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If you have hard silent blocks, the muscle that’s the issue is likely your lower core doing something called an (unwanted) valsalva maneuver. Some ways to release it, as odd as it sounds, are by maki...

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How long was it did you see improvement in your stutter after starting therapy? I have moderate-severe stutter and speech block sometimes. At this point i learned my way to get around it but there’s s...

Oh my god this is crazy bc I was just now (literally one second ago) talking to some of my friends about my stutter block. Some words and letters really mess me up and when I can’t get them out of my ...

extreme stutter and don't know what to do about it

extreme stutter and don't know what to do about it So I've been stuttering all of my life but it hasn't been that bad. But in the past couple of months (probably due to high amounts of stress in my li...

Yea same mind was quite severe as a child and adolescent and into early university. It’s only become moderate within the last 3 years (I’m 28 now). Techniques that helped me is repeating a phrase or s...

Pretty severe. I stutter on almost every second word of the sentence, with blocks sometimes lasting from 5-10 secs. It's a bit better with family that I block on 1-2 words per sentence but it's still ...

Sorry to hear about your experience. It has been shown in research studies over the last 90 years or so that people who stutter are much more fluent when alone. Eric Jackson, in a 2021 Journal of Di...

Fairly severe, in that it’s rare I can get a sentence out without stuttering of some kind, and frequently have major blocks. I’ve heard more severe but only a few times....

I struggle with all vowels and most consonants , at this point it takes so much energy to speak that I choose to stay silent or if convey - convey in writing so that I don't go through that excruciati...

Depends tbh, on a 1 on 1 person convo, I don't stutter at all but public speaking gosh...

Are you mild or severe stutter?

Are you mild or severe stutter? Just wanted make a post to know the demographic that makes up this server. I went to speech therapy when I was 5 and was told that I would have it even on adulthood. I...

Great comment! Let's use the definition: Stuttering can be categorized between primary symptoms and secondary symptoms. The traditional view of primary symptoms is blocks, repetitions and prolongation...

I feel so defeated as a stutterer

I feel so defeated as a stutterer 17M with no work experience, stutter so severe I can’t say my name or respond to yes or no questions at times. I really want to work and get money but my community is...

It takes a great deal of explaining and patience for the vast majority of people to accept that a stutter can manifest as….. hard….. silent….blocks, eye contact avoidance, avoiding the most basic of w...

IMHO, a block before/instead of speech is caused by stoppage in the thought generation and/or speech pre–planning process. In other words, without speech pre–planning speech delivery will be intermit...

What causes the stoppage of airflow when having speech blocks?

What causes the stoppage of airflow when having speech blocks? What causes the stoppage of airflow when having a speech block? Is it in the brain? ...

Help with stuttering at work

Help with stuttering at work Hey, so at my job I’m forced to say things to my customers/clients and sometimes it’s just hard. I usually stutter on the main word of a sentence, for ex: someone asked wh...

Question for People That stutter

Question for People That stutter Hi Everyone I have stuttered all my life I have went to Speech pathologists for decades In school and out of school My dad has even taken me to professionals and paid ...

What you describe seems like blocks which is a type of stuttering. I think you have stuttering probably a mild one. Also, repeating a sentence triggers stuttering in most people who stutter. For the ...