This clip is from the Huberman Lab episode "Dr. Erich Jarvis: The Neuroscience of Speech, Language & Music." The full episode can be found on TH-cam here: th-cam.com/video/LVxL_p_kToc/w-d-xo.html
I Suffer from stuttering and the feeling of not being able to express what you are trying to express is so frustrating. This makes a big difference in life.
@@deannekliene2673 Absolutely not, it is simply just a genetic condition that has to do with a neurological basis. Speech therapy can help you remove it, and also medicine that helps calm your nerves.
So here's the thing. I had a stutter when I was a kid. It went away, and I even used to be praised for my public speaking skills. It came back when I was 12 years old due to extreme stress in a class and stayed for a big part of my life. I'm 27 now. It hasn't gone away completely, but I've learned to deal with it. I've realized taking a B12 tablet the night before a big day where I have to speak helps me speak much more clearly. Does it calm my nerves? Maybe. Also, know that your words matter. You matter. Don't try to say all your words in one breath. Speak slowly. Speak with confidence. You got this!
Bro it's such an embarrassing moment that people judge you by seeing stammering problem they think we are Illeterate because we don't communicate with them in the fast way 😕.
If I may, I kindly suggest checking out Lee Lovett’s WSSA program and book, Stop Stuttering Short Course: How to Break the Stuttering Code. It’s helped me immensely and hope you seek the same rewards and benefits as I and countless others have gotten from Lee’s methods. Take care and all the best.
I have Tourette’s and stutter (not sure if it’s TS related), and I hate people talking fast. I usually recede from a conversation because they are almost always just often talking over me. But I also hate when they seem to use my moments where I can’t get the syllables out “in time” before they just cut me off. These in particular seem to less often, though I’ve definitely encountered it before. It sucks. How do some people talk so fast, my brain can’t track it sometimes lol
I’m loving this convo of stuttering. I’ve stuttered my whole life and I love your perspective. That being said, it’s not about any rhythm and finishing sentences. I truly believe any strong minded individual can overcome a lifelong stutter
By “overcome”, do you mean “cure” or do you mean live better with it? I don’t think that being “strong willed” is a criteria, as many famous stutterers (Churchill, James Earl Jones) are extremely stubborn, but never cured themselves from stuttering.
For more than 25years ago, i finished the Del Ferro methode in Amsterdam. Going inside for 10 days. Guys it will solve yours problem to !! Find the info please. GOD BLESS
@@sameerbeniwal4732 I stutter as well. Ive always had non-communicative jobs like being a delivery driver for example. I dared to work in a store and the first month was very hard. After that my stutter was almost gone. Just try to talk as much as possible, preferably to strangers. This has worked for me, dont know if it will work for you
One of my friends has very bad stuttering and we had some weed couple of times together . And when he is high and relaxed his stuttering stops. I was shocked
There is without a doubt a link between oxidative stress and stuttering, whenever my oxidative stress is too high, I begin to experience stutter like symptoms
Normal people never speak with oxygen. We do not think about breathing while balancing our perfect speech organs (including our lungs!) for normal speaking. We speak in a flow of the CO2 gas mixture. It’s a natural function of our air pump (lungs) and happens AUTOMATICALLY, without our conscious involvement:-)
I once had a job interview and the interviewer said to me, “Do you realize you stutter?”. He then said he wouldn’t hire me because I could make the children stutter. It was a teaching job. Of course I wasn’t hired but the nerve of the interviewer surprised me. I went on to get hired at a different school system and later became a school psychologist. I often wonder what happened to that man. He thought stuttering was contagious. Maybe he helped me in a strange way. Nobody ever asked me about stuttering since that day.
I never stuttered until I experienced severe ptsd from a near death work accident. The thing that helps me is to pause think about what you’re going to say and then say it. I don’t always stutter, it’s just extreme under stress which is frankly too common in my life at the moment. I repeat words and phrases, forget what I’m talking about, stutter on syllables and sounds. I often mix the wrong words together or use speech that is entirely wrong. I am 36 years old. I’m not ashamed of it. I’m not ashamed of my disabilities. I am strong for what I’ve been through and my ability to fight and live. Mental injuries, like physical sometimes never recover. But the strongest people are the ones who have been through the worst. Never feel bad or ashamed for being different or having trauma. Treat people kindly and apologize for stuttering if it happens and let them know that you have a disability. Sometimes you’ll talk to an extremely rude self centered person who will hang up on you or ignore you in real life. Those people are miserable and always will be. Their life is worse than yours. Stay strong guys and never give up.
Same with me started stuttering when i was 24 years old, it happened after a really bad stress and anxiety attacks that lasted months and months without treatment, i still stutter and still under stress and anxiety but im way more better with dealing with my stress and anxiety and started to be better when it comes to speaking in public i started speaking more slowly to think about the words i want to say
Read the book physco cybernetics by maxell maltz! You most likely identified as a stutterer at a young age, it was reinforced (maybe accidentally) by an authortive figure, parent, teacher , therapist. You developed an emotional response to speaking, in fact some words or syllables are always hard for you. But if your attention is diverted from perfect speach, because your mad, distracted or responded without thinking, you're fluent, even suprise yourself with words your programmed to struggle on. Much love you will do it!
@@anthonyarmstrong7313lol ngl i kinda get what you mean. it’s like self-induced hypnosis and end up stuttering, although on those random occasions you just mysteriously don’t stutter, and it’s weird because you think of yourself as a stutterer, but you didn’t stutter
@@joevaghn457 great observation as stuttering and hypnosis are closely related, both are internal belief systems. Ask a stage hypnosis, or hypnotherapist what happens when a "stuttterer" is hypnotized they are a powerful public speaker or are acting out another person or character. Similar to how people are scared of heights, snakes, phobias, etc. There is a reason children who stutter and go to speech therapy hold onto the stuttering more than the "grow out of it" no worry types. There is a powerful emotion, reaction in the body and self demise that's repeated over and over, the more energy spent on controlling speech, more control was lost. Reading outloud to yourself can beca great start as you'll become accustomed to your own voice.
Man, this stuff drives me crazy. The Docs are wrong and right at the same time. I did it, my best friend did it, all those famous people did it, and we did it the same way. Just like every other person who did it. It never goes away but it gets so minimal that it doesn't ruin your life anymore. The thing is it's really hard and you gotta have balls to do it. But most stutterers won't cause it feels good to feel sorry for yourself and success is actually scarier than failure in the paradigm of a victim. It's simple immersion therapy. To stop stuttering you have to live like you don't stutter. Make 20 calls a day to random stores and ask random questions. Walk up to 10 strangers a day and ask what time it is. Life your life, make your appointments verbally. I beat my obscenely brutal blocks in a month. You have to really want it. It's scary, you'll cry, the anxiety is terrifying but it freaking works. Anyone who has actually overcame their stutter will say the same freaking thing. I still stutter but I don't care, it's so minimal it doesn't matter anymore.
I really like your take on it - just a psychoanalytic question tho, if you stuttered for a lot of your life (even just mildly or very very rare blocks), how do you combat the emotional charge of those memories that perpetuate your identity as stutterer? Or do you just sort of meditate in a way, where the thought will come into your mind like any other thought and then you just sorta see it for a second and then forget about it?
@Footy 27 I think I'm just ok with being a stutterer and the less I care the less I stutter. I mean the bruises from it will always be there. I spent my entire childhood as a human punching bag. A kid peed in my mouth during a block.... it sucks it happened but I'm an adult now and the protector of my inner child. I'm not into promotion but I wrote a book about it called Tough Love.
Yeah. If it was "biological" then why can I speak without stuttering to lets say my nephew and certain other people. I stutter with my friends and not with strangers in certain cases, then the exact opposite at another time. It takes immersion, and it feels aweful, but the benefits feel good.
How do you imagine yourself pursuing a profession, especially one that involves speaking to others? In a group or over the phone? I can't bring myself to do this. It's too humiliating and physically impossible. The other day I had to call to change my bank details for my vehicle. I was physically unable to read aloud my account number. I eventually managed to do it, but it was excruciating and exhausting. Had it not been for the professionalism of the lady over the phone, I likely would have but been able to continue that conversation. My contentment comes from God.
I found a book earlier this year called “How to Stop Stuttering & Love Speaking” by Lee Lovett. It’s a really good read for stutters as it will help you greatly reduce stuttering, but more importantly improve your mind. I highly recommend it because I’ve tremendously improved my life because of that book.
I have a severe stutter. Strangely, I found if I speak with a different accent, I don't stutter at all. Also if I'm in a room by myself and I speak, I do not stutter.
@@JonJon11721 bro i found one solution for that i goes like take any writing a book or newspaper paper and read i aloud in front of mirror while making a eye contact with yourself, practice it daily and eventually we will cure the problem
I also tend to stutter when I make eye contact too, but sometimes I talk so fast that the person doesn't understand me and when I go back to correct myself my throat pauses on a weird syllable. Making me stutter uncontrollably.
