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To my mind (I am a stutterer too) tics, muscle convulsion, et. are some “compensating mechanisms” that had developed by some to push stucking sounds out of your mouth. They are not the reasons of your...

Horrible issues with stuttering at work

Horrible issues with stuttering at work Hey everyone, Been having an awful time at work the past few weeks, my job involves answering the occasional phone call to help customers, the problem is I lit...

Ahhhh… The freeze contortions… I know thee well… There is a visible “freeze” that happens when we are blocked - I reviewed it in myself with the speech pathologists at my university when I gave them a...

These are secondary characteristics. They come from your body subconsciously and consciously trying every possible way to not stutter. It’s a fight or flight response to a moment of panic. You can tr...

I've never met another person with it. It doesn't seem to be very common at all. I went to speech therapy when I was a kid, like 8-12 I think? And I think they had only seen a handful with various tic...

Those are all secondary behaviors that go along with an impactful dysfluency/stutter - it is considered part of the stutter, and when you learn NEW ways to gain more control of your speech, those seco...

The problem became bigger with the blocking. Now I wish having a stutter was the only thing. Now I clench my jaw and shake my head and it's totally uncontrollable. I bite my tongue sometimes I think m...

I have a very similar kind. It used to be really bad in high school and has lessened a little over the years (I'm now 30) The grimacing is very familiar and, at my worst it would cause me to jerk my...

34 f, stuttering since I was 4. It became more physical around 12 years old. I started "blocking" and would get stuck on a word or sound while grimacing and nodding my head uncontrollably. Some meds make it worse and some make it better. Anyone else have this specific affliction? How do you cope?

34 f, stuttering since I was 4. It became more physical around 12 years old. I started "blocking" and would get stuck on a word or sound while grimacing and nodding my head uncontrollably. Some meds m...

It’s irritating when someone tells me they sometimes stutter too, but it’s because they are almost always referring to a different thing (having occasional repetitions WITHOUT blocks, and the iceberg...

Can't really answer that question specifically as I've never been in a serious relationship but it definitely makes me scared to approach guys I'm interested in since I get light facial ticks:')...

I used to work in a call centre for an insurance company, when I started I had my stutter under control. It got worse with difficult customers , and got so bad I left that job. I had a couple of custo...

When I was in highschool and the start of college I'll admit, it was rough... My stutter comes with facial ticks and that's a bit of a deal breaker for some people, I get it. However fast forward a c...

> I think “secondary behavior” should refer to any action thing that’s done automatically, out of fear. I agree, secondary behavior is done to desensitize. But do you also agree, that sometimes ...

i experience that exact same thing. i can be in the middle of a block and completely loose all of my breath without even making a sound. tho i havent really thought about it that way, i just assumed i...

I'm guessing that you do the following when talking : avoid eye contact, rush through words/phrases, change words. Do everything in your power to hide your dysfluency (repetitions, prolongations, blo...

Great catch! We should study this video! The interviewer is a huge fan yet watch his confused facial expressions. If Alex had disclosed, it would have helped so much. 5:30 - interviewer has a re...

What happens if you don't force it with tenseness, would you still block?...

I noticed you didn't use the word 'fear' so you probably experience other sensations. What do you experience when you block?...

You said, if you block then you tense and it results in pain. Question: what would happen with the block, if you never tense? Do you still block and what do you then experience?...