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These are great observations, and hope some variation of it helps others here. I think #3 can be explained that when you're not in familiar surroundings, it's difficult for your brain to trick you in...
Yes - I think it underlines the role that anxiety plays in stuttering (at least for some people who experience the above). It's the brain pre-planning "**Damn - I always get stuck in the most importa...
Yeah, I could relate. Today when a priest asked me my name I stammered for a bit and that kinda caught him off guard I guess. So frustrating....
I’m still thinking about the situation where it took me 45 seconds to say “My condolences for your loss”. I think the person I was speaking to forgot for a brief moment about her loss and started feel...
​ My last name, my home town, and my high school all start with /m/. Saying any /m/ word for me brought on 30-60 second stutters. Shame and fear drove it (i.e. "I should be able to say m...
Same here! I’ll be really worried about stuttering a lot and messing up during a presentation, and then I won’t at all. The weird thing is that I tend to stutter more around people I know, not strange...
When you’re trying to push them out, can you consciously pause, stop pushing, and relax your mouth/face muscles? I think we tend to tense up when we stutter because we feel social pressure to get the ...
This is something you have to remember: Even if you stutter, you can achieve a productive and satisfying result. - You should not be afraid of stuttering. You should not be afraid of what people thi...
1. My stutter in mostly blocks and repitions Blocks in p, b, q, k and have diffucilities saying letters l, s, ch, a, i Coming to talk first thing I feel is a hot sensation in my chest followed by rapi...
Alright, let's move further. - Why would you be embarassed? - Who's belittling you? - What's the anxiety about? *(I take it you don't mean this in a diagnostical sense.)*...
Hey there! I'm also a first year college student and I can relate so much to your post! My stutter comes in mild blocks, but it does go crazy on certain occasions when I'm supposed to speak aloud in f...
I am broken..
I am broken.. This past week was hard for me mentally all these thoughts about how I just want to speak without fear or holding back, I am worried about my future, I will go to university soon and the...
Hearing someone else stutter makes my speech worse. I was pretty much in a constant block after watching It 1 & 2. I dont really know what to do...
Its not like an immediate headache it usually happnes in a middle of a conversation when i stutter mostly because i feel soo bad about myself and have no desire to continue speaking...
Yes i have an actual headache when i stutter it happens to me a lot when i speak and makes me feel dizzy...
What did this guy say doesn't mean that he is mean. Don't overthink this situation. And no one who is nice with you did this because of pity. They just don't care. They think about their own problems....
I’m getting a speech therapist
I’m getting a speech therapist I went to the doctors about a month ago and I told him all about my stutter. He referred me to a speech therapist but the therapist he referred me to is the speech and l...
any kind of speed makes mine SO WORSE. Its so embarrassing. cant even enjoy a adderal from time to time cuz i literally have to give up and walk away. Now any benzos or alike substances like Alcohol.....
When i was with the therapist, i didnt have problem, but when i left the room - stutter. About my boss-he knows, but he thinks it's not a big deal. And i have a problem with stuttering openly, like wh...
how come it feels so bad to stutter in front of people? in the job the MA is for, will you have to speak a lot? and, have you talked to anyone at the school about your feelings?...