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I’m 20M and struggled with this problem for years. The feeling of finding someone attractive or someone being attracted to you and feeling like you can’t continue a conversation is genuinely the most ...

Hiya! Well, the only thing that helped me was benzos. Not ideal for long term daily or even semi-regular use. I've been on various antidepressants (including Lexapro, Zoloft, Prozac, Effexor, Cymbalta...

I feel like this is me talking. I too was the chaterbox of class up until high school, where my speech anxiety got so bad. I'm currently in my second year of college, and what's really helped me is re...

I'd say I'm almost able to be covert on a good day. My life is filled with constant planning of word substitution, forward social thinking, anxiety management and exposure theraping myself....

I have that too, I have been trying to find ways to get my breathing under control, intensive speech therapy helped but it was just a temporary solution because my main issue is irregular breathing wh...

It’s because you’re anticipating the stuttering and fearing it. I saw somewhere that fear just worsens the stutter....

Thought that would've been separate, probably why I wasn't getting the answer I was looking for searching for on Google. Didnt think of it as anxiety...

I don't stutter when for example the teacher suddenly makes me answer a question or something...

When I'm cold it feels like my lower jaw becomes solid, because of muscle tension. I can barely speak then...

Absolutely, it's worse when I have to give a presentation at the university at 7 AM and it's freezing cold....

If I'm with friends I'll typically just force out a swear word and then when they laugh it gives my brain time to undo the block. Anyone else though I'll think of a few synonyms to what I want to say ...

The nervous system “locks up” under tension — this means that at the moment of trying to speak, a protective reaction is triggered, and the muscles of the jaw, tongue, and throat reflexively tighten. ...

I think my stutter in the primary form is really not so bad but my anxiety really makers it ten times worse. When i'm alone I don't stutter at all. So this makes me believe that my stutter is for a la...

brooo i was doing deep breaths before the speech and my heart was literally jumping from my chest seconds before i started😭...

Yep anything that stimulates the fight or flight mode for me really exacerbates my stuttering, which is why I use the 4-7-8 breathing technique to activate my parasympathetic nervous system to calm my...

I agree with you! The dysregulation could def be a factor. I was prescribed testosterone, I faked hypogonadism just because I got obsessed that higher T levels would cure my stuttering. I was very wro...

Yes, you're right, I think it would probably do me good to talk about it. I didn't develop it after a traumatic experience. I first thought it might be related to work stress, but it actually appear...

Cool! Stick with Fluoxetine for at least two months and see how you go. Yes, in my younger, partying years I did MDMA and I was 100% fluent. The seratonin surge essentially dampens (or quietens) the ...

My experience with teaching and stuttering for 3 years (A bit long + venting)

My experience with teaching and stuttering for 3 years (A bit long + venting) Hi, I’m 28 years old and have been stuttering since I was a child. I work as an English teacher in my country. Although I ...

I stutter even when Im alone and relaxed. But I know my stutter is physical. I have a brain tumor interrupting my speech. But I agree with Mobile_Nerve that exposure is best, that way you start to rel...