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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...

Hi, that is the tricky question I keep asking myself too. I think almost every stutter have contexts in which they don’t stutter so badly or at all. I don’t stutter with coworkers, but I do a lot if...

I’d love to get some info from you. My stutter is pretty mild and only gets bad when I’m tired or anxious. But once it gets going it kinda snowballs. What techniques do you use?...

*Continuation:* * RPEs in classical and instrumental conditioning and reinforcement learning (RL) * With regard to the involvement of RPE in RL, one key observation was that, if the PE is absent, lea...

[Research](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7804370/): Dopamine, Prediction Error and Beyond (2021) * **Dopamine** neurons serve a general function in signaling the expectation of (any) i...

[Research](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2802367/): The biochemistry of belief * **Dopamine** levels are linked to belief formation, as evidenced by research on paranormal thoughts. Be...

I have summarized the key points from various research studies: [Research](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9062982/): Dopamine and the interdependency of time perception and reward (2021...

I have summarized the key points from various research studies: [Research](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6379460/): A Reward-Based Framework of Perceived Control (2019) * Perceived co...

In my opinion, the problem may be our intolerance to the sensation of a perceived loss of control (resulting in a drop of post-synaptic dopamine release), and then we stutter. On the other hand, stu...

Interesting article. IMHO, language comprehension does depend on stuttering (speech production.) The reason for this is involuntary fixation of PWS(s)' on specific "difficult" sound(s). This makes l...

I think that fear has a deeper underlying emotion. The underlying emotion of feeling the need for filtered speech execution (in a way, we likely have a software in our mind that we have programmed to ...

What do you think? Does identifying ourselves as a severe stutterer, reinforce it? (Everyone, join the discussion)

What do you think? Does identifying ourselves as a severe stutterer, reinforce it? (Everyone, join the discussion) If children (or adults) constantly focus on obsessional doubt and possibility to fail...

stomach turning feeling

stomach turning feeling got laid off from tech 1.5 years ago, I now do several jobs and my friend offered me a job that was decent but it turns out that I need to be making a lot of calls and working ...

I have a really bad stutter when I was in high school. It's the reason why I consider my high school years to be hell. Over years of trying to find the cure, I think I have finally fixed it. It should...

Voice to text transcription will be the end of me 😂😂

Voice to text transcription will be the end of me 😂😂 I only use it when I’m texting with my gf while I’m driving. She usually understands what I’m trying to say and we both have a good laugh at it....

It's sort of obvious that we might get past a block, if we reduce anticipation, fear, distortions, stop caring, etc - to reduce this stuttering fusion (aka defusion). However, can we also get past a ...

In my opinion: So, what I mean is: **If we are too fused, can we get out of the block without defusing?** Fusion refers to: It can literally refer to any kind of fusion, like for example, if I'm a...

IYO, Can we get past a speech block during a too strong cognitive fusion? (without using defusion)

IYO, Can we get past a speech block during a too strong cognitive fusion? (without using defusion) This might be one of the most important factors - to significantly reduce stuttering. (If you don't...

Hmm I think if spoken to, I’m super open try to engage with the person as much as possible and try not to close down the conversation prematurely and ask follow up questions. Often times at a gatherin...

I hate it when people tell me to "slow down"

I hate it when people tell me to "slow down" I know that they are trying to be helpful but I hate it. When I tie it feels like my stuttering becomes worst and that I'm speaking at a snails pace. What ...