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I told someone I had a journalism degree because I couldn’t get the correct sound out.

I told someone I had a journalism degree because I couldn’t get the correct sound out. I have a communications degree. I couldn’t get the C out. Fuck me....

Stuttering types

Stuttering types Does this count as stuttering? Whenever I speak certain letters or words, I don't repeat a letter or word but instead my head just trembles sideways or upwards along with my jaw and i...

"A stumbling" description inclines me to say no and chalk it up to an occasional disfluency. If you physically cannot get the words out or struggle with prolongations and repetition of words, then it...

Listen, I could have written this myself just last year, in reference to everything you said about confidence. I promise. I even have gotten into fights in this sub w someone who kept insisting to ...

“Pittman’s willingness to put himself out there, to embrace the challenge of delivering a speech in front of his peers, tells you everything you need to know about how he has handled his stutter” “He’...

You have to be willing to do the opppsite of what you are probably doing. It’s scary at first. Disclose, make eye contact, voluntary repetitions, begin slowly, exhale, and enunciate...

I do that mouth thing too!!! Looks like Im catching flies!!!! It's so frickin annoying to say the least!!!! People will not wait....usualy they just run for the hills and walk away because they are ...

Yeah it really just sucks, do you also tend to get an exhausted jaw when speaking for too long? Since for me whenever I speak for a while, struggling ofc xd, my jaw tends to hurt...

I think I’ve also gotten the vibrating in my teeth feeling but it’s way less common than the suffocating feeling. I tend to feel like I can open my mouth but it’s like no words or even a spec of air c...

When I go to start speaking, I sometimes hold my breath involuntarily. I've nearly passed out from it in the past, usually when in groups and I really want to get my words out. On the other side, I so...

I feel it in my throat more. All of my breathing and talking muscles just seem to lock up to a degree and quit working right....

Exactly! It’s like why do we have to put in 10x more effort to do something that most of the population can do naturally? Feels like a scam. I’ve tried to do stuff like talk slower but it’s hard to re...

Of course, i also usually have headaches after a long time speaking (more than an hour) The effort we have to do just to speak is insane man. I hate it....

Anyone get the feeling of suffocating / running out of breath or a sense of straining yourself when speaking?

Anyone get the feeling of suffocating / running out of breath or a sense of straining yourself when speaking? Question says it all really. Whenever speaking I usually feel like there’s a pressure in m...

It's a mixture of intense depression and anger for me!!! That's a total understatement!!! I tend to hide out a lot!! Definately not looking forward to turkey day with the fam when I won't be able to...

I have a similar struggle with chipotle. I love it so much but damn I can’t get the words out. The pressure of getting the words out fast is hard...

Great job putting it out there. The sing song method reminds me of the way certain teachers talk to little kids. Definitely works for reading books and adding “personality” to the text. My only caut...

I don't have tourettes but sometimes when I stutter my mouth starts twitching along with the same cheek on the same side...

It's moreso that I tend to stutter A LOT more with strangers and especially when nervous, and my blocks can get pretty intense (5-10 seconds). And I find that people who don't know about my stutter te...

It was extremely uncomfortable to see because I never ever seen anything like that and wasn’t prepared for it. I didn’t know what was going on. It was just me and him in the car when it happened. If y...