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That is my stutter, i don't have repetitions much. Its cause we're holding our breath i believe ...

Read with your lips wider or a smiling face may be Read louder Read with focus as if you can see every word flowing all the way through your mouth. Read with exhalation focused Hope it helps. I wa...

I prefer for people to wait for me to finish. To move the sentence along, or try to guess what I am trying to say, it tells me they are growing impatient (which adds to my stress levels, which makes ...

I can't give advice, but I can share the frustration. My verbal brain is like an engine that has trouble starting. Once it's puttering away, I have the momentum to ride over blocks (or evade the words...

100%. My superpower as a PWS is that I am a human thesaurus. But my god, the bandwidth needed! I only recently realized that it was because of all these mental gymnastics that I come home every day wi...

Yup. That about sums it up, and this is what we do everyday, all day with every conversation. It's exhausting....

Disclaimer: not a SLP I feel like you are placing too much emphasis on your "personal" stuttering being neurological instead of psychological. People experience anxiety differently, and what you t...

I stutter with kids tho, not with animals. When I'm with my niece (she's 8) I do everything in my power to not stutter but I still do. She asked "uncle, why do you sometimes make weird noises" that sh...

I have a theory that we tend to stutter more whenever we know we are being observed. Or being seen/watched by someone else. Though not sure if anyone else can relate, but my stutter is practically gon...

For me it was repetition. Stopped all my jerks and attempts to guide it out with my body so to speak.  The harder I tried, the tighter it got and when I was too tired, the moment of weakness was when ...

I have drooled a few times during hard blocks, I also shoot my words out which becomes spitting! When I talk with food in my mouth, you better watch out!...

started drooling when i stutter?

started drooling when i stutter? had a severe stutter my whole life and i've NEVER had this before but this past week its gotten so bad and its so so embarrassing...

Note that when I stutter alone, is nowhere near as bad when I stutter in front of other people. Just a few repetitions which I overcome fast. So I still stutter way more when I'm In front of others. A...

Has anyone been able to significantly reduce or eliminate secondary body movements while trying to get your words out? If so, HOW???

Has anyone been able to significantly reduce or eliminate secondary body movements while trying to get your words out? If so, HOW??? 29 year old M. I took Chase Gillis’ program a few years ago and ha...

I close my eyes hard during blocks and also get cross eyed... It's embarrassing, I look like I'm having a seizure....

This is very similar to me. When I try to pronounce words that start with certain letters, my face looks like I want to sneeze. Shit looks terrible so I understand why people look at me like this....

I think the eye closing and blinking more resembles of tics. Honestly, I’m getting used to the constant eye-blinking and people walking away and it become normalize experience. It make sense that peop...

I'm sorry this is your experience when this happens. It definitely doesn't make us feel good! For me, I have this twitch when I'm blocked, my eyes go up like I'm being possessed lol. Usually right aft...

Started Stuttering and twitching at 23 - help

Started Stuttering and twitching at 23 - help Hi. I am not sure if I can join here please let me know if you think I qualify. I started stuttering at 23 and it started during severe anxiety that also ...

Anyone close or blink their eye when they stuttered and people just walk away or if or you

Anyone close or blink their eye when they stuttered and people just walk away or if or you As a heavy blinker who stuttered, I just wanna tell them to acknowledge the fact that I even begin initiating...