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Yup others try to deny our struggles. In my case I would block and made weird facial expressions on most words. Getting out of my comfort zones was one thing that definitely helped me improve my speec...

Your diaphragm is directly impacted by anxiety. I’m fact, it’s called a valsalva maneuver, and it’s a common response to stress/panic. As someone who despised drivethrough for years, I was not remot...

Your diaphragm and vocal chords tighten/clamp up during a Valsalva maneuver. In this case, VM is an involuntary response to the stress/panic around speaking/stuttering in front of another person. Th...

Could be the diaphragm not being as used as well. I’ve always wondered if it has something to do with the phrenic nerve (neural pathways notwithstanding)....

Would be possible. Speech-wise, when whispering, I have a more constant airflow. When speaking normally I have a press breathing...

>On the other hand, when I'm calm or just normal I have a SEVERE stuttering. Every word is a pain to get out. and if those blocks come with unintended frowns, they think you are angry, even though...

Thank you! In [this](https://www.tiktok.com/@supershan1977/video/7003088417458310405?_r=1&_t=8Y57Ckvfw4U&is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=7003088417458310405) video a woman stutters with prolonga...

Her stutter sounds pretty typical. And I don't know about stop moving your mouth, but a block is when your vocal folds lock open or closed. I'm guessing if that happens you are not phonating and there...

The girl in the video has a lot of repetitions and her speech blocks are silent. For example, other stutterers prolong sounds like llllll-lllllll-laté. But she makes it silent which is an additional c...

When my stutter was severe I worked as an admin assistant in local government. It was mostly data entry, dealing with correspondence, that sort of thing. I didn't really have to answer the phone as th...

I worked as an union electrician in construction. It was very difficult communicating with coworkers because of how loud the work environment was. Getting asked to repeat myself was frustrating....

Do you agree with the stereotype that men are more competitive than women. This could lead to viewing that fluency is never enough adding control (like stutter predictions & tensing speech muscles...

My stutter feels to be getting worse

My stutter feels to be getting worse I have a stutter that I remember always having, it's not a "thinking fast" kind of stutter like saying "i-i-i- I like something". Idk if that was a good explanatio...

Clog

Clog My energy is clogged. I use too many emotion suppressants Before trying to take a dump. A lady on YouTube told me to feel the shape of my pain. I touched it. It feels like a lump. It holds bac...

>But how do you talk and not push? No sound or air comes out if I don't make a conscious and voluntary effort. What happens when I stop pushing is that I stop talking, because as I said, i CAN'T ta...

But how do you talk and not push? In my case, pushing and talking come together. I can't talk without pushing. No sound or air comes out if I don't make a conscious and voluntary effort. So when you s...

There are different kinds of dysfluency - repetitions, blocking, blocking w avoidance/panic....

New to stuttering

New to stuttering Hi everyone…my stutter started on Monday and I’m scared. My doctor has been running tests all week and it turns out I have inflammation in the arteries in my brain. The stuttering is...

how to find a job with a severe stutter? I'm worried about that

how to find a job with a severe stutter? I'm worried about that I'm 20F. Currently I'm studying at University. 2,5 years behind, after 1,5 years I'll finish it. It's very hard for me to study with sev...

Fluency enhancing sound effective, but without the most important things, it will be a constant struggle. Those are to realize that every speaker has repetitions and you *need* to let ppl hear your r...