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I can read a paragraph and not stutter yes. I think what gets me is the memories of me stuttering when I’m about to talk. And that triggers it...

Exactly why I ask. It could be argued that if the neurological map related to stuttering doesn't know to fire (or isn't triggered by anxiety/thoughts of stuttering), then it could be passed over and e...

It's a snake oil self help book......and the tools offered are extremely awkard and the only way this book will help if one knows what they will stutter on before it happens....I never have any feared...

Happens quite a lot to me. I am usually nice and explain but I understand how it would kill the mood. Happened just a few days ago went to the gym with my brother. Front desk asked for my name and I c...

Medication for Stuttering

Medication for Stuttering Before I start, I also have depression and social anxiety (stuttering might be causing the anxiety or the anxiety might be worsening the stutter, idk for sure). I'm looking ...

Worried about introduction in class

Worried about introduction in class Hi everyone. The new semester of uni is just around the corner and I’m so worried about introducing myself to class. So far I’ve just been doing introductions throu...

You 100% right, and I've gone through the same good & bad cycles through out my life. Iĺl be almost 100% fluent for a few months then fall back into a hole and be like 5% fluent with max anxiety f...

Don't get me wrong I'm not 100% but I feel when I get these moments of talking without thinking it feels great. The problem is my brain seems to jump in again quite quickly snd then the anticipation s...

Yeah same here it's like my brain starts to think too quickly and anticipates the stutter and then I feel the block happen...

Anticipatory fear spurs the block. A block isn't a disfluency though, it's an avoidance behavior....

Tips to improve stuttering - that you learn from a hypnotherapist: * replacing your discomfortable feeling into a happy feeling (that you had when your sybling had a birthday) * creating a new person...

>If she's voicing a consonant, chances are it's the next vowel she is afraid of and is hanging back on. Definitely, I agree! In the anticipation of a stutter (of the next vowel, as you say) - when...

If my intrusive obsessive thought is a pink elephant and I want to stop thinking about it like: 'stop thinking about the elephant' then I keep thinking about it. I have a question. In my experience, i...

>I think we are saying the opposite thing tho! I think you said to try thinking about moving your mouth. I understand completely what you mean. Yet, intention does not equal thinking about moving ...

>Thinking about what your mouth is doing is a misdirection. I agree completely! Because focusing on intention does not equal focusing on your mouth. I ask you to stand up from your chair and have ...

I went to a psychiatrist in 2018 I remember before telling him the reason of my visit he noticed my speech impediment and asked me if I had ocd. He said that stuttering and ocd are related and gave m...

>Choral Reading for Fluency? After reading 100s of stutter books/research I'd like to share my viewpoint: If we stutter (on auto-pilot), then during a speech block we don't **have the intention**...

I agree completely! The first step to progress is to acknowledge that we panic from anticipatory fear resulting in stop breathing out or stop moving our tongue during a speech block. Always **believe*...

I've been diagnosed with adhd but is it possible? Also my Experience with medication.

I've been diagnosed with adhd but is it possible? Also my Experience with medication. I have read that there is a theory that people who stutter have a higher dopamine production. However as far as I ...

In my opinion, it's linked to how we conditionally wired ourselves, for example: a condition: 'I blame anxiety to stop breathing out during a speech block'.However, there are many stutterers who also ...