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commentr/StutterFeb 28, 2016
0 points

Again, I wasn't using the cat as an example, I was talking about my experience with choline, which is a bit obscure and used for varying issues, stuttering being only one of them, and a more rare one ...

Causes & VariabilityMeds & Substances
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commentr/StutterFeb 28, 2016
3 points

Well, that was the somewhat amusing thing here: To use a cat as an example (for something seemingly unrelated). :)...

Causes & Variability
Situational Variability
commentr/StutterFeb 28, 2016
-1 points

I didn't say, "It didn't help my cat, so it definitely won't help my stutter," I said my only experience with it has been one of total disappointment, so I'm put off of the hype. ...

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commentr/StutterFeb 28, 2016
5 points

Well your cat isn't the one what a stutter... right?...

Causes & Variability
Situational Variability
commentr/StutterFeb 28, 2016
-1 points

I had my cat on choline for some severe cognitive issues, and it didn't help one bit, so I'm a bit put off of it, right from the get-go. But who knows, maybe I'll give it a shot....

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Situational VariabilityHelpful Med Outcomes
postr/StutterFeb 28, 2016
8 points

Choline and stutter

Choline and stutter Hi Just want to share something I noticed last week. I was taking 500mg of a supplement - choline - it's a vitamin you can also find in food like eggs and I found this reduced my s...

Meds & SubstancesCauses & Variability
Helpful Med OutcomesSituational Variability
commentr/StutterFeb 26, 2016
1 points

speaking with accents is kinda weird and u can't do that when u speak formal (conference for ex) or when u speak foreign languages :(...

Causes & Variability
Situational VariabilityRoles & Performance
commentr/StutterFeb 26, 2016
1 points

Yes, foreign languages are much harder. Luckily I don't have to use them too often though. What's interesting, though, is that if I inflect a certain accent it can sometimes make it easier to speak....

Causes & Variability
Situational VariabilityRoles & PerformanceSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterFeb 22, 2016
3 points

Magnesium has helped me a lot personally. I take 500 mg (250 mg in the morning with my first meal, and the other 250 mg with another meal or snack in the evening) of magnesium citrate every day and it...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Situational VariabilityMindfulness & Breathing
postr/StutterFeb 12, 2016
3 points

Does anyone else only stutter under very specific circumstances?

Does anyone else only stutter under very specific circumstances? When I was younger, I had a noticeable stutter--I'd stutter a couple of times in a sentence--and a severe speech impediment, to the poi...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Environmental TriggersSituational VariabilitySeverity & Fluctuation+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 2, 2016
2 points

I've never recorded myself speaking, but I definitely make more mistakes when I record myself singing, or playing an instrument. It makes me more nervous even if I'm the only one who's going to be hea...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Situational VariabilityPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterFeb 2, 2016
1 points

I'm curious... do you stutter in English AND in your own language? I have definitely felt like you. I actually have contented myself with quite a solitary life for a long time. However, now I'm tra...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Situational VariabilitySeverity & FluctuationHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 2, 2016
3 points

I've always found voice recording and listening to yourself talk is a REALLY important exercise to understand the elements of breath control and speed and rhythm for working on my own voice. It's inte...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Overthinking & MonitoringSituational VariabilityPhysical Tension+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 2, 2016
2 points

I think you're in a good situation to expirement with how to overcome this block since you're a cashier and 90% of customers don't really care what you say, they just want to get out of there. This gi...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentSituational Variability+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 1, 2016
3 points

To add to what others have said, this is very common. Because stuttering is largely mental, a lot of disfluencies are situational in nature. I can read out load by myself and be 100% fluent. Reading t...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringSituational Variability+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 1, 2016
2 points

Yes! I'm a covert stutterer as well and have had similar experiences before. I suppose recently I've decided to cut back on my asocialness (is that even a word?) and force myself to talk more. I thin...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCommunity & Support
Hiding & ConcealmentSituational VariabilityValidation & Empathy+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 31, 2016
1 points

I feel everyone's level of fluency and stutter varies. I am sorry to hear you are feeling this way because I have been there before. Each day is different for myself. Some days will be better while ot...

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Situational VariabilitySeverity & FluctuationHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJan 31, 2016
1 points

Anxiety can make stuttering worse, but that's not the main cause. I remember reading in a textbook for speech pathologists that stuttering only happens with bi-directional communication. So I (and oth...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightSituational VariabilityAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJan 29, 2016
1 points

No, talking to yourself isn't communicating. To me stuttering is more a communication disorder than a speech disorder....

Causes & VariabilitySocial & Relationships
Situational VariabilityDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterJan 28, 2016
2 points

Almost all stutterers are developmental. I stutter while talking to myself and I know others who do as well....

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Situational VariabilityRepetitions & Prolongations