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Yeah the passion is a big factor. I also stutter less when talking about other things I'm passionate about even if they aren't controversial. I guess its got something to do with comfort?...

It depends on the social context, in my experience. If I'm trying to make a point in a big classroom then it's gonna sound pretty disfluent, but if I'm making a joke at work and I say something contro...

I think that's got to do with which mode of performance you're in. We all behave slightly differently, depending on what we're doing and who we're with, so in your case, it might just be that when yo...

Does Anyone Else Find Controversial Things Easier To Say?

Does Anyone Else Find Controversial Things Easier To Say? This is one ultra weird aspect of my stutter. My stutter is really severe now (it was better in childhood). I find any kind of talking hard. ...

To me my stutter feels like it prevents me from really expressing myself and saying exactly what I want to say, instead I will say words in a sentence in which I know I don't struggle with in order to...

Having a stutter makes one reconsider the words they have to speak. Often there is a paragraph you want to get out, but you only have a few words before the stutter sets in. Stuttering makes you thin...

You may also find this applies to e.g. babies or animals. It's something to do with the mode of performance we're in. Probably quite complex in terms of the entire extended thing, but as stutterers, w...

Well, I deliberately stayed away from words like "anxious" and "judge", because I think we're quite capable of entering into relations where our performance is being somehow measures, and still be abl...

Let's do a metaphor thingee! Say I have a ball. I throw it to a spot over there. Then I go pick it up and throw it again. Nothing to it, just me throwing a ball. Now, someone comes along and says I ...

I also experience that hyperawareness you talked about. Not just with speech, but with social anxiety too. A technique to deal with that is instead of trying to not be aware (which is impossible), shi...

I hate it when people do something like this, they replace the word to make it sound worse to prove their point. I get what you’re trying to say, but you’re ignoring the fact that stuttering is almos...

I don't get to interact with too many female stutters besides my daughter! So it's exciting to meet more of us. A nice hack! As long as people understand you, that's what feels good. For me, I'm in my...

I notice I don't stutter when I whisper, sing, speak my nonnative language, or speak in my native language doing an accent or impressions....

Sure! I'm french, but I generally stutter less in that language (put aside these last harsh months...) in comparison to English where I stutter like hell... French has basically not intonation in the ...

Would you mind telling us what your mother tongue is? For me, I stutter when I visit family or friends in India, as I feel as if that language and Indian accent is more strainous on my tongue....

Point of note: Communication is never about delivering that perfect line "inside" to the "outside". Communication is *performance*, and it's a living thing each and every time. So don't worry about d...

1. Well, I am a reasonably smart kid and whenever I want to express myself, I can't because of my stutter. Especially when I am in class and no one knows the answer but me and I wanna show off. 2. For...

Need tips for speech block with upcoming presentation.

Need tips for speech block with upcoming presentation. I have had a speech block for a while now. Its not too serious, most of the times in normal conversation it doesn't affect anything. However, som...

I find it easier to not stutter if people give me their attention, so when I whisper to someone, I assume that I have it. Maby you have something like this too...

The addition of people is _all_ the difference. :) You see, it's a different mode of performance. That's just how communication works - it engages us differently, and we have to engage other capaciti...