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Conclusion of study: fluency while alone

Conclusion of study: fluency while alone My apologies if you are getting tired of my posts regarding a survey of PWS when they speak alone, but I wanted to wrap up this study -- with a small caveat. ...

Stuck With Stuttering

Stuck With Stuttering I normally don't complain but I have a question attached that may give me some insight on my problem. I've been to 3 Speech Therapists over the years and they have all told me I ...

Do you stutter when you're alone?

Do you stutter when you're alone? Hi everyone, I saw an advice to practice talking with AI ou Alexa, but when I'm talking without no one near me, I never stutter, how is it for you?...

Results of survey: are you fluent when speaking alone?

Results of survey: are you fluent when speaking alone? Hi, thanks to all who participated in my little informal survey about fluency when speaking alone. I post the results below. Remember that th...

Survey (cont'd): are you fluent when you speak when alone?

Survey (cont'd): are you fluent when you speak when alone? Hi, I am continuing a little survey about how fluent PWS are when the are alone. The scale is: 1 = completely fluent 2 = much more fluent...

What causes you to speak improperly?

What causes you to speak improperly? I'm listing what I've searched so far and what causes me to speak improperly.. 1. Contracted larynx (most people can't hear what we're saying) 2. Breath loss (t...

Not really for me, chief. It feels like a genuine attack like if you got stabbed in the torso without the pain if that makes sense. It's really not about repetitions. Sometimes you get stuck not becau...

Heeeeelp, Is a "suffocating" feeling normal when stuttering?

Heeeeelp, Is a "suffocating" feeling normal when stuttering? I do not have this condition, but i am working with kids in a shelter and there's a 7yo boy that does; yesterday while talking with him he ...

Is anyone sick of stuttering?

Is anyone sick of stuttering? I am. I am so sick of constantly having to think of words to immediately switch out, having to physically strain myself to get a word out because of a block, sometimes li...

I think it's about feedback. Most stutterers don't stutter when they are alone and talk loudly to themselves. In that case, there are two voices and two listeners, the voice in your head and the o...

true but it’s hard to find people that will wait for you, especially college kids who scroll tiktok all the time and have the attention span of a fly. unless i talk to fellow stutterers i have to expe...

“It’s awkward” they scream to themselves as they motormouth frantically into the conversational chasm they see as a threat to humanity...

like a lizard eating a fly😭😭 yeah it’s rlly unmotivating and leads u to believe damn maybe they don’t wanna talk to me but i think everyone has ipad kid syndrome these days and legit can’t wait that...

Bingo. Watch their eyes glaze over while you build a sentence and then at the .5 second pause they blink and seize the conversational reins like a lizard eating a fly....

Same. Im starting to feel like my brain is taking damage from stuttering. I feel retarded, sometimes when I speak, my brain shuts down and I use wrong words. I block so hard so I cant breath. My fear ...

"*Stuttering could be referred to as a voluntary response that acts to relieve stuttering anticipation.*" I've always noticed many similarities between OCD **compulsion** and stuttering. Compulsions ...

Is stuttering mainly a disorder of miscalculating "action values"? (based on past experiences) Does our subconscious calculate the moment to moment based on environmental/psychological changes we perceive as a threat? Research: "Stuttering is primarily a reward-punishment mechanism"

Is stuttering mainly a disorder of miscalculating "action values"? (based on past experiences) Does our subconscious calculate the moment to moment based on environmental/psychological changes we perc...

Brain fog with blocks

Brain fog with blocks It's probably my body's response to protect myself from stuttering but whenever I try to say a word that I block on to other people, I get brain fog preventing me to physically s...

This is very classic blocking and I bet many here have a very close experience to yours. It can help immensely to understand why you struggle to tell others your address, phone number, and probably n...

Great comment! Let's use the definition: Stuttering can be categorized between primary symptoms and secondary symptoms. The traditional view of primary symptoms is blocks, repetitions and prolongation...