I’ll give you guys some personal input. I never stuttered before I was 19. When I was 19, I had a life threatening, very severe traumatic brain injury on the mid right side of my head and brain. I stopped breathing, couldn’t move, went into a coma, forgot how to talk and swallow, and had to have immediate life saving brain surgery to save my life. After this, I have severe stuttering whenever I get anxious, nervous, or even just indecisive about something. Idk if that helps, but I’m saying, to me, getting brain damage in the area of behind your right ear, and the area of the skull near there, to me, personally had caused my stuttering.
I’m a 29 year old who has stuttered since he could speak. Only over the last 5 years have i made serious progress in addressing it using Wim Hof and other styles of breathwork. I feel strongly enough about this that i intend to be speaking with you about it eventually, Dr. Huberman. I think the territory is ripe for exploration, and i feel strongly that i’m slated to be a soldier at the forefront of it. I feel that bringing the introverts into extroverted reality is where this game needs to/is going. MAPS might even agree…let’s get this party started!!
I had a severe stutter as a child but it was out of pure anger I stopped lol I’d practice every letter I had trouble with for years and singing also. I don’t stutter anymore and never went to any kind of speech therapy.
@arman the coder speech therapy never helped me i seen most progress by working alone everyday by rewiring my speaking patterns I’ll send you my daily regimen if you have something like insta or something
In the 70's I sought out a book on stammering in my local library. The theory advanced was that stammering related to too much testosterone in the womb before birth. That seems to have been dumped-no harm. My theory now is that there is a short circuit in the brain while talking which interrupts the flow and causes tension and stammering. Love to hear the latest learning that this curse through my 70 years has led to so much unhappiness
has nothing to do with it. most stutterers have learnt to do it themselves due to some speaking situations during childhood or early adulthood where they were ridiculed. they owe it to themselves to unlearn it through a plethora of methods that work for them. there is no "stutter gene" nor is there some hormonal disbalance that causes it.
I practice word replacement. It’s the only way I can speak with minimal stuttering. People still notice but it’s less detectable. I know word replacement is more of an avoidance tactic but it works for me.
@@Aubrey2004-j4kwhen you think of words you stutter less on when getting ready to say something. Example: I am getting ready to say;” I desire a cookie”, but I stutter on that word often so I immediately replace it with: “I want a cookie”
Finishing the end of someone else's thought is particularly common in neurodivergent people, specifically ADHD and Autism. Like you said, its a way of acknowledging that you are following the conversation and you understand it well enough to predict the outcome. I try to hold myself back from doing this as much as possible because i understand it can come across rude, but its really difficult as its such an unconscious thing. I have great anxiety over being misunderstood or misunderstanding others, and so this has become a sort of coping mechanism to show that im on the same track with the conversation. Nothing annoys me more than when im talking to someone and theyve been saying "yeah, totally, yeah..." etc, and then I get to the end of my thought/speech only for them to misunderstand the entire point or not see the outcome I was getting to. Makes me feel like they were just vocalizing while pretending to listen but didn't understand a word I was saying. So if i get to the end of sentence and say "it just made me feel so..." and the other person fills in "awful. Yeah, i totally get that" then im going to feel like i communicated well enough that they could put themselves in my shoes and interpret exactly how i felt. When I'm with my one friend who is also AuDHD, we tend to fill in eachothers sentences and thoughts a lot and the conversation just flows so natural between us, like we are the same person. But talking with other people, even my own family, feels like a weird performance ... like having to learn all the etiquette and rules for addressing royalty or something. Feels foreign to me. I have such a deep need for feeling understood and so I love conversations that are engaging in that way, that encourage others to empathize and get so passionate that they can't help but chime in. Its also the same reason us neurodivergents will often interject with our own similar stories or experiences unprompted. Its viewed as rude, but its our way of saying "I understand you, because..." and proving that we have the experience to be able to understand and we aren't just agreeing or offering platitudes because its socially expected. My husband expressed his feelings of not really caring about his deceased father's wife anymore, that he basically views them as being divorced because his dad wasn't happy in the marriage before his passing, and how he wishes he could straight up tell her that he doesn't want anything to do with her anymore but feels almost forced to be nice and include her in things still. I followed up with my own example of my dads ex wife and how i don't feel any connection to her anymore and could care less if i never see her again, but that i too feel this need to be nice to her and keep up this front that she is still a mother figure to me. While anyone else would have thought i was rude for interjecting the way i did, my husband has a similar way of talking and this actually helped him not feel so guilty about the way he was feeling. (Especially because he saw my ex-step-brother the day before when he was shopping and he gave my husband a hug ... husband thought it was so weird because he's not even family anymore). Anyways, that was a really really long way to say that neurotypical and neurodivergent speech styles and patterns are often vastly different, but it doesnt necessarily connect to a speech impediment like stuttering.
My teachers and school wanted me in a special needs school for being shy and having a stutter !! thank god I have such a good mum who told them I was okay! And I just have a stutter they treated me horribly for years in school but it made me a strong person I just hope kids today don’t get treated like this! Once I got to secondary school I had a stutter but I did so well for myself without the need of a special school I’d hate to think of how I’d of ended up :( probably forgotten about
My parents are abusive to me and my parents and the rest of the family says it’s lying when I stutter but the truth is me stuttering is a language processing issue and it has nothing to do with lying
I stutter a lot also ,and I do have trouble saying my name also ,but I didn't let that stops me ...I even got promoted at work...I am really stubborn I guess that helps😂 I would not let my stutter stop's me accomplish what I want in my life...stay strong
I have been stuttering since I was 5 years old, and I would love for it to go away. It has caused many problems in my everyday life, whether in school, university, or work. I secluded myself from socializing with my classmates and peers due to it. I love talking with people I share the same mentality with, but because of my stuttering, I stayed away from socializing, which you need to do to work in society. It hurts me so badly now.
I feel you, It hurts me so much, I can't even talk my people, can't talk to girls, don't even have the courage to hold the fuckin mic and talk, shit hurts fr
For what it’s worth since it’s helped me immensely, I recommend checking out World Stop Stuttering Association and a book, Stop Stuttering Short Course: How to Break the Stuttering Code. Hope this helps.
@@Dr_Holidaysame here my man. 15 years old and I have been stuttering since I could talk. It gets so fucking hard at school because I just want to be like everybody else. why does something like talking have to be this hard. I get so anxious my head starts to shake and I can't control it. I can't talk to my classmates without stuttering or saying everything in one go without breathing. It fucking sucks
There is so much more to stuttering than what this speaker is sharing. The simplicity of learn to speak slower and tap out a rhythm are so out dated and as a board certified stuttering specialist and speech therapist myself, this is a lot of misinformation and a disservice to those who stutter. We need to educate the public to accept stuttering as a different way of speaking. The experience of stuttering and societal stigma that views stuttering as wrong and bad and something to fix fuels the ongoing quest for fluency which can backfire and imprison someone who stutters. I suggest speaking to true experts in this field versus someone who does not work with those who stutter on a daily basis. This misinformation makes it that much harder for those who stutter, kids and adults. The fear of stuttering and resulting avoidance behaviors fuels the stuttering cycle and can be one of the biggest issues for many and misinformation like just do some behavioral therapy, tap something out, or speak slower again totally shows the lack of understanding of the complexity of stuttering and how each person is different and how the art of therapy is required along with a more up to date current understanding. This is disappointing to watch and to hear being a speech therapist that works with incredible people who stutter each day. One of the most frustrating things my clients here is "slow down" and listeners who think they know more about stuttering and speaking than they do.
Bro stretch your mouth and speek with confidence,. When you speek don't over think about your stuttering. Its really work and your stuttering become reduced 90 to 95. % trust me ❤😊😊😊
I was a Speech and Language Pathologist for 35 years. I NEVER stuttered. I was SEVERLY traumatized over 5 years ago which impacted my brain. I was paralyzed for close to a year and spoke like I had a SEVERE stroke which I did NOT have. When I started speaking again so others could understand me I severely stuttered. Now I STILL severely stutter when the stress I STILL have to deal with which caused the trauma to begin are too overwhelming for me to deal with. SOME conditions of trauma DON'T JUST DISAPPEAR AND ARE RELICS OF THE PAST AS THEY ARE VERY MUCH STILL OCCURRING IN THE PRESENT so unlike what you said in a prior podcast it does NOT become a BORING story to repeat as it's STILL occurring. And yes I am a thousand percent better in my trauma symptoms because I WORKED day and night for over five years to reduce and eliminate them but I still have a few because the conditions that caused them ARE STILL PRESENT.
I had a huge problem in childhood and puberty. Went to therapy without big success. Accidentally I found out that it has to be with insufficient meat consumption and happened to me after low protein meals, because my family was very plant -based eating. When I go keto it disappears completely, I am talking about 100 % . The diet is not sustainable longterm for myself so I stay at 80-90 % cure when I eat enough protein.
You stated that a major cause of your stutter was due to insufficient protein consumption, I’m I correct in assuming that your Keto diet is mostly animal fat?
@@zerohsixaxis8356 Yes with the high fat consumption in the keto diet it disappears but the game changer for me here was meat . I was definitely deficient in something. It is not my general opinion that plant based is bad or not healthy but in my case it was the trigger.
