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This is so incredibly accurate. I can almost hear the voice in my head before I start stuttering telling me that I’m about to stutter lol....

I agree man, this mindset is something I've been trying to work on for a while now. What's really making me struggle is the feeling that no matter what, I won't be able to get the word out. There has ...

Does anyone have a stutter which happens when in a quiet room?

Does anyone have a stutter which happens when in a quiet room? Bit of background. I work in an office taking calls and recently I had a 2 second block stutter which has made me overthink what I’m goi...

Has anyone tried Pregabalin/Gabapentin for stuttering?

Has anyone tried Pregabalin/Gabapentin for stuttering? They are both used off-label to treat anxiety, so some of you may have experience with them. And did it help?...

I also have a speech impediment, I've had it my whole life but it's gotten alot better as I've grown up but it's still there. It's just weird because some days will be really good where it barely happ...

We often get a little premonition that we're going to stutter on a particular sound or word. That’s when we should use any. That's when we should use any technique we've found helpful. It's that look ...

College Signing Day Tips??

College Signing Day Tips?? Ok so as the title says, I need tips to reduce my chances to not embarrass myself in front of a huge crowd of parents and other schools. My school has been practicing for th...

Mind racing

Mind racing Do you ever have that thing where you are speaking and suddenly your mind gets ahead of you and right before say a "harder" word you suddenly stop or pay attention to it so you tense up or...

Presentation

Presentation I have to do 5 class presentations in order to pass my class in college. I do not stutter when i'm speaking with my friends or family but the moment I go out to speak openly in public my ...

Any tips on meeting people?

Any tips on meeting people? I’ve been on a fluency streak for a bit but recently I had an episode when words don’t feel like working as of late. I started an internship a couple days ago and I had t...

Life is already bad now my stutter is randomly back.

Life is already bad now my stutter is randomly back. I haven’t dealt with this crap in YEARS. I forgot I had it. I don’t even have a normal stutter. I have the dreaded speech block and I HATE it. My c...

Give this book to the part of my brain that likes to initiate random ass blocks for no reason, lol...

People have noticed. No ones said anything though and I did raise my concern to a manager and another trainee manager. Neither seemed to be concerned but I'm also not sure they understand the difficul...

This subreddit is surprisingly devoid of reasonable and scientific information. Childhood onset stuttering doesnt disappear after a certain age. We will always have the “anticipation” or “ feeling” of...

Subconscious defense mechanism against stuttering. My brain knows what word I will stutter on, then prior to that work it shuts down my speech....

Why do we block?

Why do we block? One viewpoint of blocking could be that we don't execute motor movements during a speech block. So, we could then pose the question: **On which timing do adults who stutter (AWS) exec...

in my case Thinking and fear == more stuttering, Any tips to share? Because I'm also a college student and will apply for jobs in the future...

Stuttering less in moments that matter the most

Stuttering less in moments that matter the most Yesterday I had a job interview for a very high paying government job (in an economic policy agency). I passed all the exams, so this was the last stage...

>*"To some extent I believe somebody can predict with a level of certainty what they will stutter on, but there‘a also a level of the PWS creating their stuttering by predicting it."* I agree with...

Best thing to do is to not put your self in a situation like that, we all know when we get suddenly approached and asked a question we cannot speak for the life of us. But if you are I suggest practic...