commentr/StutterJune 29, 2025

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Hi Ok, this is what has helped me. Whenever you start to stutter stop talking. (Forcing through it never works). Take a breath on the exhale try again. Rinse and repeat. If you’re like me and sometimes you start to go faster and faster and your mouth can’t keep up. Tap your hand to something, do it subtly, for each syllable you are saying. Let this set the pace for your speech instead of trying to do it all in your head. Find what letters or sounds you have a hard time saying then try to figure out a way to avoid saying them or burying them in a phrase that makes it easy for you to say. Like my name is Barney. I struggle with the B sound. Instead of just saying Barney. I say “Hi, I am Barney “ or something like that. The H is easy for me to say and once I get the ball moving everything else falls into line. Be kind to yourself. You are going to stutter. Beating yourself up over will solve nothing.

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Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability

Subthemes

Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency TechniquesAuthenticity vs. Masking