@@georgeborb2848 Mind asking, did you suffer from severe stammering? I noticed that it rarely happens to me as i've gotten older, but in some instances the world wouldn't come out and I consume a fair bit of meat. What would you kindly recommend? I've wasted so much money with therapy as well
I stuttered really bad as a kid.. I was abused really bad and didn’t fully over come my stuttering tell I loved myself and got a lot of confidence . It was def from child hood drama for me
Though I appreciate the scientific method here studying stuttering, it isn' t helpful to constantly be pushing for a 'cure.' As a person who stutters and has been in speech therapy, the problem is not actually stuttering; rather the real problem is how society perceives stuttering as negative. Yes, it's a disability, but we don't appreciate others telling us that we're a problem and we need to be 'fixed.' The same goes for most other disabilities. Stop trying to fix other people and concentrate more on what you can do to be more accepting, patient, and kind. Please read the book 'Life on Delay,' by John Hendrickson and you'll learn a lot about what it means to be a person who stutters. In the end, no matter how much you study and observe, there is only one rule: be nice. That rule solves all problems.
Thanks for the book recommendation! If I may I would like to recommend Lee Lovett’s How to Stop Stuttering and Love Speaking. It’s the best book I’ve ever read and his mythology helped me way more than my speech therapist ever did.
I can't even express myself. I can't say some words or letters normally without stuttering even my own name. When im speaking and i feel like im sbout to stutter on the next word,i just stop stuttering. Ive been stuttering since childhood. Its the very thing in ashamed of
I have been stuttering ever since I was in 2nd grade, theorized to be due to a traumatic event from my parents, and what i have noticed is it is very hard to come at stuttering as a whole, because most people have a small mess up in the mouth, while ones like mine are more neurological. I like how he was able to make an accidental connection between them with the idea of the neurodanglia though. Also, when he was speaking about the brain hearing a word and then saying it, I thought about how I stutter less on a word when I hear it from someone else, which is a really interesting topic to think about.
He didn't share anything... he derailed the conversation to talking about people repeating his words or whatever - which has nothing to do with stuttering.
There is so much puzzles about it First Why we don't stutter when we are alone ? Stress trigger stuttering but it is not the case and sometimes stuttering happened without stress feeling Third there is some research about low brain metabolism or low brain blood flow Also high dopamine in people who stutter has been noticed in fmri There a lot to talk about i wish dr Andrew that you make a special episode for this 🤍
I think it become worst when we remind those words in mind which. We are going to stay..like this is the problem when we concentrate on pronunciation of words in mind not the meaning or way of saying ..my personal experience is whenever i say words without repeat in mind i says it with fluency but when i pre say the word in mind before telling it become worse ..so this is also a habit of saying....in my point of view or what i predict is that normal people dont think of pronunciation of words they only think about effect of words on next person
Neurogenesis isn’t innately possible for humans however psilocybin is able to facilitate in neurogenesis. Under specific circumstances I believe it’s possible for psilocybin to cure stuttering.
i find it strange how this doctor stutters and said he doesn't haha I had a major psychoses related to my speech disorder because i truly can't believe that could happen to someone to have a stutter. Then I read viktor frankl and honestly.. so I already rarely stutter but I do sometimes and it still haunts me as usual but there was a time i went to university and I legit couldn't afford to stutter AND keep up with partying, school work, and the works - so each night when I used to play my video game, anytime a stutter thought (so like a vowel or saying my name the next day or whatever, the phobic fear of speaking) I would literally shut it off immediately. 'Nip it in the bud'; that way the hyper-intention mechanism can't actually seep into your brain causing the stuttering; let me know what you guys think! It truly might be as simple as 'just don't think about it - and you won't end up doing it'.
I caught stuttering when i reached 14 years old and then it gradually loomed in. Initially, i only stuttered in my two primary languages : Bishnupriya Manipuri and Bangla. When i started learning English at 16 the intensity of my stuttering in my two primary languages increased significantly. I do stutter in English but it is comparatively lower than my primary languages. However, i never stutter when i have to sing and read books. It only happens when i need to have a conversation with someone. I have both bad days and good days. I am a teacher, teaching English and Math but i have learned to manage it. I tried to speak slowly to reduce the intensity if my stuttering but it sounds even more awkward. I'm eagerly waiting for a cure for stutter.
The worst thing ever is when full grown adults mock you to your face by imitating your stutter. I never stuttered as a child. It started in adulthood following extreme stress. Yesterday in the supermarket the checkout clerk literally imitated my stutter to my face when I asked him a question. I was so embarrassed that I said nothing but I’ve been wondering, what makes people think it’s okay to behave like that ?
I'm sorry this happened to you. I've had similar instances myself. It's just ignorance. They don't realise how much it hurts. I often try to see it from their side and realise they cannot understand. Try not to let it get in on you.
Time continues to go by and be wasted....yet another summer has gone by and Ian has made no progress and no speech therapy. A damn shame. But this is yalla doing so I hope you feel accomplished.
When I was born, the doctor had to use forceps on my head. The nurses said it made my face have a “ perpetual smile.” Do you think that could’ve caused my stuttering?
When listening to someone speak whether in person or in a video, I’m able to say in my mind the words they’re saying as they say them. But I can only do it if I’m focusing on what they’re saying; it’s harder to do it if I’m distracted or in the case of a video, playing a video game while listening
I have a life long stutter a very very bad stutter... To me there is a massive connection between stuttering and anxiety. Speech techniques are bullshit
Speaking as someone who developed a stutter during early grade school, I think using different speech patterns gives you more focus and makes you more conscious of what you're saying which can help. When I find myself stuttering I will stop talking and try to recollect myself before continuing. I'm sure not everyone is the same though, that's just my experience
Doctor okouromi. Your support and encouragement have meant the world to me, and I am thankful for your unwavering belief in my ability to overcome stuttering. You have not only helped me improve my speech but also boosted my self-esteem and overall well-being. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping me find my voice. I am forever grateful..🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
As a teenager, I really wanted to be on stage. I got offered the lead role in a secondary school play and turned it down because i knew i couldn't say the lines. The pain i felt from that never left me. I faked being sick for weeks when i knew we had sessions of reading out loud from a textbook. I loved to speak but didnt because the laughs and snorts from classmates hurt too much. Even my teachers would just look at me like an inconvenience. As an adult, the looks on peoples faces when you stutter are like stabs in the chest. Youre in a club or at lunch: someone you dont know comes in and introduces themselves and it happens to fast that you freeze and cannot say your name. Already, you feel as if youve ruined the moment, youre being viewed as weird or odd and youre not a serious partner in the interaction anymore. You sit there and feel as if youre wilting. These breathing tricks etc are fine in isolation but when you're in a changing social setting, I dont find they ever help. I end up feeling chained to the floor and never fully able to be myself. It hurts terribly.
That's because you're letting it overcome you and you're letting it affect the way you think about yourself. I'm the exact same way as you. My teacher loved to do popcorn reading (If you're a teacher and you ever see this comment, please do not ever do popcorn reading, as it is a horrible method and doesn't help fluency development whatsoever). Whenever my teacher had a popcorn reading session, I sent her a email or reminded her of my speech impediment and she'd cancel me out. Teachers literally have to count you out if you feel too uncomfortable with public speaking, as that's in their criteria. Whenever I didn't do send her a email, or forgot to though, every time people started reading, I looked ahead of the text to try to read in my head incase it was my turn, ever, and always thought about the bad outcomes. That's an example of how stuttering triggers your anxiety. It forces you into thinking about the bad, and gives you crazy outcomes. That's why you have to control your speech. Your speech doesn't control you, but it's rather vice versa. You have to overcome it and you cannot let it overpower you. For example, If I am scared of centipedes, how is my fear going to loosen up if I don't get exposure to it and learn that they're actually harmless creatures who just want to be a pest control around your house. Don't let it overcome you.
One of the biggest cures for stuttering is rough housing for children and an excessive amount of positive touch... it calms the brain and helps the brain figure out boundaries
thanks for this. now im actually very interested by the idea of the person saying words along with you + the sound going through the brain, processing it and activating the throat muscles. could there be a connection that videos are subtitled now and we can read sentences before they are spoken?
I have a brother, who when alive, was an accomplished actor. He stuttered, but not when acting. I would like to discuss this with you if you would like to. I m open to you contacting me.
I have been prescribed sertraline by my doctor to help my anxiety that increases stutter chronically. However I’ve just read reports that sertraline can make stuttering worse , I’m concerned and scared it could make my stuttering worse.
There is moments when my Brain locks up and it’s like I have to force the word out but I know that would be a bad idea, it would be stuttering mess. so I have to take a second or 2 reset my self.
exactly, to the berievement of stutterers out there. in the full episode he mentioned that you should keep listeining if you stutter... then said nothing of substance about the topic.
