What improves your stuttering the most?
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What improves your stuttering the most? Our **stutter cycle** starts from the first moment we experience a **trigger** until we block. Each person has a different stutter cycle. My **stutter cycle** is: * I developed an **unhelpful attitude/belief**, like (1) I perceive stuttering as a problem and to be avoided, or (2) I need to prove to listeners that I can speak fluently, or (3) I blame triggers and reactions to triggers to hold back speech, or (4) I have too high expectations to reduce (a) triggers, (b) reactions to triggers, or (c) unhelpful corrections, first, and I base these on my decision whether to hold back speech * I experience a **trigger**, like stuttering anticipation * Then I **react to the trigger**, like fear * Then I do **unhelpful corrections**: * I **cope** with the trigger, like justifying the stutter cycle (and justifying the stutter program) in the absense of a better solution * I focus on **secondaries** (like more tension or more breathing) to let the listener know that I'm still speaking or to try - in an unhelpful way - to manage fluency * I use my **5 senses** (like hearing myself stuttering, locating speech muscles or tracking the outcome of speech or any other sensory feedback) in a failed attempt to manage fluency * I use **avoidance-behaviors** (like substituting words or avoiding situations) to reduce fear * I do a **panic response** (like I stop breathing calmly) * I interrupt **fluency laws**, like I interrupt: * (1) focusing on prosody (speech rhythm, intonation, etc) * (2) instructing/deciding (to send command signals to move speech muscles) * (3) focusing on the next 4-5 words (instead of 1-2 words ahead) * (4) speaking immediately on my intention to say words right now (instead of speaking on the timing of the 5 senses; instead of waiting out speech based off of triggers, fear or unhelpful corrections) I think, it's most effective to tackle this stutter cycle from all angles or steps (instead of only 1), but most PWS use only 1 approach. **Question: What approach to the 'stutter cycle' improves your stuttering the most?** [View Poll](https://www.reddit.com/poll/12mr71i)