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Pendulum of Stuttering Phases

Pendulum of Stuttering Phases Anyone else have a stutter that goes through periods of being really bad and then almost going away? It seems like it gets worse when I'm lacking confidence or feeling an...

Yes, and it sucks because a lot of what I do can be critical. I work on the blue collar side of ExxonMobil. It's literally my dream job. I've worked industrial construction all my life and had a few i...

I’m trying to give myself time and I literally get less stutter but still whenever I’m under pressure....

As people who stutter, it's present rather we're anxious or not or sleep etc. but, from experience i notice my blocks/stutter gets worse when I have episodes of insomnia or anxiety. I would at least t...

You're right, I slept only a few hours and I was a little anxious because I had a little argument with my roommate the night before. Though, I'm not sure if these things affect my speech because no ma...

Did you sleep the night before? Were you more anxious than usual? These things both impact stuttering pretty badly...

Idk if that's a technique. But mostly I have observed that talking loudly during a speech block sometimes helps the flow, like we don't stammer while screaming mostly....

Welcome to the Real Fucking World of Killing Your Stutter

Welcome to the Real Fucking World of Killing Your Stutter Listen up. If you're here, you're probably sick of the bullshit. Sick of the "experts" who never stuttered a day in their life trying to tell ...

I took a benzo and my fluency was increased during a phone call the day after that. But it's not a viable solution Just tells you it has to do with nerves / relaxation of course...

10 year old - sudden reoccurrence

10 year old - sudden reoccurrence My son began stuttering at age 4. He had huge blocks and would often show signs of distress and anguish while the stuttering occurred. They were whole word stutters....

I’m not scared or nervous of speaking, plus many drugs tend to have the opposite effect on me, stimulants tend to make me drowsy and depressants tend to keep me awake. Also I’ve never been fluent whil...

It's normal bro , all of us go into depression, anxiety,ADHD, in my case i even got into OCD and my Stuttering didn't help , Life is tough and we should try our best to resist it , Sometimes you will ...

Yes, I don't even stutter if there's zero anxiety like when I'm talking by myself. Anxiety makes it progressively worse to the point of blocking even on my name. I would say there is a linear correlat...

It’s not as bad as it was before but I still stutter if I’m nervous/stressed...

1.10 to start and 19 to stop 2. I just learned how to stop doing it 3. Nothing big needed 4. Anxiety caused it but I beat it 5. If it's neurological stutter then sadly there's nothing I can say, when ...

Here’s how I see it: The root cause of developmental stuttering seems to come from genetic and neurological factors. These factors can mess up our tonic dopamine levels which is like the baseline "fue...

Most of what causes stuttering is anxiety and the fear of speaking. Reducing anxiety is the fastest way to fix a stutter....

Same for me. I did a couple of rounds of vitamin B complex to increase my energy and, while it worked for that, it also made my stuttering worse. Anything that amps me up tends to do that, unfortunate...

I have a tic where I close my eyes and slowly turn my head to the side. My friends always joke that I have the Harry Potter tic 😂 I know it can be tough dealing with judgment, but it’s just part of ...

Part 4: **Examples**: **Extinction failure** * Repeatedly reminding ourselves that stuttering might recur (Cognitive distortion: **staying open to the possibility of stuttering returning**) * Believ...