A stammer is very frustrating…everything is is in your brain but you can’t vocalise it….. there should be more funding for stammers because it can be dangerous…… imagine if you lived alone you can’t book drs appointments etc
I'd like to know about my personal case of stuttering. I did not stutter as a child, but as I developed psychological illnesses in teenage and adult years, I got to a point where I stuttered very badly. It seems to be related to my emotional instability. Is there research showing these kinds of things?
Don't fight with stutter, don't hold back, don't repress, don't hide stutter. Do not label it bad, do not try to speak fluent, ,do not control it but accept expressing stutter, give stutter it's total freedom,then transformation happened own its own, accepting whatever negative inside you, transformation happen, Root cause of sluttering is repression and fighting , we repress and fight with it because we have fear of judgement of people, what will people think if I express it, so instead of expression we hide it and we fight with it , that causes more sluttering, the more you fight with it , the more you will stutter, that'how blockage occurs "Acceptance is the alchemical process of transforming everything, in accepting your ugliness beauty arises, accept and ugliness disappear,grace arises, accept and sin is transformed into saintliness, accept and madness is no longer madness, let it happen and accept it, ". said by Osho He said"By hiding your misery you are not going to get out of it,you will create more misery,the first thing is to encounter it, if you are miserable then be miserable,just be yourself,never pretend to be somebody else,face it, go deep into it,take it out,uproot it from the unconscious and bring it to the conscious. Bring your whole mind to light and you will see all that is miserable ,start dying.."
I have a severe stuttering problem and trust me this is my everyday mentality, but the issue with this is that the people you interact/conversate with won't accept or view your stutter as something normal because they don't have a stuttering issue so they don't understand it. If I try to talk and my speech suddenly gets blocked, it doesn't matter if I've already accepted it, the next person won't understand why the hell I can't speak, thus making everyday interactions more and more unbearable.
@@sibusisodlamini5273 just don't care about how other people react when you stutter, live spontaneously not self consciously, just accept whatever ever emotion and tension come inside you during speaking, don't fight with that tension
i hate when i don’t talk for a while because when i start talking a lot and long conversations i stutter because i can’t get to connect my sentences together and i stutter like my mind don’t comprehend what i’m trying to say it’s hard what can i do?
@@makanjuolaolufemi4542 I kindly suggest checking out World Stop Stuttering Association and Lee Lovett's book, Stop Stuttering Short Course: How to Break the Stuttering Code. It's helped me more than speech therapy ever did.
There is an famous brazilian meme of a woman trying to give an interview but she was hearing her on words delayed on a headphone and she started to stutter but she was repeating the end of the words, not the beggining
I am stammer nd also my brother nd father also stammer . when I am alone in home. and read a newspaper alonely at that time I have no stammer nd also when I am in 1st yr I gave my introduction and sing a song infront of my senior also at that time I have no stammer bt when I try to explain something to other i stammer How I overcome my stammer in 1 month ? my age is 22 nd I am from odisha. What should I do for this ?
Is stuttering also belongs to genetics because in my family blood relation 3 person have stuttering problems more or less, And which is in blood relation? So any relation of genetics plays a role in that ?
Neurogenesis is a great discovery and it’s proven to happen in humans! It takes only 3 days to build a new neuropath in our brain by MOVING CORRECTLY THE BODY MUSCLES responsible for performing a skill we want to learn:-) Including speaking. Anyone can get used to using correctly their tongue in only 3 days.
I do not stutter when speaking but i do when i write, not sure if thats even a thing. It is effecting my life and studies so much. I cant write properly.
@@Marshall...-_-1101 I also never heard of it before. This thing started happening 5 years back, before I didn't had this problem. After thorough research, I found some people claim to have the same issue. I think it might come under dyslexia but I'm not sure. It's like when writing certain letters, my hand just gets tense and stuck, and jitters back and forth. After that the letter or number will look like it has been written by someone in kindergarten. The letter for me specifically is 2,C,S,P and more.
Weed is a cure for stuttering I live in Ireland I’m 26 stuttering since I was 5 no help over here so when I turned 18 I tried cannabis and it’s helped me to live to get a job and helped me to continue to survive
That will ruin your life. Please get out of that shell. Everybody tells you this but you genuinely have to take that advice. Get out of that shell. Letting your stutter overcome you isn't gonna fix it. Work with it, get speech therapy, and get out there.
Not true for me. I’ve tried lsd, shrooms and mdma, sure I was fluent when intoxicated but not after the fact. Mdma did help with my PTSD from stuttering. The case you are probably referring to is Paul Stamets who said he cured himself with a heroic dose of mushrooms.
@@mrmurphy895 is well known psylocibin can affect and regenerate brain structures, i´m not sure how, i can say that dose is important and a very subjective factor: intention. you could also consider using ayahuasca, but try with someone that knows well. i hope you find a solution. regards
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I Suffer from stuttering and the feeling of not being able to express what you are trying to express is so frustrating.
This makes a big difference in life.
I can relate sometimes I feel like it would have been better if I was mute
@@sghh2825 just because you say shit slower or differently doesnt lower ur worth, dont wish that bro
I think it's kind of like autism, no ability to express ourself which causes anxiety....
@@deannekliene2673 Absolutely not, it is simply just a genetic condition that has to do with a neurological basis. Speech therapy can help you remove it, and also medicine that helps calm your nerves.
100%
So here's the thing. I had a stutter when I was a kid. It went away, and I even used to be praised for my public speaking skills. It came back when I was 12 years old due to extreme stress in a class and stayed for a big part of my life. I'm 27 now. It hasn't gone away completely, but I've learned to deal with it. I've realized taking a B12 tablet the night before a big day where I have to speak helps me speak much more clearly. Does it calm my nerves? Maybe.
Also, know that your words matter. You matter. Don't try to say all your words in one breath. Speak slowly. Speak with confidence. You got this!
Hey buddy can we connect? I really want to overcome this shuttering
Hey what medicine is that 😊
@@derrickdoherty066 it doesn't have any medicine, thats psychological
@@derrickdoherty066its a vitamin supplement. Search it up B12 supplement
What is B12 tablet please
Bro it's such an embarrassing moment that people judge you by seeing stammering problem they think we are Illeterate because we don't communicate with them in the fast way 😕.
And you get used to spotting the look they give you, like "What's wrong with this guy"
If I may, I kindly suggest checking out Lee Lovett’s WSSA program and book, Stop Stuttering Short Course: How to Break the Stuttering Code. It’s helped me immensely and hope you seek the same rewards and benefits as I and countless others have gotten from Lee’s methods. Take care and all the best.
How do you do it, I really need help@@abolacadernos7164
And when u gotta order food and shi so embarrassing
I have Tourette’s and stutter (not sure if it’s TS related), and I hate people talking fast. I usually recede from a conversation because they are almost always just often talking over me. But I also hate when they seem to use my moments where I can’t get the syllables out “in time” before they just cut me off. These in particular seem to less often, though I’ve definitely encountered it before. It sucks. How do some people talk so fast, my brain can’t track it sometimes lol
I’m loving this convo of stuttering. I’ve stuttered my whole life and I love your perspective. That being said, it’s not about any rhythm and finishing sentences. I truly believe any strong minded individual can overcome a lifelong stutter
Hey how you treated it , please tell me
By “overcome”, do you mean “cure” or do you mean live better with it? I don’t think that being “strong willed” is a criteria, as many famous stutterers (Churchill, James Earl Jones) are extremely stubborn, but never cured themselves from stuttering.
For more than 25years ago, i finished the Del Ferro methode in Amsterdam. Going inside for 10 days.
Guys it will solve yours problem to !!
Find the info please. GOD BLESS
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@@sameerbeniwal4732 I stutter as well. Ive always had non-communicative jobs like being a delivery driver for example. I dared to work in a store and the first month was very hard. After that my stutter was almost gone. Just try to talk as much as possible, preferably to strangers. This has worked for me, dont know if it will work for you
One of my friends has very bad stuttering and we had some weed couple of times together . And when he is high and relaxed his stuttering stops. I was shocked
Shii what was y’all smoking I need to know
@@YXNTAYY hahaha regular weed bro
weed, alcohol reduce anxiety and make u relax hence reducing the stutter
Perhaps it's due to anxiety or inhibitions. That's what that would suggest at least.
I can confirm this. I stutter and when I’m either drunk or high, my stutter completely disappears.
There is without a doubt a link between oxidative stress and stuttering, whenever my oxidative stress is too high, I begin to experience stutter like symptoms
Normal people never speak with oxygen. We do not think about breathing while balancing our perfect speech organs (including our lungs!) for normal speaking. We speak in a flow of the CO2 gas mixture. It’s a natural function of our air pump (lungs) and happens AUTOMATICALLY, without our conscious involvement:-)
I once had a job interview and the interviewer said to me, “Do you realize you stutter?”. He then said he wouldn’t hire me because I could make the children stutter. It was a teaching job. Of course I wasn’t hired but the nerve of the interviewer surprised me.
I went on to get hired at a different school system and later became a school psychologist. I often wonder what happened to that man. He thought stuttering was contagious. Maybe he helped me in a strange way. Nobody ever asked me about stuttering since that day.
Would love to hear more about your story!
