to be for mouth and jaw movements* Thank you! I'm referring to all the muscles that are used to speak. **Speech muscles** are composed of: * articulatory muscles (*lips, tongue, jaw,...

You know I haven't been in that situation or paid enough attention to it exactly to know if it's eventual expectation of speaking that causes it. I will have to be on the lookout for that scenario....

This looks to be for mouth and jaw movements In particular. Not regarding tensing and muscle movements of the throat. I'm not gonna pretend that I know better. But I'd think there is a difference in b...

>Iv read an article that explained some of the physiological process of what happens when we undergo a block when trying to speak. [This](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EAdO8ZXLSwt4xYkJIkuZ6d...