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You stutter, cant say out any words. Boss: Hello, this is "insert name" Me: Hey, i-i......................................... Boss: Hello? Who is this? Me: ............................hh.............

Everyone here seems to have hit the nail on the head about not finishing the word/sentence for him. I'm unsure if this is just me, and I'd like to know what other people think but I tend to find that...

I have a very mild stutter but it seems to get worse when I'm around a client who stutters severely. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I have a very mild stutter but it seems to get worse when I'm around a client who stutters severely. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I have a mild stutter. It's mild enough that I've never so...

Uggggg! The infamous blocks! As a chronic blocker myself, I feel your pain. Especially because most people see stutters as just repetitions and get really confused and don't understand the fact that f...

I absolutely can confirm on this one; when I talk on the I start to walk around, throw karate chops (I know, but it actually works!), and doing hand gestures like simulating the flow in which I should...

Doesn't sound like a stutter. A stutter feels like this intense tension within your vocal chords; a moment of intense struggle to get even a simple syllable out despite a calm demeanor and a liquid m...

I would like to give no shit, but on other hand i dont. Whenever i have to speak to someone and i stutter my face turns to red, palms start so swet and knowing that makes me blush and swet even more....

Actually taking a deep breath makes it harder to oscillate your vocal cords. Try it yourself. Take a deep breath. Your vocal cords will feel much more tense. The exhaling can become a new secondary s...

A technique I use to help combat my stutter

A technique I use to help combat my stutter Hey guys, I posted here a little while back about how being a socially-awkward stuttering musician sucks, but I thought about something that's actually been...

I say go for it! Just do it. Even it no one ever listens to it or even likes it, the process will likely be a good experience. So do it for you and f&*# what everyone else thinks. That being sai...

I use easy onset, pull outs, cancellations. What I found works best for me is starting with an easy onset and then using vocal fold management to control my pace (I tend to talk very fast to help not ...

My impediment is STRONGLY tied to anxiety, which causes my throat muscles to tense. Sorry but you don't know what you're talking about at all....

I think because we care more when we are speaking to loved ones and friends and that causes more tension as oppose to speaking with a stranger who we may never see again. I myself experience this too ...

>When I stutter when talking I usually go, "Hi my name is um, umm, um, uhh, uhh, um, gravitycloudfilms, and during this i'm usually bouncing up and down or moving some part of my body in a repetiti...

The biting could be a [secondary behavior](http://www.handyhandouts.com/viewHandout.aspx?hh_number=306&nfp_title=Secondary+Behaviors+of+Stuttering). Secondaries are physical habits we adopt when w...

I don't want to be that "know it all" but your post doesn't make sense. Initially you say that stuttering is the result of anxiety but then go on to say that anxiety doesn't cause stuttering. Just l...

Elongation of sounds and a lot of pauses. I do repeat sounds, especially hard consonants. What is block in air flow? Sometimes I'll try to say something, and my mouth and tongue will give up mid-sente...

I think most importantly is, what form do you find you stutter? Repetition of words, elongation of sounds, blocks in air flow or a combination? As I'm sure there are different treatment techniques for...

Stuttering and Jaw Tension

Stuttering and Jaw Tension Here’s some background information. When I was younger, I was an excellent speaker. I was outgoing. I used to volunteer to read in front of classrooms, and I had no problem ...

Speech is very context-dependent. Speech performance is often impacted by pressure or anxiety. For just about everyone, speaking in public carries much greater performance anxiety than speaking aloud ...