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Stuttering Hi! Sorry for the long post. I just wanted to get this out of my chest. I have been stuttering since middle school. I believe it all started because I was and still talking very fast. I was...

I’m a grad student in my externship year for speech pathology and have actually just completed quite a few stuttering evals recently, and do fluency therapy on a weekly basis. I don’t stutter myself a...

I stutter a lot when speaking mandarin (native language), mainly when i'm too excited. I stutter a little less when speaking my home town dialect (very similar to mandarin, native too). The language c...

My 3.5 yr old daughter has been stuttering for 6 months.

My 3.5 yr old daughter has been stuttering for 6 months. It’s not the typical toddler fumbling with words, but repetitions, elongations, blocks with eye rolls and head movements while she struggles to...

Anyone else think this?

Anyone else think this? OKAY Am I the only person who feels like when they’re just trying to speak freely and openly that their stutter isn’t that bad, maybe a blockage every other word, but when you...

Comfort breath

Comfort breath Drunkness(trance) the only moment i can take a breath in and feel my self, yes not that i totally forget stammering (cuz my stammering memory even at that moment is still working)...

No need to be so hasty. These are fairly regular symptoms. Feel free obviously to do whatever you want, it’s just not that unusual to repeat one’s self over and over on a word or syllable my favourite...

Fast food speaker

Fast food speaker Hi…I’ve never posted on here before but reading so many peoples stories has made me want to put my own out there. I work at a Dunkin’ Donuts and of course there is a drive thru. All ...

I'm sorry that's happened to you. It's not right. If it helps, I have found it best approach to laugh at my stutter when I find it funny. And, not laugh when I'm frustrated by my stutter. I've found ...

Interesting. It's completely opposite for me. If I'm sleep deprived or hungover, my stutter is noticeably worse....

If I sleep 8+ hours my speech is not that great. If I sleep 4 hours my speech is almost perfect. I don't get it either....

It's the opposite for me. When I'm sleep deprived my stutter gets a lot worse....

Sleep deprivation and Stuttering

Sleep deprivation and Stuttering I have always read that not sleeping enough can be extremely detrimental for your cognitive functions, however, I notice that when I am extremely tired, like being awa...

Fluent in person but severe blocks during teams/zoom meetings

Fluent in person but severe blocks during teams/zoom meetings Hi, I am usually fairly fluent during in person conversations in the workplace, however whenever I’m speaking or asked a question in a zoo...

I think he’s cluttering. And switching words because he’s having a difficult time putting his thoughts into words. It could be stuttering though, I just didn’t see that....

I think he stutters, but manages quite well to avoid blocks. He seems to change words frequently and stumbles on his words....

Exactly what u/ColterR123 said, it works for me! It's disarming, and makes you real / relateable. Everyone has someothing they're super scared others will notice - our thing is just more noticeable. T...

Yes I relate so much to this. I do this as well and it makes them feel uncomfortable more so than me and helps a lot with fluency( I know this may sound a bit mean,using their discomfort to help mysel...

I stutter with or without an accent. Plus I have a lisp too so I have to talk very slow. When I have to repeat anything the stuttering gets worse. Any help...

i’ve noticed when my anxiety or depression is high i stutter quite a lot.

i’ve noticed when my anxiety or depression is high i stutter quite a lot. i have depression and anxiety. whenever they are really bad i will start to stutter in any conversation. mainly with b’s d’s g...