Well stuttering is contagious ...
I’m happy that you didn’t allow his negativity affect you and kept pursuing your career.
I never stuttered until I experienced severe ptsd from a near death work accident. The thing that helps me is to pause think about what you’re going to say and then say it. I don’t always stutter, it’s just extreme under stress which is frankly too common in my life at the moment. I repeat words and phrases, forget what I’m talking about, stutter on syllables and sounds. I often mix the wrong words together or use speech that is entirely wrong. I am 36 years old. I’m not ashamed of it. I’m not ashamed of my disabilities. I am strong for what I’ve been through and my ability to fight and live. Mental injuries, like physical sometimes never recover. But the strongest people are the ones who have been through the worst. Never feel bad or ashamed for being different or having trauma. Treat people kindly and apologize for stuttering if it happens and let them know that you have a disability. Sometimes you’ll talk to an extremely rude self centered person who will hang up on you or ignore you in real life. Those people are miserable and always will be. Their life is worse than yours. Stay strong guys and never give up.
Same with me started stuttering when i was 24 years old, it happened after a really bad stress and anxiety attacks that lasted months and months without treatment, i still stutter and still under stress and anxiety but im way more better with dealing with my stress and anxiety and started to be better when it comes to speaking in public i started speaking more slowly to think about the words i want to say
Much love to you! ❤
I am suffering from stammering and it affecting my academic life my entire life 😭
Me too😢
@@Rhe576me too. It went away a few years as a young adult. Then I started using psychedelics, and it came back. It’s all about my self esteem.
Read the book physco cybernetics by maxell maltz! You most likely identified as a stutterer at a young age, it was reinforced (maybe accidentally) by an authortive figure, parent, teacher , therapist. You developed an emotional response to speaking, in fact some words or syllables are always hard for you. But if your attention is diverted from perfect speach, because your mad, distracted or responded without thinking, you're fluent, even suprise yourself with words your programmed to struggle on. Much love you will do it!
@@anthonyarmstrong7313lol ngl i kinda get what you mean. it’s like self-induced hypnosis and end up stuttering, although on those random occasions you just mysteriously don’t stutter, and it’s weird because you think of yourself as a stutterer, but you didn’t stutter
@@joevaghn457 great observation as stuttering and hypnosis are closely related, both are internal belief systems. Ask a stage hypnosis, or hypnotherapist what happens when a "stuttterer" is hypnotized they are a powerful public speaker or are acting out another person or character. Similar to how people are scared of heights, snakes, phobias, etc. There is a reason children who stutter and go to speech therapy hold onto the stuttering more than the "grow out of it" no worry types. There is a powerful emotion, reaction in the body and self demise that's repeated over and over, the more energy spent on controlling speech, more control was lost. Reading outloud to yourself can beca great start as you'll become accustomed to your own voice.
Man, this stuff drives me crazy. The Docs are wrong and right at the same time. I did it, my best friend did it, all those famous people did it, and we did it the same way. Just like every other person who did it. It never goes away but it gets so minimal that it doesn't ruin your life anymore.
The thing is it's really hard and you gotta have balls to do it. But most stutterers won't cause it feels good to feel sorry for yourself and success is actually scarier than failure in the paradigm of a victim.
It's simple immersion therapy. To stop stuttering you have to live like you don't stutter. Make 20 calls a day to random stores and ask random questions. Walk up to 10 strangers a day and ask what time it is. Life your life, make your appointments verbally.
I beat my obscenely brutal blocks in a month. You have to really want it. It's scary, you'll cry, the anxiety is terrifying but it freaking works. Anyone who has actually overcame their stutter will say the same freaking thing. I still stutter but I don't care, it's so minimal it doesn't matter anymore.
I really like your take on it - just a psychoanalytic question tho, if you stuttered for a lot of your life (even just mildly or very very rare blocks), how do you combat the emotional charge of those memories that perpetuate your identity as stutterer? Or do you just sort of meditate in a way, where the thought will come into your mind like any other thought and then you just sorta see it for a second and then forget about it?
@Footy 27 I think I'm just ok with being a stutterer and the less I care the less I stutter. I mean the bruises from it will always be there. I spent my entire childhood as a human punching bag. A kid peed in my mouth during a block.... it sucks it happened but I'm an adult now and the protector of my inner child. I'm not into promotion but I wrote a book about it called Tough Love.
Yeah. If it was "biological" then why can I speak without stuttering to lets say my nephew and certain other people. I stutter with my friends and not with strangers in certain cases, then the exact opposite at another time.
It takes immersion, and it feels aweful, but the benefits feel good.
That’s the same thing for me too
How do you imagine yourself pursuing a profession, especially one that involves speaking to others? In a group or over the phone? I can't bring myself to do this. It's too humiliating and physically impossible. The other day I had to call to change my bank details for my vehicle. I was physically unable to read aloud my account number. I eventually managed to do it, but it was excruciating and exhausting. Had it not been for the professionalism of the lady over the phone, I likely would have but been able to continue that conversation. My contentment comes from God.
I found a book earlier this year called “How to Stop Stuttering & Love Speaking” by Lee Lovett. It’s a really good read for stutters as it will help you greatly reduce stuttering, but more importantly improve your mind. I highly recommend it because I’ve tremendously improved my life because of that book.
Reading it right now thanks.
Is it available to be read for free?
I just discovered him too.
World Stop Stuttering Association is great
@@shammy8703how was it? 😊
I have a severe stutter. Strangely, I found if I speak with a different accent, I don't stutter at all. Also if I'm in a room by myself and I speak, I do not stutter.
Same,the problem arises only when im talking with a second person
@@shreeshirsat007feel you on that only sometimes I studder not everyday it’s odd
Same here, I tend to stutter when I make eye contact, I don’t stutter when I’m talking to them looking in another direction
@@JonJon11721 bro i found one solution for that i goes like take any writing a book or newspaper paper and read i aloud in front of mirror while making a eye contact with yourself, practice it daily and eventually we will cure the problem
I also tend to stutter when I make eye contact too, but sometimes I talk so fast that the person doesn't understand me and when I go back to correct myself my throat pauses on a weird syllable. Making me stutter uncontrollably.
I’ll give you guys some personal input. I never stuttered before I was 19. When I was 19, I had a life threatening, very severe traumatic brain injury on the mid right side of my head and brain. I stopped breathing, couldn’t move, went into a coma, forgot how to talk and swallow, and had to have immediate life saving brain surgery to save my life. After this, I have severe stuttering whenever I get anxious, nervous, or even just indecisive about something. Idk if that helps, but I’m saying, to me, getting brain damage in the area of behind your right ear, and the area of the skull near there, to me, personally had caused my stuttering.
you are a one off case... most stutterers have never had a brain injury, they have learned it themselves.
@@shammy8703learned it?
I started stuttering as an adult when people at work made fun of me for talking to my mom at work.
I’m a 29 year old who has stuttered since he could speak. Only over the last 5 years have i made serious progress in addressing it using Wim Hof and other styles of breathwork. I feel strongly enough about this that i intend to be speaking with you about it eventually, Dr. Huberman. I think the territory is ripe for exploration, and i feel strongly that i’m slated to be a soldier at the forefront of it. I feel that bringing the introverts into extroverted reality is where this game needs to/is going. MAPS might even agree…let’s get this party started!!
what are maps?
I have a speech issue myself,can you elaborate on how breathwork has helped you.Thanks
Could you please give me some advice about these breathing exercises? I really need help
that's really great man
@@hxrr4772 try box breathing it helps alot and talk veryyyy slowly also try singing and reading loudly is very useful
I had a severe stutter as a child but it was out of pure anger I stopped lol I’d practice every letter I had trouble with for years and singing also. I don’t stutter anymore and never went to any kind of speech therapy.
how happy to have finally gotten rid of stuttering with the use of doctor eromon herbal product. it stopped it completely and permanently.
@arman the coder speech therapy never helped me i seen most progress by working alone everyday by rewiring my speaking patterns I’ll send you my daily regimen if you have something like insta or something
@@firenightv3345 im interested, can you post it here
Im interested as well. Please post it here or i can DM you. Please let us know. appreciated in advance.
@@firenightv3345 Yes please as well
In the 70's I sought out a book on stammering in my local library. The theory advanced was that stammering related to too much testosterone in the womb before birth. That seems to have been dumped-no harm. My theory now is that there is a short circuit in the brain while talking which interrupts the flow and causes tension and stammering. Love to hear the latest learning that this curse through my 70 years has led to so much unhappiness
my child stutter so bad but thanks to doctor okouromi herbal treatment on TH-cam he can speak fluently after applying his herbs* 💎💎💎💎💎💎💎
interesting about the too much testosterone in the womb thing. I heard the same thing floated about autism.
has nothing to do with it. most stutterers have learnt to do it themselves due to some speaking situations during childhood or early adulthood where they were ridiculed.
they owe it to themselves to unlearn it through a plethora of methods that work for them.
there is no "stutter gene" nor is there some hormonal disbalance that causes it.
