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

Thank you! Yes I have never seen it represented before. Stuttering is in my family too but they all dont seem to have the block as much so I was so confused as to what's going on with me. ...

That’s called a block and it is a completely common type of stutter. The ch ch ch is called a repetition and there’s a third type called prolongation where you hold out a sound like ssssssssnake inste...

It's a common form of stutter, it's called blocking. It upsets me so much that it's not represented in media at all, so non-stutterers usually have no clue what's happening...

Does anyone not vocalize their stutter?

Does anyone not vocalize their stutter? Instead of "ch-ch-ch-chocolate," I'll say "..................chocolate." My tongue completely freezes and its like im pushing two positive ends of a magnet tog...

Stuck in a stutter loop

Stuck in a stutter loop Hi, severe stutterer here. Has anyone struggled with being stuck in a stuttering loop when talking? For example if I’m saying Apple I get stuck on the first letter A almost ind...

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...

how to beat blocks when try to initiate speech ?

how to beat blocks when try to initiate speech ? i speak almost perfectly with relatives, doctors, on the phone and in circumstances that i can take my time and the topic of conversation is predictabl...

It could be yes, but out brain uses the Broca's area and Wernicke's area when talking to one self and with others. The Broca's areas in stutterers brain is overall less active, so we should still stut...

I should’ve been more specific on WHY stuttering would be a problem in my future career. I really want to go into trauma and emergency medicine, and large part of that is being able to rattle off orde...

When the block comes, I suddenly loose all the control of my jaws 😭...

super bad stuttering moment

super bad stuttering moment basically i have to take a financial literacy class for a graduation credit, and everything has been fine except for recently i had a mock interview i had too do. i was a l...

block, but tbh they're the absence of a sound so i get why people only catch on when there's repetitions lol they think i'm just done speaking or blanking 💀...

Decades of Stuttering

Decades of Stuttering Hi all. Dude in his 40’s here, been stuttering since I was a child. Apparently it can be passed down from family members, my father has it significantly worse. My issue is only...

Yup, i agree... those blocks as if you’re pushing against resistance, in my opinion is the worst form....

Block. I think repetition is how stuttering is described in movies...

me too, i have on and off periods of time where i stutter. this period is where my stutter is so bad and i have blocks while talking 😭...

Stuttering starts with repetition until you get older, understand, and become aware, then it can turn into a block, or it might start in childhood because of something traumatic....

Mostly elongations/prolongations of words. Minor pauses and repetitions. Although when I first started stuttering it was mostly repetitions....

Sound repetition or block dominant?

Sound repetition or block dominant? Just curious how many people fits into these two categories, do you mostly repeat sounds and syllables without complete blocks or do you mostly block without sound...