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commentr/StutterMar 29, 2017
3 points

My stutter has fluctuated my whole life. It is mostly blocking and makes me talk in a slow way. The fluctuations are pretty random at this point. I'll go a month speaking quite well, then suddenly str...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Cycles & RandomnessBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterMar 29, 2017
3 points

Yeah, stutter is known to vary like that. It's sometimes really unsettling when there's no explanation from it. But the more we get used to expecting it, the less it'll unsettle us, I think. It's not ...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Cycles & RandomnessAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterMar 25, 2017
1 points

Yeah, i think so, i was completely fluent back in early elementary, talking, reading and speaking in front of class and then, something went off, maybe all the stress or something, i don't know. I don...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Cycles & RandomnessBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterMar 9, 2017
1 points

It's random AF, i am so fluent alone.. but when i talk with whatever people, i stutter. ( I noticed that is worse with family members and strangers. )...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Cycles & RandomnessBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterMar 2, 2017
2 points

It varies so much that I can't say there's a reliable pattern to it. There's just a bunch of factors that may or may not influence and compound at any given time......

Causes & Variability
Cycles & RandomnessSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterMar 2, 2017
6 points

I stutter a lot, lot more when I am tired or haven't had a good sleep the night before. Alcohol used to make my stutter a lot better when I was younger, but these days it seems to make it a lot worse....

Causes & VariabilityMeds & Substances
Energy & Biological RhythmsRecreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)Cycles & Randomness
commentr/StutterFeb 7, 2017
1 points

Exactly. Any stress will make it worse. And TMI, but I bet if you asked enough women stutterers, you'd find that fluency greatly decreases depending on the time of the month....

Causes & Variability
Stress & Fight/FlightCycles & RandomnessEnergy & Biological Rhythms
commentr/StutterJan 28, 2017
2 points

i just block on all words lol, its only occassional tho but it can be any word/sound. It is always a random word so thats really strange....

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Cycles & RandomnessBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2017
1 points

It's normal to go through phases. We change over time. Same as having healthy/unhealthy moments. If you're able to maintain and keep enforcing positive habits throughout...you'll be able to snap out o...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Cycles & RandomnessMindset shift
commentr/StutterJan 21, 2017
2 points

Do you mean that you have the impression that your stuttering behavior is affected by the outside temperature? Or do you apply the word *season* in a wider sense, meaning that the intensity of your st...

Causes & Variability
Cycles & RandomnessEnvironmental Triggers
commentr/StutterJan 20, 2017
1 points

A couple of years ago it was a very cold winter and I could've swore that I was more fluent. I thought this might be because I walked outside alot and it had a numbing effect to my vocal chords, or wh...

Causes & Variability
Cycles & RandomnessEnvironmental Triggers
postr/StutterJan 20, 2017
2 points

Stuttering seasons questions and answers.

Stuttering seasons questions and answers. There are seasons in my life when I stutter very little, nearly none at all, and there are seasons like this when my stutter is very bad, i.e pretty worse. I'...

Causes & Variability
Cycles & RandomnessSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterJan 18, 2017
2 points

I wouldn't call mine months, because sometimes they're weeks or even days, but my definitely fluctuates from May As Well Not Have It to I Want To Punch Holes In Walls...

Causes & Variability
Severity & FluctuationCycles & Randomness
commentr/StutterJan 17, 2017
2 points

I have "good" and "bad" months. I haven't determined what the reason is behind it but my therapist is aware and it's just something I get used to. I may have to use some of the skills I learned more d...

Causes & Variability
Cycles & RandomnessSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterJan 16, 2017
1 points

It's easier said than done, but I've been blessed with giving 0 fucks about people viewing me in a negative light over things I can't control. I am me. This is how I talk. This is how I look. Whether ...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Acceptance & PrideHelplessness & AgencyCycles & Randomness
commentr/StutterJan 12, 2017
1 points

I think I recall stuttering while whispering... The "why" is sort of crude: Stutter varies a lot. Can't really get much closer to an answer :)...

Causes & Variability
Cycles & RandomnessNeurological & Brain
postr/StutterNov 13, 2016
3 points

Stuttering in My Dreams

Stuttering in My Dreams Normal my dream I don't stutter but there really isn't a lot of dialogue to begin with but I've had some dreams in which I stutter in. Am I the only one who had this before....

Causes & Variability
Cycles & Randomness
commentr/StutterOct 17, 2016
2 points

I do have the exact same debate with myself, cause I also have anxiety. And most definitely yes, there are days that I will stutter all the time and other days I just don't do it that much. I really d...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Cycles & RandomnessAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 17, 2016
2 points

I have the exact same thing. Including the year it started. Except i'm 23. I also sometimes have this internal debate: is my anxiety causing the stuttering or is it the other way around. Ending up wit...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentCycles & Randomness
commentr/StutterOct 5, 2016
1 points

Can you elaborate what you mean by that? Stuttering comes from the mind though; it's been seen as a neurological "condition". Yet we have both physical and psychological obstacles with it. Sucks to he...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Neurological & BrainCycles & RandomnessAuthenticity vs. Masking