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Yeah, that sounds really similar to me. It's hard to say how frequent just because it's always been there, albeit more controlled at some times than others. But just to give you an idea, on my first...

I'm sure Bill Parry is a wonderful man. I've never met him. But the hypothesis is crap. I just leads people who don't know about stuttering to the wrong conclusion. In my opinion it reinforces the ide...

Honestly, I find the same is true. Weed, also. I'm not proposing everyone do the same, I'm just saying what works for me. I know this isn't the most effective method, and I by no means drink to excess...

No I think schizophrenia is an actual psychological disorder with a psychiatric nature. It is essentially a disorder in the brain. Stuttering is different. Psychological and emotional factors affect a...

Nope, stuttering is not psychological. It is a communication disorder. What stuttering itself is I believe is a neuromotor miscoorindation that affects speech. It is not psychological or emotional in ...

Causes of Stuttering Examined In Research First of its Kind

Causes of Stuttering Examined In Research First of its Kind ...

I just discovered that I'm more of a clutterer and than a stutterer last week. I'm well into my 30s and just now started to go to a speech therapist about it so its all new to me now. When I was youn...

The Valsalva technique is fundamentally flawed. The it assumes that moments of stutter are characterized by increased laryngeal muscle activity. But this is not the case. I don't like it. you can se...

The assumptions underlying the Valsalva technique are flawed. It is not good science. It is merely old wine in new bottles. Case in point: The Valsalva maneuver requires increased muscle effort of th...

Brain imaging shows abnormal white matter areas in the brains of stutterers (xpost r/Science)

Brain imaging shows abnormal white matter areas in the brains of stutterers (xpost r/Science) Once treated as a psychological or emotional condition, stuttering can now be traced to brain neuroanatomy...

Absolutely right about the "getting stuck" being at a different level. I think your explanation that OCD stuck is getting stuck to meet a perceived psychological need is pretty accurate, based on how ...

Interesting correlation though: stuttering is associated with higher intelligence ;-) ...

I don't know much about OCD, but the "getting stuck" doesn't seem to have a motor component to it -- so it's not about the motoric aspect of transitioning into the next task, it is getting stuck to me...

I have no scientific evidence either way, but I have an understanding of OCD (know someone very well who has OCD on a scale that varies to not much of a problem most of the time, to unable to function...

You know, I tell people who ask me why I stutter jokily, "must be missing a synapse or something"...stupid neuroscience making advancements. ...

Have you tried out of the ordinary methods to help your stuttering?

Have you tried out of the ordinary methods to help your stuttering? I'm 17 and I stutter. In elementary school I had the opportunity to have speech therapy. After a year of that it definitely improved...

A study identified the region of brain developed abnormally in people who stutter

A study identified the region of brain developed abnormally in people who stutter http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-02-brain-abnormally-lifespan-people-stutter.html > In the first study to use M...

In preschoolers and school-age kids who stutter research suggests that there is a higher incidence of articulation disorders and language disorders when compared to the general population. There aren'...

depends on what you mean by 'mental'? yes, there are psychological reasons (thinking about it makes it worse, getting stuck on your own name but not someone else's who's name is the same as yours) bu...

Welcome to the shit show dude. I'm just hoping there's going to be a chip implant someday that can regulate my speech so I can actually be a public speaker in my area of expertise ...