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This is very very common textbook blocking. You block bc you are so ashamed for others to hear your repetitions, that you force so hard to get the words out, your vocal chords literally clamp shut. ...

Sorry but that’s a hilarious though. Spitting when you come up on a tough sound. Way to turn one inconvenient thing into an all around disturbing experience for the listener....

>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...

There’s no undetected stroke. The odd facial movements are secondary behaviors caused by dramatic attempts to avoid eye contact (due to not wanting to see the listener’s facial expressions). Within ...

And one must wonder if stutterers have had a undetected stroke somewhere in time that causes these head jerks and facial twitches....it's interesting!...

Stuttering isn't a seizure related condition as far as I know, I just looked it up and it can be a side effect of epilepsy and can develop after a stroke and other things. People aren't very educated ...

I never thought of stuttering as a seizure related condition before.....certainly our head jerks and forcing out words could definately be mistaken for a seizure or spasm......others dont know what's ...

I am not sure, I think that the intensity of the blockages for us and how our throats tighten up during it can cause the facial conversion....

I often wonder if the facial things I have also are meant to double as seizure.....I mean I sort of wonder if stuttering and seizures are related.........

You gotta disclose your stutter. I disclose because sometimes my speech blocks and grimacing make me look like an angry person who do not stutter. Every time I say "how are you", I risk being perceiv...

I'm so scared for a presentation

I'm so scared for a presentation I have to present a pretty personal poem for my writing class in high school and I'm so, so, so scared I'm gonna get stuck on a word or I'll have a face tic while I st...

It is a lot of money, but with an SLP specializing in stuttering, they should be able to help you reduce those facial contortions. It will make the mental toll of stuttering easier to deal with. Is ...

Unless you have another condition such as tourettes, the twitches or spasms are likely a conditioned response from trying to get words out with force. They probably helped when you were younger but th...

All kinds of people stutter differently. I also twitch and jerk my body to get words out. I've done it since childhood. I wish I knew more about it to help you out. But for me it's like a habit that I...

Is stuttering and twitching associated or do I have a bigger issue?

Is stuttering and twitching associated or do I have a bigger issue? I am a heavy stutterer. Have been since childhood. Seen a therapist in school but that stopped after I graduated high school. I can’...

>any advice would be greatly appreciated **Tips to improve stuttering:** What thoughts and feelings do you currently have? (compared to before you stuttered)? In my experience, if I don't stutte...

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...

But keep in mind that it takes a very long time to develop a joint, so it's better to find a treatment. Unfortunately, no one wants to do this now, I have written to many institutions in Russia and th...

As I write, I developed a joint for noises (clicks), even the most inaccessible and small ones, since medicine at that time did not treat it, and even more so I am from Russia, especially not treated ...

Thank you :) can u please elaborate on how did you fixed it? i.e. after you identified the TMJ what did you do to remove ur stutter?...