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commentr/StutterApr 5, 2024
2 points

I’m just saying that, outside of uncommon situations, the academics who study this very specific topic have learned there is a universal cause for stuttering that has evolved into blocking. They’ve ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionPropositionality & Weight+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 5, 2024
3 points

I’m a field where I interact with a lot of people everyday so I do understand some days my stutter gets so bad that I can’t be introduced myself properly...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Anticipating StutteringBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterApr 5, 2024
3 points

Yeah, I got a call at work from a pissed off husband who thought I was making fun of his wife for having Tourette’s. “Stuttering is very rude and offensive to someone who has Tourette’s, why are you m...

Identity & DisabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Stigma & BullyingBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterApr 4, 2024
1 points

What makes you say there’s no universal cause or trigger? I’ve been reading this sub for over a year, and see many here have extremely identical experiences or behaviors. Most blocking happens on y...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionPropositionality & Weight+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 4, 2024
1 points

SLP who specialize in stuttering have figured it out. Many PWS struggle the most to say their own name. Could this possible be a result of having been given a name that our speech muscles can’t ma...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionPropositionality & WeightBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterApr 4, 2024
5 points

Yea it's possible we can tell when we're going to block even before it happens. It's more of a premonitory sensation in our bodies. People with tourette's can report having the same thing, they can fe...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Anticipating StutteringBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterApr 4, 2024
2 points

90% of my speech is fine too. This one day we were at an event lunch. My boss introduced me to one of his friends from another company. Everything was going well until he asked me what highschool I we...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionAcceptance & PrideBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterApr 4, 2024
3 points

That is really fascinating. I wonder if it can explain how a lot of times we know we are going to block on something well before executing it so to speak....

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Anticipating StutteringBlocks & Stoppages
postr/StutterApr 4, 2024
15 points

New Adult-Onset Stutter

New Adult-Onset Stutter I've (38f) developed a stutter a couple of months ago after a medical event (for clarity sake, I'm still waiting for diagnosis and follow up on and will be discussing this with...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Neurological & BrainSituational VariabilityAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 4, 2024
3 points

Whenever i am asked to speak in class a feeling of fear overcomes me i cant get words out of my mouth. This happened before as well but not on a scale as high as now. I can barely start a sentence or ...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Anxiety & Social JudgmentBlocks & Stoppages
postr/StutterApr 4, 2024
15 points

I have been suffering from stuttering as a child and still as a adult

I have been suffering from stuttering as a child and still as a adult Now my stuttering has worsen as sometimes when I speak to any stranger I feel like someone trying to choke me or there is somethin...

Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterApr 3, 2024
4 points

Well if there's not enough white matter, then the conduction of nerve impulses between different brain areas will be impeded and as a result signals may take longer or fail to reach the places they ne...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Neurological & BrainBlocks & Stoppages
postr/StutterApr 3, 2024
7 points

school stutter.. help.

school stutter.. help. my friend B and I have been struggling with a stutter our whole lives. i was in class today and I was so anxious about getting my words out that I started to stutter my whole qu...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & WorkSpeech & Stuttering
Anxiety & Social JudgmentSchool & Academic LifeBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterApr 2, 2024
17 points

you treat stuttering like it’s illegal. Whats the words case scenario? Blocking for 1 straight minutes in front of everyone, then what? I am a severe stutterer i block on literally each word and i do...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionAcceptance & PrideBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterApr 2, 2024
1 points

I have the same symptoms when I am blocking. When you are speaking by yourself, are you able to talk fluent then?...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & Stoppages
postr/StutterApr 1, 2024
12 points

I don't know what to do

I don't know what to do Hey all, I've never posted here but at this point I just feel like a bother trying to explain it to those close to me. Maybe you all can understand. When I stutter, words get l...

Speech & StutteringEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Blocks & StoppagesShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterApr 1, 2024
4 points

Dont know whats wrong with me

Dont know whats wrong with me When i try to say some words especially the ones starting with T while saying it my jaw just freezes voice doesnt comes out of my mouth...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterMar 30, 2024
1 points

All the fucking time. I also just have some shitty friends, but if we’re all talking together and I’m struggling to start my sentence, they never wait for me to get it out, someone else always jumps i...

Speech & StutteringSocial & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesFriendships & BelongingAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMar 30, 2024
1 points

i stutter on my name too! and i also have a very common A name! i stutter on it every single time to the point where i give my nickname for food orders, etc anything that requires me to say it! solida...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterMar 30, 2024
1 points

The stuttering community supports you don’t give up on all of it just yet. For me I want to become a brain surgeon to find more ways to stop stuttering, is that selfish of me? But you know I think med...

School & WorkAnticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Employment & CareerFeared Words & NamesBlocks & Stoppages