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Yeah try to refrain from screen time before sleep. It’s not helping if you’re stimulating your nervous system right before sleep....

Absolutely! Lack of sleep exacerbates stuttering the next day. When you’re sleep-deprived, the speech motor network circuits communicate more slowly and fire less precisely. Therefore, there’s more...

I get anxiety and a low mood sometimes, but I don’t think it’s particularly bad right now. My speech is frustrating and causing a bit of negative feelings. Maybe that’s causing a feedback loop?...

I’m not sure. I am recovering from being sick over the weekend, but I don’t feel more stressed than usual. Even regular conversations with my partner are hard at the moment....

How are your mental health right now? Anything that stresses you? When I'm depressed, stressed or anxious, my stutter goes from moderate to severe instantly. Even being angry or frustrated at someon...

"Fear excecurbates stuttering"Myth or fact?

"Fear excecurbates stuttering"Myth or fact? I think we can all agree that some people become (more) fluent when they are scared or angry, while others stutter (more) in those states. Rather than viewi...

Does loud music or a quiet environment always increase or decrease stuttering? (in your own stutter experience)

Does loud music or a quiet environment always increase or decrease stuttering? (in your own stutter experience) I think we can all agree that for some people loud music may increase their stuttering, ...

Why does loud music exactly increase stuttering in some people? And decrease stuttering in others? (in your own stutter experience)

Why does loud music exactly increase stuttering in some people? And decrease stuttering in others? (in your own stutter experience) I think that we can all agree that live music at the bar can either ...

I use the 4-7-8 breathing technique to activate the parasympathetic nervous system which calms me down instantly. This helps a lot because I’m not always in the fight or flight mode all the time....

Alcohol, for some reason, eliminates stuttering 100%, caffeine eliminates it by about 60%, I'd say, and other drugs like sertraline also work....

Am I (23m) being emotionally abused by my roommate? (22m)

Am I (23m) being emotionally abused by my roommate? (22m) Last night, I had a genuine almost ego death with my own thoughts and started to think, that I need to run away. My roommate came home from ...

My stutter got worse in college (as in I’d block so hard my abs would hurt) because I was dealing with some pretty bad anxiety. I still stutter, but going to therapy and eventually taking Lexapro (for...

Sometimes anger can be a useful ally. I served in the Navy, and while I was in, my entire unit made fun of me and all had a great time poking fun of me. One day I got mad and started asking my LPO a...

Guy laughed at my stutter ❤️

Guy laughed at my stutter ❤️ So yeah 👍 today when I was talking with a guy and was stuttering a lot (I’ve been very anxious). Anyway I he started laughing at me and said “you gotta let me have one la...

Yes. For me, my stutter feels like it comes from a fragmented mind, it is very effective. I meditated many years ago and it decreased the stutter alot. Because of depression, anxiety and stress, I ha...

List of stutter tips

List of stutter tips **Stutter tips:** reduce pressure to speak quickly reduce fear of phone calls or introductions or being interrupted or rushed or authority figures or group settings or fear of j...

No, I've been on them and stable for varying years, my latest med change being last summer, and overall being on meds for bipolar, anxiety, PTSD, and depression; gradually since I was 18, so for about...

So tramadol also worked for you? The probleme is the stress ont the heart and the big noradrenalin/serotonin release that cause insomnia. But it was a big help for me....

Hey brothers sisters , i wasn't stuttering when i was young ! I was able to read a full page of Arabic ( i am from Morocco) or french without stuttering or prononciation problems ! But getting older and with social anxiety and depression and others circumstances i have become like that !

Hey brothers sisters , i wasn't stuttering when i was young ! I was able to read a full page of Arabic ( i am from Morocco) or french without stuttering or prononciation problems ! But getting older a...

I'm starting to stutter at 28yrs old; is there a way to help this?

I'm starting to stutter at 28yrs old; is there a way to help this? I've never had one before (as far as I know) and so developing one this far into my adulthood is freaking me out. I've had anxiety my...