Is not learned actually it is a gut problem
As someone that stutter my dad also used to stutter when he was young am thinking that it hereditary I won't want to pass it to my kids
I practice word replacement. It’s the only way I can speak with minimal stuttering. People still notice but it’s less detectable. I know word replacement is more of an avoidance tactic but it works for me.
Wdym? I am really struggling
@@Aubrey2004-j4khey let’s link up and build confidence in our stutter together.
@@Aubrey2004-j4kwhen you think of words you stutter less on when getting ready to say something. Example: I am getting ready to say;” I desire a cookie”, but I stutter on that word often so I immediately replace it with: “I want a cookie”
Finishing the end of someone else's thought is particularly common in neurodivergent people, specifically ADHD and Autism. Like you said, its a way of acknowledging that you are following the conversation and you understand it well enough to predict the outcome. I try to hold myself back from doing this as much as possible because i understand it can come across rude, but its really difficult as its such an unconscious thing. I have great anxiety over being misunderstood or misunderstanding others, and so this has become a sort of coping mechanism to show that im on the same track with the conversation. Nothing annoys me more than when im talking to someone and theyve been saying "yeah, totally, yeah..." etc, and then I get to the end of my thought/speech only for them to misunderstand the entire point or not see the outcome I was getting to. Makes me feel like they were just vocalizing while pretending to listen but didn't understand a word I was saying. So if i get to the end of sentence and say "it just made me feel so..." and the other person fills in "awful. Yeah, i totally get that" then im going to feel like i communicated well enough that they could put themselves in my shoes and interpret exactly how i felt. When I'm with my one friend who is also AuDHD, we tend to fill in eachothers sentences and thoughts a lot and the conversation just flows so natural between us, like we are the same person. But talking with other people, even my own family, feels like a weird performance ... like having to learn all the etiquette and rules for addressing royalty or something. Feels foreign to me. I have such a deep need for feeling understood and so I love conversations that are engaging in that way, that encourage others to empathize and get so passionate that they can't help but chime in. Its also the same reason us neurodivergents will often interject with our own similar stories or experiences unprompted. Its viewed as rude, but its our way of saying "I understand you, because..." and proving that we have the experience to be able to understand and we aren't just agreeing or offering platitudes because its socially expected. My husband expressed his feelings of not really caring about his deceased father's wife anymore, that he basically views them as being divorced because his dad wasn't happy in the marriage before his passing, and how he wishes he could straight up tell her that he doesn't want anything to do with her anymore but feels almost forced to be nice and include her in things still. I followed up with my own example of my dads ex wife and how i don't feel any connection to her anymore and could care less if i never see her again, but that i too feel this need to be nice to her and keep up this front that she is still a mother figure to me. While anyone else would have thought i was rude for interjecting the way i did, my husband has a similar way of talking and this actually helped him not feel so guilty about the way he was feeling. (Especially because he saw my ex-step-brother the day before when he was shopping and he gave my husband a hug ... husband thought it was so weird because he's not even family anymore). Anyways, that was a really really long way to say that neurotypical and neurodivergent speech styles and patterns are often vastly different, but it doesnt necessarily connect to a speech impediment like stuttering.
I feel you
I've stuttered my whole life and then this past summer I was diagnosed with ADHD. I absolutely see the connection.
My teachers and school wanted me in a special needs school for being shy and having a stutter !! thank god I have such a good mum who told them I was okay! And I just have a stutter they treated me horribly for years in school but it made me a strong person I just hope kids today don’t get treated like this! Once I got to secondary school I had a stutter but I did so well for myself without the need of a special school I’d hate to think of how I’d of ended up :( probably forgotten about
My parents are abusive to me and
my parents and the rest of the family says it’s lying when I stutter but the truth is me stuttering is a language processing issue and it has nothing to do with lying
Same bro
If you think you're life is hard try going to interviews with stuttering i really lost a lot of great jobs because i was unable to say my name 💔
It's better to tell you are a Stammer to interviewer....don't loss hope...
Many stammers success in their professional life
Been there, I literally had an interview today and I fucked up so bad
@@abelalba3111I stutter too and I know you never order lemonade and always go for hamburger and fries.
I stutter a lot also ,and I do have trouble saying my name also ,but I didn't let that stops me ...I even got promoted at work...I am really stubborn I guess that helps😂 I would not let my stutter stop's me accomplish what I want in my life...stay strong
I have been stuttering since I was 5 years old, and I would love for it to go away. It has caused many problems in my everyday life, whether in school, university, or work.
I secluded myself from socializing with my classmates and peers due to it. I love talking with people I share the same mentality with, but because of my stuttering, I stayed away from socializing, which you need to do to work in society. It hurts me so badly now.
I feel you, It hurts me so much, I can't even talk my people, can't talk to girls, don't even have the courage to hold the fuckin mic and talk, shit hurts fr
@@undisputed531 so true bro
For what it’s worth since it’s helped me immensely, I recommend checking out World Stop Stuttering Association and a book, Stop Stuttering Short Course: How to Break the Stuttering Code. Hope this helps.
@@Dr_Holidaysame here my man. 15 years old and I have been stuttering since I could talk. It gets so fucking hard at school because I just want to be like everybody else. why does something like talking have to be this hard. I get so anxious my head starts to shake and I can't control it. I can't talk to my classmates without stuttering or saying everything in one go without breathing. It fucking sucks
No seriously interrupting is being participant in the conversation like it sounds like it’s rude but it’s actually a compliment!
High levels of dopamine can also cause speech blocks and stuttering
There is so much more to stuttering than what this speaker is sharing. The simplicity of learn to speak slower and tap out a rhythm are so out dated and as a board certified stuttering specialist and speech therapist myself, this is a lot of misinformation and a disservice to those who stutter. We need to educate the public to accept stuttering as a different way of speaking. The experience of stuttering and societal stigma that views stuttering as wrong and bad and something to fix fuels the ongoing quest for fluency which can backfire and imprison someone who stutters. I suggest speaking to true experts in this field versus someone who does not work with those who stutter on a daily basis. This misinformation makes it that much harder for those who stutter, kids and adults. The fear of stuttering and resulting avoidance behaviors fuels the stuttering cycle and can be one of the biggest issues for many and misinformation like just do some behavioral therapy, tap something out, or speak slower again totally shows the lack of understanding of the complexity of stuttering and how each person is different and how the art of therapy is required along with a more up to date current understanding. This is disappointing to watch and to hear being a speech therapist that works with incredible people who stutter each day. One of the most frustrating things my clients here is "slow down" and listeners who think they know more about stuttering and speaking than they do.
Thank you...
I have stuttering, but I'm a future doctor 😊 Now i am confident 😌
To the people that are stuttering, you are not alone , i suffer too , my whole life has been turned into hell
Bro stretch your mouth and speek with confidence,.
When you speek don't over think about your stuttering.
Its really work and your stuttering become reduced 90 to 95. % trust me ❤😊😊😊
Lmaooo 😂 you can’t be serious
I was a Speech and Language Pathologist for 35 years. I NEVER stuttered. I was SEVERLY traumatized over 5 years ago which impacted my brain. I was paralyzed for close to a year and spoke like I had a SEVERE stroke which I did NOT have. When I started speaking again so others could understand me I severely stuttered. Now I STILL severely stutter when the stress I STILL have to deal with which caused the trauma to begin are too overwhelming for me to deal with. SOME conditions of trauma DON'T JUST DISAPPEAR AND ARE RELICS OF THE PAST AS THEY ARE VERY MUCH STILL OCCURRING IN THE PRESENT so unlike what you said in a prior podcast it does NOT become a BORING story to repeat as it's STILL occurring. And yes I am a thousand percent better in my trauma symptoms because I WORKED day and night for over five years to reduce and eliminate them but I still have a few because the conditions that caused them ARE STILL PRESENT.
May I ask what this severe trauma was? Like was it a social situation or a physical incident?
@@SammyCee23 It was a personal situation and physical.
I had a huge problem in childhood and puberty. Went to therapy without big success. Accidentally I found out that it has to be with insufficient meat consumption and happened to me after low protein meals, because my family was very plant -based eating. When I go keto it disappears completely, I am talking about 100 % . The diet is not sustainable longterm for myself so I stay at 80-90 % cure when I eat enough protein.
You stated that a major cause of your stutter was due to insufficient protein consumption, I’m I correct in assuming that your Keto diet is mostly animal fat?
@@zerohsixaxis8356 Yes with the high fat consumption in the keto diet it disappears but the game changer for me here was meat . I was definitely deficient in something. It is not my general opinion that plant based is bad or not healthy but in my case it was the trigger.
@@georgeborb2848 Mind asking, did you suffer from severe stammering? I noticed that it rarely happens to me as i've gotten older, but in some instances the world wouldn't come out and I consume a fair bit of meat. What would you kindly recommend? I've wasted so much money with therapy as well
@@capnanaya4642 I am not an expert and I only can tell my story.
How did you find out about the lack of protein being the cause for your stutter?
I stuttered really bad as a kid.. I was abused really bad and didn’t fully over come my stuttering tell I loved myself and got a lot of confidence . It was def from child hood drama for me
I sometimes have the confidence to stutter in front of people when am happy.
