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I once had a block on my worst vowel (open mouth, no sound, do you feel me?) and this block took soooooo long and I maintained eye contact all the time. The poor man keeped looking back at me. It was ...

I can stutter by myself IF I create anticipation of stuttering. For example my speech reading aloud to myself is almost fluent, if I then read the same excerpt but with a person MAYBE on earshot I stu...

Important new research (2023, September): Reactions and responses to anticipation of stuttering and how they contribute to stuttered speech that listeners perceive as fluent

Important new research (2023, September): Reactions and responses to anticipation of stuttering and how they contribute to stuttered speech that listeners perceive as fluent I would like to share [thi...

Nervous about first date!

Nervous about first date! Hi guys, I have a date tomorrow with a beautiful and sweet girl!!!! We have been talking back and forth on a dating app for about a month. I have told her that I stutte...

I think there is stop stuttering, either in the sense of: * subconscious fluency, or * intentionally implementing interventions (monitoring, reassurance-seeking, active techniques, avoidance) to get ...

Hi, My situation is similar to yours in the sense that I stutter a lot more when I'm conscious about it. So anticipating stuttering makes my speech stammer even more. At the moment, I'm trying to sl...

Initiating a conversation with someone I usually stutter with. My stutter level is different depending on the person, so when I need to initiate a sentence with a person I usually stutter with, I wil...

i feel that they didnt deserve you and everything which happened is good for you and it must have taught you lot of things, so no need to worry at all. Apart from this analyse what made your stammerin...

Are you very much afraid of a particular person?

Are you very much afraid of a particular person? Hello fellow stutterers! I'm new to reddit When it comes to stuttering, are you afraid of some particular person? In my case it's my dad. I'm always ...

Try to stay calm, I know easier said than done. But being nervous just makes it worse. Be confident. You can and will be amazing at the interview.....

Hey if it makes you feel better in any sense, I was accepted into a PhD program even though I was stuttering like crazy. Yes Anxiety makes it so so much bad. As you have a bachelors in speech therapy,...

How do I cope with being a beta male?

How do I cope with being a beta male? I’ve never had a girlfriend, no friends, and have social anxiety. Nobody speaks to me and it seems like everyone hates me. People always seem weirded out when I s...

I was on antidepressants in the past and it didn’t make a different to my stutter either...

Just a heads up, unlike stimulants you have to titrate on and off the non stims, and withdrawals can be nasty. I’m not sure if I’d recommend them if you’re only looking to help with stuttering. But if...

Nah I’ve been on antidepressants and i still stutter. Not as bad as before but it’s not gone...

While I haven’t taken stimulants the non-stimulant SNRI ADHD meds tend to alleviate my stuttering. In particular Intuniv, an andrenergic alpha 2a receptor agonist noticeably reduces my stuttering in l...

I have a very moderate stutter and have been on lexapro for 25 yrs and it never helped my speech....

I move my right foot like I’m tapping it on the ground when I introduce myself. The act of it takes my mind off my speech....

You can test and practise with moving hands, feet - Im not a expert but read somewhere that people who stutter, while talking are less expressing it by non verbal, like moving hands, fingers not sure ...

My biggest problem..same..not a huge stutter per se but my name kills me...