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I do this too! I’m not sure what to call it but it’s weird cause I know what I want to say, my brain just doesn’t tell my mouth. It doesn’t happen too frequently but it’s very noticeable when it does...

I don't fight my stutter at all. I barely think about it when I engage with people. It is more accurate to say that stuttering just "happens" to me. With or without anticipation or "fighting" against ...

Hi! SLP here - that is a stuttering-type disfluency called whole word repetition. There is also sound/syllable repetition, sound prolongation, and blocking. People who stutter may experience all of th...

I dont understand my stutter

I dont understand my stutter Scrolling through tiktok, ive found many videos where you have to read a speech like teleprompter style, and i always nail it. Really, i sound like an expert public speake...

It's the most basic symptom of stuttering. Blocking is when you try to say a word, but nothing comes out. It's a momentary lose of speech function for particular or range of phonetic sounds due neurol...

Is my stuttering curable?

Is my stuttering curable? So, I didn't had stuttering since birth. I started stuttering when I was around 20 years. I'm bit of an overthinker and I think some of those might have put some kind o...

I'll answer from here: Thank you for your comment! You seem quite versed in behavioral psychology, which helps in understanding the theory and will also help in understanding my responses to you now!...

Thanks for your thoughtful response! I'm gonna do my best to answer your questions, and answer them in a way how I personally see them. You asked: >*"One thing I'm not sure about is why I stutter mo...

\->The chosen quote very clearly states that emotional reactions can be trained or "conditioned" to trigger stuttering. Classical conditioning, by definition, is learned behavior. Stuttering is not...

It's like stumbling over while walking. If we continue to try to walk, we continue to stumble and we aren't really in control with so many signals being sent to our legs. It is critical to realise whe...

**Part 3/3** **What exactly is the fear-panic response in response to the approach-avoidance conflict?** This isn't directly my area of study specifically so I can only speak to what I know clini...

u/bookaholic4life # You mentioned: >*"There are many cases of young children who don’t display any feelings or negative emotions until later childhood. It's not caused by emotions but exacerbated. ...

>*"Easy onset is the name of a strategy widely used in speech therapy that aims to do the opposite of applying force at the beginning of speech to improve fluency."* Agreed. Here is a description of ...

>*"The development of motor behaviors in speech hinders fluency. For example, when a person who stutters exerts extreme effort to pronounce a syllable at the beginning of a word—when, in reality, this...

Need advice on making phone calls

Need advice on making phone calls I have a usually mild stutter, and it usually only slightly worsens on the phone. But sometimes phone calls get so bad I have to hang up and just text the person I’m ...

The contradiction is that your theoretical framework is based upon the notion that emotions cause stuttering, this is not a claim that research supports. We know stuttering can occur without social p...

Can you explain the contradiction regarding the role of emotions in stuttering? This is a discussion for that purpose. It is quite possible that the theory I proposed doesn’t explain 100% of stutterin...

He has admitted to ketamine and cocaine use as well as other recreational drugs before to stay awake. I can only voice my opinion as a former behavioral therapist who previously worked with addicts, t...

I don't think you see the contradiction on the role emotions play in stuttering. Its clear they play a role, but it's not clear or true that they are involved to the extent that you claim. Additiona...

Keeping calm will certainly help people who stutter, but it is impossible to be calm all the time while speaking. If you observe people talking, you will see that they express many emotions because sp...