Though I appreciate the scientific method here studying stuttering, it isn' t helpful to constantly be pushing for a 'cure.' As a person who stutters and has been in speech therapy, the problem is not actually stuttering; rather the real problem is how society perceives stuttering as negative. Yes, it's a disability, but we don't appreciate others telling us that we're a problem and we need to be 'fixed.' The same goes for most other disabilities. Stop trying to fix other people and concentrate more on what you can do to be more accepting, patient, and kind. Please read the book 'Life on Delay,' by John Hendrickson and you'll learn a lot about what it means to be a person who stutters. In the end, no matter how much you study and observe, there is only one rule: be nice. That rule solves all problems.
Thanks for the book recommendation! If I may I would like to recommend Lee Lovett’s How to Stop Stuttering and Love Speaking. It’s the best book I’ve ever read and his mythology helped me way more than my speech therapist ever did.
I can't even express myself. I can't say some words or letters normally without stuttering even my own name. When im speaking and i feel like im sbout to stutter on the next word,i just stop stuttering. Ive been stuttering since childhood. Its the very thing in ashamed of
I have been stuttering ever since I was in 2nd grade, theorized to be due to a traumatic event from my parents, and what i have noticed is it is very hard to come at stuttering as a whole, because most people have a small mess up in the mouth, while ones like mine are more neurological. I like how he was able to make an accidental connection between them with the idea of the neurodanglia though. Also, when he was speaking about the brain hearing a word and then saying it, I thought about how I stutter less on a word when I hear it from someone else, which is a really interesting topic to think about.
Overcoming stuttering can be a great challenge, I'm glad you are sharing good knowledge on this subject.
/Arman Torabi M.D.
He didn't share anything... he derailed the conversation to talking about people repeating his words or whatever - which has nothing to do with stuttering.
my child stutter so bad but thanks to doctor okouromi herbal treatment on TH-cam he can speak fluently after applying his herbs* 💎💎💎💎💎💎💎
Love your work sir, thanks for everything.
There is so much puzzles about it
First Why we don't stutter when we are alone ?
Stress trigger stuttering but it is not the case and sometimes stuttering happened without stress feeling
Third there is some research about low brain metabolism or low brain blood flow
Also high dopamine in people who stutter has been noticed in fmri
There a lot to talk about i wish dr Andrew that you make a special episode for this 🤍
my child stutter so bad but thanks to doctor okouromi herbal treatment on TH-cam he can speak fluently after applying his herbs* 💎💎💎💎💎💎💎
@@sakelali8336 what is the name of this herb?
@@jalal0019 Dr okouromi on youtube💖💖💖
@@sakelali8336 😹😹there is no such Dr
Anyway let me help you ashwaganda play a great rule in reducing stuttering
@@jalal0019 is it true ashwangada help in reducing stammer???
I think it become worst when we remind those words in mind which. We are going to stay..like this is the problem when we concentrate on pronunciation of words in mind not the meaning or way of saying ..my personal experience is whenever i say words without repeat in mind i says it with fluency but when i pre say the word in mind before telling it become worse ..so this is also a habit of saying....in my point of view or what i predict is that normal people dont think of pronunciation of words they only think about effect of words on next person
Neurogenesis isn’t innately possible for humans however psilocybin is able to facilitate in neurogenesis. Under specific circumstances I believe it’s possible for psilocybin to cure stuttering.
I am a stutterer, I would like to know where you sell psilocybin
Do you have tips to outgrow stuttering?
i find it strange how this doctor stutters and said he doesn't haha I had a major psychoses related to my speech disorder because i truly can't believe that could happen to someone to have a stutter. Then I read viktor frankl and honestly.. so I already rarely stutter but I do sometimes and it still haunts me as usual but there was a time i went to university and I legit couldn't afford to stutter AND keep up with partying, school work, and the works - so each night when I used to play my video game, anytime a stutter thought (so like a vowel or saying my name the next day or whatever, the phobic fear of speaking) I would literally shut it off immediately. 'Nip it in the bud'; that way the hyper-intention mechanism can't actually seep into your brain causing the stuttering; let me know what you guys think! It truly might be as simple as 'just don't think about it - and you won't end up doing it'.
I caught stuttering when i reached 14 years old and then it gradually loomed in. Initially, i only stuttered in my two primary languages : Bishnupriya Manipuri and Bangla.
When i started learning English at 16 the intensity of my stuttering in my two primary languages increased significantly. I do stutter in English but it is comparatively lower than my primary languages.
However, i never stutter when i have to sing and read books. It only happens when i need to have a conversation with someone. I have both bad days and good days.
I am a teacher, teaching English and Math but i have learned to manage it. I tried to speak slowly to reduce the intensity if my stuttering but it sounds even more awkward.
I'm eagerly waiting for a cure for stutter.
If you talk with your hands and get a rhythm going you won't studder
The worst thing ever is when full grown adults mock you to your face by imitating your stutter. I never stuttered as a child. It started in adulthood following extreme stress. Yesterday in the supermarket the checkout clerk literally imitated my stutter to my face when I asked him a question. I was so embarrassed that I said nothing but I’ve been wondering, what makes people think it’s okay to behave like that ?
I'm sorry this happened to you. I've had similar instances myself. It's just ignorance. They don't realise how much it hurts. I often try to see it from their side and realise they cannot understand. Try not to let it get in on you.
Time continues to go by and be wasted....yet another summer has gone by and Ian has made no progress and no speech therapy. A damn shame. But this is yalla doing so I hope you feel accomplished.
When I was born, the doctor had to use forceps on my head. The nurses said it made my face have a “ perpetual smile.” Do you think that could’ve caused my stuttering?
When listening to someone speak whether in person or in a video, I’m able to say in my mind the words they’re saying as they say them. But I can only do it if I’m focusing on what they’re saying; it’s harder to do it if I’m distracted or in the case of a video, playing a video game while listening
I have a life long stutter a very very bad stutter... To me there is a massive connection between stuttering and anxiety. Speech techniques are bullshit
Speaking as someone who developed a stutter during early grade school, I think using different speech patterns gives you more focus and makes you more conscious of what you're saying which can help. When I find myself stuttering I will stop talking and try to recollect myself before continuing. I'm sure not everyone is the same though, that's just my experience
I agree, speech techniques only mask the condition
Doctor okouromi. Your support and encouragement have meant the world to me, and I am thankful for your unwavering belief in my ability to overcome stuttering. You have not only helped me improve my speech but also boosted my self-esteem and overall well-being.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping me find my voice. I am forever grateful..🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
I can speak properly when I'm alone but I stutter whenever I talk to other people... Idunno why... I hate myself because of this stutter :(
Hii.. same problem..
I stutter even alone and I was never like this man
As a teenager, I really wanted to be on stage. I got offered the lead role in a secondary school play and turned it down because i knew i couldn't say the lines. The pain i felt from that never left me. I faked being sick for weeks when i knew we had sessions of reading out loud from a textbook. I loved to speak but didnt because the laughs and snorts from classmates hurt too much. Even my teachers would just look at me like an inconvenience. As an adult, the looks on peoples faces when you stutter are like stabs in the chest. Youre in a club or at lunch: someone you dont know comes in and introduces themselves and it happens to fast that you freeze and cannot say your name. Already, you feel as if youve ruined the moment, youre being viewed as weird or odd and youre not a serious partner in the interaction anymore. You sit there and feel as if youre wilting. These breathing tricks etc are fine in isolation but when you're in a changing social setting, I dont find they ever help. I end up feeling chained to the floor and never fully able to be myself. It hurts terribly.
That's because you're letting it overcome you and you're letting it affect the way you think about yourself. I'm the exact same way as you. My teacher loved to do popcorn reading (If you're a teacher and you ever see this comment, please do not ever do popcorn reading, as it is a horrible method and doesn't help fluency development whatsoever). Whenever my teacher had a popcorn reading session, I sent her a email or reminded her of my speech impediment and she'd cancel me out. Teachers literally have to count you out if you feel too uncomfortable with public speaking, as that's in their criteria. Whenever I didn't do send her a email, or forgot to though, every time people started reading, I looked ahead of the text to try to read in my head incase it was my turn, ever, and always thought about the bad outcomes. That's an example of how stuttering triggers your anxiety. It forces you into thinking about the bad, and gives you crazy outcomes. That's why you have to control your speech. Your speech doesn't control you, but it's rather vice versa. You have to overcome it and you cannot let it overpower you. For example, If I am scared of centipedes, how is my fear going to loosen up if I don't get exposure to it and learn that they're actually harmless creatures who just want to be a pest control around your house. Don't let it overcome you.
@@demetriusbartholomew couldn't agree more. I'll get there 👍
Stuttering made me a artist made me strong made me durable and witty
The main reason why we studder is because we’re to think what vocabulary words we’re going to use out are mouth
One of the biggest cures for stuttering is rough housing for children and an excessive amount of positive touch... it calms the brain and helps the brain figure out boundaries
thanks for this. now im actually very interested by the idea of the person saying words along with you + the sound going through the brain, processing it and activating the throat muscles. could there be a connection that videos are subtitled now and we can read sentences before they are spoken?
