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Yeah perhaps. I guess it’s the subsequent tics I’m more curious about. I was just wondering if others who stutter also have other tics....

Usually the drive to push words out is actually a drive to hide repetitions, esp when combined with eye avoidance. I’m not sure if that’s what you are doing. Do you consider eye contact is being ...

You flinch (partially looking away) bc your brain is convinced your listener’s face will convey disdain. The way to address it is to consciously hold normal eye contact when beginning to speak...

I try and change my words and phrases ALL THE TIME. It is so exhausting to a point I would rather just stutter. My breathing is inconsistent....

I’ve struggled intensely with this as well, but hear me out. How do you know they are feeling disgust? When practicing for a zoom interview w my family, they pointed out that I was having facial ex...

Another topic unrelated to my other comment is the prevalence of secondary behaviors and tics that come with stuttering. Sometimes when im stuck on a sound my secondaries are looking up and to the rig...

I do the same. Its like all the muscles in your neck tighten and you can’t do anything but make a weird noise or wait till your out of breath and start the whole process over again. Which gets very i...

LOL THIS. i have to tell customers the total and some numbers kill me 😭😭😭 i got my face and legs moving and my mouth wide open...

When the customer starts staring at me funny because I look like I'm about to regurgitate something forcing a word out. Also had similar moments with the regional manager where I awkwardly stand there...

Hi! I am having exactly the same problem in college. Our exercises in college would include so much of number 8, which starts on the vowel "o" in my language. To break stuttering on those numbers, I o...

Whenever my heart rate is higher than usually, I'm most likely to stutter; which is characterized by a pain in my throat. Almost like the veins/muscles are clogging....

I get stop stutters and this is how I describe it to people: Imagine you are walking up the stairs. You’ve been walking up stairs almost your whole life and you know how to do it so well you don’t e...

They are locked because your body is doing an unwanted valsalva maneuver! Look up William Parry or Tim Mackesey to learn the keys....

Just saw your post, and I was going to tell you that I think many ppl here are young males, many non-Americans. I’m an young Gen x female, fwiw. Very glad you are here! There are ways to trick your...

Breathing is really key for me. I notice that when my stutter rears it’s ugly hear I’m trying to push out words while also trying to keep air in with very quick shallow breaths. It then results in me ...

Just keep talking and making fluid sounds… Try to practice with very simple speech modifications… First, make a breathy sound on every exhale. Extend that sound to a slow whispery, smooth sound. The...

If it makes you feel better one time I had a job interview and when I got to the front desk to tell the lady what I was there for I stuttered so bad and my eye started twitching and everything it was ...

Yep this is the stuff that keeps me up at night so to speak. I'd love to do experiments like the ones you suggest. I'm an audio recording engineer and the crazy thing is I use this same brain trick...

This has always baffled me as a stutterer, particularly with blocking. I feel like it's a clue or some kind of insight into the mechanics of my how brain short circuits. Just can't figure it out tho....

Blocks are worse - tension, panic, confusion for listener, word switching, it’s very physically and emotionally draining. In my experience, occasional blocks combined with stress led to disabling dys...