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Just to add to OP's question, why do I never stutter when I'm angry?...

When adults have strokes, and the left hemisphere is affected, the right hemisphere allows them to swear. I suspect your right hemisphere is helping...nevermind the additional emotion circumventing ba...

Red something about it, cursing and stuff is in the same brain regions as singing etc. so it wont activate stuttering the same way....

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...

Stuttering is a PHYSICAL REACTION to a MENTAL stimulus: anxiety. When you think you are going to stutter, you get anxious, which makes you stutter. Stuttering causes anxiety, not anxiety causes stutte...

Stuttering is definitely linked to self-confidence if I go by experience. The only times where I stutter now (cause I've got it mostly under control) is when a situation intimidate me in some way. So ...

Get more sleep. As mentioned before, stammers vary so much it's hard to give specific tips but one I have definitely noticed is if I am sleep deprived I can barely speak at all. Get up with a positive...

A couple things: 1) I know of no studies investigating whether the moment of stuttering is related to sex hormone release (you mention PMS). That being said, given the gender disparity (3M:1F) there'...

Stuttering related to hormones?

Stuttering related to hormones? I work at my university's call center (we ask for donations) and I am usually fine, but occasionally I start stuttering really bad. Today it happened and I was mortifie...

Two techniques I use to reduce my stuttering is remembering to breath and to enunciate my words, but I do agree that when talking to people techniques are easy to forget. Like today I was conducting a...

Going to be on a podcast tonight - Need advice

Going to be on a podcast tonight - Need advice I am going to be interviewed as part of a podcast later tonight and I am pretty nervous about my stuttering. There are times where I can go minutes on en...

I feel like someone is strangling me. I become breathless as I try and try and try to say the word, and ultimately when I say it, I gulp for air like I was drowning. Kind of embarrassing but I hold my...

When it comes to food and drinks, caffeine usually makes my stutter worse. A few days ago I drank a cup of coffee before a phone interview and it didn't go well because I was getting stuck on every ot...

I wouldn't use that terminology of "cleansing" etc. for food. It sounds too wooey. There is evidence that intermittant fasting has benefits but it isn't some magical thing, and I doubt it has anythi...

Yeah, I've noticed the ups and downs of being connected to the matrix, so to speak and it's something I've become increasingly aware of and trying to do less of. The internet can make you feel as ecst...

From personal experience it gets worse every time I spend a lot of time on the internet. My theory is this. That because of the quick dopamine surges the internet has to offer the number of dopamine r...

Recently developed a stutter

Recently developed a stutter I'm 22 and I recently developed a stutter. It can be really frustrating if I'm talking to my boss or on the phone or trying to order movie tickets and it's gotten to the p...

Correct me if I am wrong but doesn't amphetamine affect serotonin and dopamine levels? Studies has shown that stutterers have different dopamine levels than non-stutterers. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

From own experience I would say that stuttering is not due to social anxiety, rather it is increased by it. I do not see myself as a socially anxious person, in most situations, and I stutter anyway. ...

Anxiety medication and stuttering?

Anxiety medication and stuttering? I've been dealing with anxiety for quite a while now, sleepless nights, feelings of dread and fear both fairly often, and stuttering. Concerning the last, I only see...