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commentr/StutterJul 6, 2012
1 points

Repetition and Prolongations. I've been stuttering since I could talk, I'm 16 now and it's getting better with age. Mostly it's when suddenly someone asks me something and I'm on the spot, or if I'm e...

Speech & StutteringCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Repetitions & ProlongationsOnset & Life-Stage ChangesStress & Fight/Flight+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 5, 2012
1 points

115 now :D i have more of a block rather than a stutter, but when a word becomes blocked i stutter as in n-n-n-n-othing but it has been getting a lot better and i improved a lot...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & StoppagesRepetitions & ProlongationsOnset & Life-Stage Changes
postr/StutterJun 29, 2012
1 points

Vitamin B1 + C Can Help (or cure) Stuttering

Vitamin B1 + C Can Help (or cure) Stuttering Guys, I would recommend taking B1 & C vitamin supplements each day. B1 helps to metabolize carbohydrates in the brain to provide energy. A lot of Vit...

Causes & VariabilityMeds & Substances
Situational VariabilityHelpful Med Outcomes
commentr/StutterJun 18, 2012
2 points

I used to get stuck on the "What's your name?" question all the time. The thing that helped me was when I got a job at a supermarket as a cashier. We had phones that we could use when we had to call a...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Feared Words & NamesEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJun 9, 2012
2 points

Singing keeps your vocal tract open. Stuttering happens during moments when it closes (blocking, repititions)...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Situational VariabilityBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterJun 9, 2012
1 points

I'll be 30 this year and have never had anything but blocks. When I was a kid, I'd get a block on every other word I'd say. Or multiple blocks in one word. Today, its only in the beginning of a multi-...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterJun 9, 2012
2 points

Life-long stutterer here. I'm the same way with drinking. Some of my "best nights" are when I'm buzzed to drunk. I can say anything I want when I want. My friends are blown away by how much my speakin...

Meds & SubstancesCauses & Variability
Recreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)Situational Variability
postr/StutterJun 7, 2012
1 points

Does anyone else find it different with other languages?

Does anyone else find it different with other languages? I find English (my mother tongue) fairly easy, with minimal disfluencey, and I have next to no trouble with German (I'm not fluent in German). ...

Causes & Variability
Situational Variability
commentr/StutterJun 5, 2012
1 points

If you want to test this yourself, try taking the deepest breath you can, then feel your throat. It will be tight, constricted. Many stutterers attempt to speak like this, thinking lungs full of air w...

Speech & StutteringCoping & Advocacy
Physical TensionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJun 5, 2012
1 points

We have spent all day training our diaphragms. True story - when you get a "block" at the top of your sentence it is often because of bad breathing techniques you unconsciously have been using all you...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterJun 5, 2012
1 points

It differs from everyone man...

commentr/StutterJun 5, 2012
1 points

Which I find odd... Alcohol relaxes your muscles, stuttering causes your muscles (diaphragm and the face muscles you need to speak) to contract. So shouldn't it be less?...

Meds & SubstancesCauses & Variability
Recreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)Stress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterJun 5, 2012
1 points

Hm, that's awesome then! Congrats. This way you can drunkenly seduce women with perfect fluency :)...

commentr/StutterJun 4, 2012
1 points

They make great points, I would be interested on what else you pick up during the rest of the program. The jaw angle theory would explain why stuttering is typically associated with specific sounds. ...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Neurological & BrainPhysical TensionStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterJun 4, 2012
1 points

After a bit of speech therapy my stutter is minimal sober, drinking sets it off to the point where I can't even talk....

Coping & AdvocacyMeds & Substances
Fluency TechniquesRecreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)
commentr/StutterJun 4, 2012
3 points

Hey man I have been at this major research center for stuttering all day today and just saw a big presentation about what real research shows about stuttering. According to these guys (who have been t...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Neurological & BrainStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 4, 2012
1 points

You sound just like my buddy at college. He is the 2nd person I have ever met who stutters and he can barely get out syllables when he is drunk....

Meds & Substances
Recreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)
commentr/StutterJun 4, 2012
2 points

I always thought, and was told so by friends, that I stutter less when I drink alcohol. My father recently told me that alcohol makes it much worse. At first I thought that he only wants me to drink l...

Meds & SubstancesCauses & Variability
Recreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)Cycles & Randomness
commentr/StutterJun 4, 2012
3 points

Yeah I like to mention the fact that I stutter while I am drunk and fluent so people say "what? I never even noticed!" then the next day when I am sober they notice and by then it isn't awkward...

Meds & SubstancesSocial & Relationships
Recreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)Disclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterJun 4, 2012
2 points

No man I am 100% sure I don't stutter at all. ...

Identity & Disability
Acceptance & Pride