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Could you tell me how to relax the muscles? Or rather, how to relax the muscles of the vocal apparatus?...

Yes, for me it does help, including with words that feel “haunted,” but not in a magical way. What I mean is this: instead of experiencing speech only from inside my own head, I try to imagine that I...

Well done for the discovery. From my personal experience, stutter is result of underlying anxiety, which causes the muscles that helps you speak tense. I used to get other muscles tense as well, like...

This happens to me mostly on words that start with A,I,M,R, and Y. Something I end up doing, kind of automatically, is swallowing and that flexes the muscles in my throat. Then as those muscles reboun...

These movements are secondary parts of stuttering that many people develop over time as a result of the psychological 'layers' that build up over time. Usually people try 'tricks' (either consciously ...

I close my eyes and open my mouth; of course, I try to control it, but sometimes I can't. But I've had movements like punching myself in the chest and jumping backward. Once, I was at a store checkout...

I have hitten the table countless of times (because of my stammers) and now I just blink alot if I have a long stutter....

I close my eyes as hard as possible ,wail my arms and cant breathe. It just sort of happens. Its like I get possessed by the ghost of the stutter or something ...

Does anyone else get uncontrollable movements when they stutter?

Does anyone else get uncontrollable movements when they stutter? I have a bad stutter and it causes me to make uncontrollable movements, such as holding my foot up in the air like I’m blanceing (idk h...

I used to shake and sweat like crazy back when I had to do things like this. I used to think the same about the ego thing but I think it’s just because in the moment we just naturally compare oursel...

Like I said a women rather you have muscle spazzems in front of 1000 people in a bar and have them all laugh at you rather you ask her to do it for you. I’m not saying I agree with it 😂...

Yep I also get bad neck pain and drool. Try doing some neck stretching exercises twice a day. What also helps me is remembering to unclench my jaw during the day. ...

SLP here. It sounds like you're blocking frequently and getting very very tense when this happens (hence the drooling - if your muscles are tensed up they won't allow you to swallow/control the door, ...

Are these symptoms typical with stuttering?

Are these symptoms typical with stuttering? I’m 15F and I’ve been stuttering since I was eight. I have a severe stutter that can fluctuate to a moderate one on a good day. Sometimes I drool when I st...

Any advice on speech therapy?

Any advice on speech therapy? I’m 25m and I’ve stuttered my whole life. I’ve tried speech therapy as a kid but never really took it seriously. I’ve been having a really hard time lately with just life...

So... In my college first year Everyone was giving their introduction in front of all .so as my turn had come .... I were on stage ... My hands legs everything shivering like hell... I couldn't take ...

Do I stutter?

Do I stutter? I have recently realised that maybe I stutter. I say maybe because I don't have trouble with starts or certain sounds or onsets, but I literally freeze mid sentence, several times, fo...

I think this applies to everyone, but in my specific case my issue is that I talk with like my "head voice," I think because I'm just inside often but it also helps me stutter less, sort of related to...

How can you be a confident person having a severe stutter?

How can you be a confident person having a severe stutter? I understand that selling yourself the right way will in a way dictate how people respond to you. But htf am I supposed to be confident ...

He is shy, he mostly likes bigger people who are less loud and have patience. His peer time is mostly either in a therapeutic setting (meaning speech in pre k), a library, or with his family present. ...