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Yes I can feel it coming. In a specific place - back of my head at my hairline. And I'm like "fuuuckkkk. Go awayyyyyy"...

You can "make a stutterer". It isn't a innate disability. Everyone has blocks and repetitions in their speech but what separates the stutter is the anticipation, then habit of the stutter. So at some ...

Try going on job interviews for jobs you have absolutely no interest in accepting, for two reasons. First of all, you'll get practice in speaking in that type of environment which can help if you go ...

Job applications and Interviews

Job applications and Interviews Anyone else experience anxiety about applying for jobs and the whole interview process? I'm bad at answering the phone, get nerves talking to new people and that's grea...

Sounds about right: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttering#Characteristics Oh and this: >They say that often they can "feel" when it's going to happen. Is that also a thing that happens with pe...

I get it in my dreams too! I have a lot of dreams where i'm just trying to get words out and feel those same blocks and feelings I get in my waking life. It makes you wonder what exactly is stuttering...

Introducing yourself

Introducing yourself This is kind of a vent thread, but i'm also looking for any tips/advice for these kinds of situations. My stutter isn't really that bad, in that I can still connect with people ...

Answering the phone

Answering the phone I never had any difficulty answering the phone up until a year ago. I now find it incredibly hard to say "hello" so whenever my phone rings I get terrible anxiety. The only way I ...

Saphris and Propanolol helped me achieve near fluency

Saphris and Propanolol helped me achieve near fluency I've been working with a psychiatrist to try to reduce my stuttering through medication. The reason it is a psychiatrist and not a regular physici...

Yeah when I was 14. They got me to play with lego... fucking ridiculous. I stopped and last year decided to try psychotherapy which was amazing. I learnt a lot about the mind but it was costing me £7...

I had a shitty job interview today

I had a shitty job interview today Not gonna bother you with a large paragraph. Basically: fear of stuttering took control over me and I was shy and short in my answers. I now feel like crap because I...

Cringe moment

Cringe moment Usually, in the brief few seconds before I speak, I'm able to tell if I'm going to stutter or not. This one time, I was walking up the stairs to my apartment, a girl holding an interesti...

I had a Skype interview...

I had a Skype interview... So on Tuesday I had a Skype interview for an internship position with my school. I spent all of Monday preparing what I was going to say for each question and felt excited/n...

I personally don't have exact sounds that are harder, I think, but I can tell which phrases or words are going to be harder as I'm "rolling up to them," so to speak. It's just not always the same word...

That's interesting, because it means you don't foresee perfectly what sounds you're going to stutter on ahead of time, if I take that correctly. I wouldn't say I foresee it perfectly either, but I kno...

It's like that part of the side road that doesn't look too bad, and you're like, "Yeah, this is a tough car, it's up for the task," but secretly inside you know it's probably going to be pretty bumpy....

Yep. Ultimately, it's neurological. There is some sort of misfired signal loop that occurs. But this loop manifests itself as bad muscle control, that's the bad habit imo....

I agree about it almost being habitual, scientists don't seem to as much but I'm almost sure that's what happened with me. I've proven it by the fact that ive reverted some of the old habits I had. Gl...

No problem man, we've all been there. And that's true about therapists, it's unfortunate that they're not always realistic to obtain. I'm of the (unproven) opinion that when we learned to talk, we l...

Wedding vows

Wedding vows Im in the process of planning my wedding for next year and the thought of saying the vows out loud has got me so anxious and nervous. I've already kept guest numbers to a minimum (~30 ppl...