commentr/StutterMarch 7, 2025

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This is a fantastic way to think about it. I’d like to add thoughts about *why* people are in different camps - if you are debilitated by anxiety, blocking and avoidance behaviors, you are more likely to be in “stutter negative” camp. Also, for those who cannot just *get* a positive attitude, there are tangible steps you can take to achieve get similar results. 1. While looking in a mirror, practice speaking with voluntary dysfluencies 2. Add in - make calls to random stores, continuing the above 3. Begin speaking on an *exhale*, slowly, and enunciate, and with some degree of eye contact

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Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance

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Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureAvoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques