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Anticipation is an emotion involving pleasure or anxiety in considering or awaiting an expected event. Anticipatory emotions include fear, anxiety, hope and trust. When the anticipated event fails to ...

I stutter and want a job (advice please)

I stutter and want a job (advice please) Hey, I am new here and would like to get some advise from PWS with a job or someone who can give me advice. Background: From the age of 5 I stutter, especiall...

You get expectation anxiety from the attention being pushed to only you, how to escape it is to actively focus on your mouth, stiffen your below and speak with emotion, for me atleast. The solut...

Pretty much everyone who stutters will have certain words or situations that cause them difficulty. The more we avoid these situations the more they are always going to be a problem....

I think this is it. I get really nervous before having to explain what someone said, even when talking to family....

Sounds like these 2 situations both cause you anxiety which in turn causes you to anticipate them with fear. This all causes tension which causes you to stutter more severely. Suppose the main thing w...

Public Humiliation

Public Humiliation I'm 44 and dealt with stammering/stuttering all my life.Most of the times I can manage. I'm in outside sales and usually do ok one on one a with a customer or co-worker. I'm usually...

Taking a Teaching Course despite My Stutter.

Taking a Teaching Course despite My Stutter. I have a severe stutter but it is mostly triggered by anxiety.Sometimes i experience bad blocks,but i have accepted myself and idc what people think of me....

Hello all,

Hello all, I am a 37-year-old man from Cali and have been suffering from a mild sitter my under life. I believe I started stuttering when I was 7 or 8 years old. I did take some speech therapy when ...

Preparing for Speech Therapy: How Can I Maximize Results?

Preparing for Speech Therapy: How Can I Maximize Results? Starting Speech Therapy in January: Tips for Better and Faster Results? Hi everyone! I’ve been dealing with stuttering for a while, and I’m...

In speech therapy we might learn "Acceptance". This can be very effective.. but how does it work exactly in regards to dopamine? I would like to know your thoughts about this. Everyone has their own t...

Here’s how I see it: The root cause of developmental stuttering seems to come from genetic and neurological factors. These factors can mess up our tonic dopamine levels which is like the baseline "fue...

Advice for being a stutterer in College

Advice for being a stutterer in College In high school my stutter stopped me from taking advantage of a lot of opportunities. I limited myself in terms of extracurriculars and club positions. I was v...

Block stutter - how it affects my everyday life

Block stutter - how it affects my everyday life I’ve just started a new job, I haven’t met all of the staff there yet & I had my first day yesterday. I’ve already posted on this page and mentioned th...

Recommendations for Upcoming Debate

Recommendations for Upcoming Debate I'm having a debate in class on Wednesday but, I don't know what to do. I don't really do great in presentations unless I practice for several hours and familiar wi...

I started Citalopram 12 years ago to help with general anxiety. I didn’t know anything about it. After 6 months I noticed my stuttering went from a 6 to a 1. I’m 54 and have always stuttered. What I n...

HELP

HELP I'm 14 years old and I have been stuttering as long as I can remember. I was able to speak in public in the past, but since last year when I need to speak in public I just can't, words won't come...

\>  if you stuttered your whole life it works since you haven't experienced anything better i dont agree with this, people who stutter are not completely mute, they have those rare moments when they ...

Great question ! >*You asked: "Why is it that someone can say a word completely fluently, but then when asked to repeat that word, they sometimes stutter?"* Different stuttering theories provide dis...

Gave a presentation today... Didn't go well

Gave a presentation today... Didn't go well I just gave a presentation today... (it sucked) Sometimes very rarely (only once I think) a presentation went well (if well means I stuttered at the start...