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It's a self-fulfilling prophecy, essentially. At least it was/is for me, and it seems to be for you. You think that anxiety causes stuttering, which leads to stuttering in anxious situations, which le...

I feel you man. My stuttering is extremely mild if im not anxious or stressed and its pretty controllable i think i focused wrong direction all these years. I do have general anxiety/social anxiety a...

i relate so much. i began stuttering mildly when i was 6, but i was oblivious to it until i reached the age of 11 and i was trying to read out lines in a school play. i experienced my first ‘speech bl...

There are different reasons one can be socially anxious so a proper answer would depend on why you are socially anxious in the first place, or at least how it affects you in particular....

I often wonder this too. When I'm at home and with family and friends I rarely stutter. If I'm in a situation where I am expecting a question or someone to talk to me my stutter is still there but muc...

I want to know, how do you tell another stutterer that you also stutter irl? I always have this fear in the back of my mind that if I say I also stutter, the other might not believe me. Because I have...

Yes, I've experienced the same thing. This is why I always say stutter is mostly mental....

Wow, I've never heard the superstition about stuttering and raining. That's pretty funny. It's like the 'weird things happen on a full moon,' you just NOTICE weird things more when it's a full moon be...

This is very funny, and I could relate to that! I am a Spanish native speaker and naturally stuttered more in Spanish, but not in English nor Japanese! I read somewhere that it all depends on the lang...

Salut ! Je répond en français ça sera plus rapide ;D Je suis en Écosse depuis septembre, et les 1ers mois c'était génial et incroyable, comme toi je begayais absolument pas en anglais (ni en espagnol ...

True.Even though I tell people I stutter(And they say I speak fine).There is a completely different feeling when I really stutter/have a block. I guess the embarrassment factor is a big reason for anx...

Yes I have experienced this too. I'm 90 - 99% fluent in situations where I feel confident both in myself and in my speech (I used to range between 30% - 70%). These moments of extreme speech confidenc...

Does the anxiety ever *completely* go away?

Does the anxiety ever *completely* go away? For the last 4 months, I've been pushing myself *extremely* hard to stutter around everyone and anyone as exposure therapy. I've stuttered around hot girls,...

Stutter severity changes due to mental state or other factors?

Stutter severity changes due to mental state or other factors? I feel whenever I'm more confident or having a better time, my speech is almost close to normal. But now I'm not going through my best ti...

Tips for speaking in Front of clasa

Tips for speaking in Front of clasa Hey, tomorrow I will speak in front of my class. I am stuttering and I have a bad feeling about it. Do you have some tips?...

Does anyone else use a DAF and is in school (Delayed Audible Feedback)

Does anyone else use a DAF and is in school (Delayed Audible Feedback) I am in high school and am about to get a DAF to use next school year and learn over this summer. But I am very subconscious abou...

My stutter is drastically worse when I'm sleep deprived. I don't FEEL that tired??? But maybe I am... It's a good thought! thanks for the advice....

I think I understand why people are confused about your question, but I think I understand what you're saying in a sense. It sounds like your upbringing played a big factor in anxiety you have around...

I suppose English class demands more subjective questioning and answering. Such as 'what do you think of this or that?' Those subjective questioning can certainly make us more tense as our thought pro...

I really have no idea what your point is. Social factors can and do play a role in how and when people stammer and also influence the severity of the stammering. If you feel anxious or uneasy in a spe...