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I stutter in front of strangers only

I stutter in front of strangers only I have a problem. I don't usually stutter. Like i used to do, but eventually I stopped doing it in front of my old friends and family. Now, whenever I appear in an...

I'd like to view 'genetic traits' as an inherited factor. This could predispose to stuttering. Of course, this in itself doesn't create stuttering. It's the combination of: * a predisposition (eg tha...

Do you agree with the stereotype that men are more competitive than women. This could lead to viewing that fluency is never enough adding control (like stutter predictions & tensing speech muscles...

True Or False

True Or False Repeats is the real stutter and blockages is just a mental fear....

>I stutter in my thoughts and dreams. I can tell which words I'm going to struggle with before I even speak them. Sometimes I don't stutter in my dreams. Definitely bizarre, it's the phenomenon o...

>I will do this by becoming a neurologist and helping people with neurological conditions while i’m also studying the brain but specifically the part that controls speech and how that ties together...

I can't count how many times I thought of doing exactly this as my stutters settles after I "know the crowd" around me but it returns if I am caught off guard or facing the strangers even to order thi...

A corollary to this thought is that fear is predicting our future (i.e. stuttering moments aka failure) which alerts our brain and spurs our desire of, as you say, a positive fluent outcome (or avoid ...

I agree completely! Stutterers feel bothered by mistakes (being in the past) and desire a positive fluent outcome (being in the future). Once we allow mistakes and stop desiring for fluency (being in ...

This is seriously one of the hardest things! I get stuck on my name too, like nothing comes out but my mouth is open waiting for my name to come out but it doesn’t. I usually have to force it out or s...

My biggest challenge is introducing myself ( saying my name) to new people. I just moved to a completely new place and have to often introduce myself to new people and this is why I have become more ...

Psychiatrist for anti anxiety if anxiety exacerbates the stutter. SLPs will just give you techniques to attempt to reduce the stutter, hit or miss if they actually work....

That’s really hard when you’re surrounded by lots of people talking fluently. It feels like in the room full of people, you’re the one that’s cursed and forced to live through it your whole life. Ever...

Interesting… I used to have debilitating blocks but learned how to drastically decrease them, mostly by making eye contact. So when I can’t start with eye contact, I’m more likely to get a block....

Anybody else find that their stutter triggers the most when trying to talk to someone who doesn’t know you’re there?

Anybody else find that their stutter triggers the most when trying to talk to someone who doesn’t know you’re there? Something about being the one to initiate the conversation first without anything b...

Hey, I hear you. I had a lot of apprehension about a work related call today. It went better than expected, thankfully. In there lies some of the difficulty. We can be convinced the call is going to g...

Yes, I sometimes stutter saying my name. For me: "<name>" is hard, sometimes. "My name is <name>" is easy. "I'm <name>" is easy....

I most stutterers struggle with their first name regardless of the first letter. Have you tried "my name is X" or "it's X" etc?...

Help.

Help. I have a presentation tomorrow and I’m so nervous. Does anyone have any tips?? I practiced with a friend but I know I’m going to get really bad anxiety when I do it in a class full of people a...

Stuttering is a very paradoxical phenomenon, basically it is the stutterer's attempt not to stutter. The harder you fight and detest it, the more it manifests.. try mindfulness, over time you will ado...