I stuttered so bad as a kid. I’m 41 I still stutter but you wouldn’t know it because I simply avoid the words or don’t speak at all
I have a brother, who when alive, was an accomplished actor. He stuttered, but not when acting. I would like to discuss this with you if you would like to. I m open to you contacting me.
So sorry for you loss.
I stutter and the same thing happens to me. I even read very good. There are certain words which makes me stutter.
You can tell us about your brothers more in this section .
my whole life i didnt sutter until i was 12, am now trying to find a video to explain for me why it was so specific.
Love the great work sir 🎉❤❤❤
I have been prescribed sertraline by my doctor to help my anxiety that increases stutter chronically. However I’ve just read reports that sertraline can make stuttering worse , I’m concerned and scared it could make my stuttering worse.
There is moments when my Brain locks up and it’s like I have to force the word out but I know that would be a bad idea, it would be stuttering mess. so I have to take a second or 2 reset my self.
Huberman just derailed the conversation
exactly, to the berievement of stutterers out there. in the full episode he mentioned that you should keep listeining if you stutter... then said nothing of substance about the topic.
A stammer is very frustrating…everything is is in your brain but you can’t vocalise it….. there should be more funding for stammers because it can be dangerous…… imagine if you lived alone you can’t book drs appointments etc
I'd like to know about my personal case of stuttering. I did not stutter as a child, but as I developed psychological illnesses in teenage and adult years, I got to a point where I stuttered very badly. It seems to be related to my emotional instability. Is there research showing these kinds of things?
I've so picked up a stammer the last few years,
This stuttering has been bothering me for 4 years , I haven't known how to cure it, I can't speak properly and I newer will!!
It’s genetic, you need medications to modify the brain activity. SSRIs benzos etc.
Don't fight with stutter, don't hold back, don't repress, don't hide stutter. Do not label it bad, do not try to speak fluent, ,do not control it but accept expressing stutter, give stutter it's total freedom,then transformation happened own its own, accepting whatever negative inside you, transformation happen,
Root cause of sluttering is repression and fighting , we repress and fight with it because we have fear of judgement of people, what will people think if I express it, so instead of expression we hide it and we fight with it , that causes more sluttering, the more you fight with it , the more you will stutter, that'how blockage occurs
"Acceptance is the alchemical process of transforming everything, in accepting your ugliness beauty arises, accept and ugliness disappear,grace arises, accept and sin is transformed into saintliness, accept and madness is no longer madness, let it happen and accept it, ". said by Osho
He said"By hiding your misery you are not going to get out of it,you will create more misery,the first thing is to encounter it, if you are miserable then be miserable,just be yourself,never pretend to be somebody else,face it, go deep into it,take it out,uproot it from the unconscious and bring it to the conscious. Bring your whole mind to light and you will see all that is miserable ,start dying.."
I have a severe stuttering problem and trust me this is my everyday mentality, but the issue with this is that the people you interact/conversate with won't accept or view your stutter as something normal because they don't have a stuttering issue so they don't understand it. If I try to talk and my speech suddenly gets blocked, it doesn't matter if I've already accepted it, the next person won't understand why the hell I can't speak, thus making everyday interactions more and more unbearable.
@@sibusisodlamini5273 just don't care about how other people react when you stutter, live spontaneously not self consciously, just accept whatever ever emotion and tension come inside you during speaking, don't fight with that tension
Very true! My speech improved a lot by accepting my stutter
I have found that lipophilic beta blockers help my stutter.
Helped but didn't take it away
I find I have an air blockage when I try to speak, and my tongue and jaw seem to lock up.
i hate when i don’t talk for a while because when i start talking a lot and long conversations i stutter because i can’t get to connect my sentences together and i stutter like my mind don’t comprehend what i’m trying to say it’s hard what can i do?
my form of stuttering is unintentionally saying “um uh” before and after every word i say
Trauma, insecurity and the amount of sleep
It’s breathing holding air in
Ive stammered all my life and im not too bad now but still its totally ruined my life.
I can relate
@@makanjuolaolufemi4542 I kindly suggest checking out World Stop Stuttering Association and Lee Lovett's book, Stop Stuttering Short Course: How to Break the Stuttering Code. It's helped me more than speech therapy ever did.
Same here
Since I'm shy in nature whenever I'm attracted to someone I totally stutter and get tongue tide. Has that happened to any of you?
Oh yees thaaaat haaapens to me ttoo
@@58nitinchoudhary75 chuckles smiling 😃
@@memastarful social media?
@@58nitinchoudhary75 what do you mean?
@@memastarful any media to socialise with you?
That's a good topic to derail a conversation
There is an famous brazilian meme of a woman trying to give an interview but she was hearing her on words delayed on a headphone and she started to stutter but she was repeating the end of the words, not the beggining
Why would an adult become stuttering while not having one as a child
I am stammer nd also my brother nd father also stammer . when I am alone in home. and read a newspaper alonely at that time I have no stammer nd also when I am in 1st yr I gave my introduction and sing a song infront of my senior also at that time I have no stammer bt when I try to explain something to other i stammer How I overcome my stammer in 1 month ? my age is 22 nd I am from odisha. What should I do for this ?
Is stuttering also belongs to genetics because in my family blood relation 3 person have stuttering problems more or less,
And which is in blood relation?
So any relation of genetics plays a role in that ?
indeed. It can be genetic. I stutter and my two cousins also have the same problem.
Three of my cousins stutter too
I and my brother stutter then it happend to my baby she is autistic too😢
@@Miya11816I'm sorry
Hmmm i even don't know what to do again
Can stammering cured by surgery?? Plz tell me carefully.
Hell noooo ,who told you this bullsh*t
Has anyone else who stutters ever had problems with writing in front of someone?
no
Neurogenesis is a great discovery and it’s proven to happen in humans! It takes only 3 days to build a new neuropath in our brain by MOVING CORRECTLY THE BODY MUSCLES responsible for performing a skill we want to learn:-) Including speaking. Anyone can get used to using correctly their tongue in only 3 days.
Really mam
Can you guide how to do
@@upgradedsammi Of course, I can. It’s my passion and job:-)
how can we do this plz ?
So which muscles involve speaking, and how do I correctly move them?
When you start glitching in the middle of s conversation
i also have this problem but i remember i wasn't like this from the start it just showed up when i was 7
Same, my mum claims I got it from a classmate 😢
I do not stutter when speaking but i do when i write, not sure if thats even a thing. It is effecting my life and studies so much. I cant write properly.
U kidding o what. I never heard something like this. How does it even work.
@@Marshall...-_-1101 I also never heard of it before. This thing started happening 5 years back, before I didn't had this problem. After thorough research, I found some people claim to have the same issue. I think it might come under dyslexia but I'm not sure. It's like when writing certain letters, my hand just gets tense and stuck, and jitters back and forth. After that the letter or number will look like it has been written by someone in kindergarten. The letter for me specifically is 2,C,S,P and more.
It's exactly like stuttering when speaking
Why can’t it go away permanently
I am not stammering but have a problem that sometimes I can't pronounce the world correctly
Do u want a cookie or something
Speecheasy virtually cured my stuttering.
What is Speecheasy?
What is it please tell me
So basically what you’re telling me, is that some hidden childhood trauma caused my stutter?
Weed is a cure for stuttering I live in Ireland I’m 26 stuttering since I was 5 no help over here so when I turned 18 I tried cannabis and it’s helped me to live to get a job and helped me to continue to survive
what about cigarettes, will it help?
My stuttering made me a mute person.
That will ruin your life. Please get out of that shell. Everybody tells you this but you genuinely have to take that advice. Get out of that shell. Letting your stutter overcome you isn't gonna fix it. Work with it, get speech therapy, and get out there.
im 42 and ive stuttered my whole life , best remedy that gets it as close to fluent is taking Psilocybin while on ketosis , 99.9 cured it
What is that bro plz explain plz
@@cjay7740 keto diet and micro dosing mush rooms
People can stop stuttering with psychedelics
How?
@@БэлигтоГонсорунов using them
Not true for me. I’ve tried lsd, shrooms and mdma, sure I was fluent when intoxicated but not after the fact. Mdma did help with my PTSD from stuttering.
The case you are probably referring to is Paul Stamets who said he cured himself with a heroic dose of mushrooms.
@@mrmurphy895 is well known psylocibin can affect and regenerate brain structures, i´m not sure how, i can say that dose is important and a very subjective factor: intention.
you could also consider using ayahuasca, but try with someone that knows well.
i hope you find a solution. regards
Yes this happened to me 🙏🏼
Tf is Dan Campbell doing here?
I stutter everyday
IF YOU STUTTER - LOOK INTO THE WORK OF LEE G LOVETT.
! FUCKING DO IT. !
It's more about hearing your own voice. I once played music during my presentation and it worked. Yes it sounds crazy
@@dudedude5843no thank u my friend I couldn’t stop farting