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I still try my best to talk. I found that breathing in through my stomach makes a small difference. On the absolute worst days I just can’t talk so I avoid it due to the severity of it where I bite my tongue with my canines. It happened on the last day of my junior year in high school a few weeks ago and I had to present which was horrible. I couldn’t talk very well and I was speaking really fast, it was hard to make any sentences coherent (since I avoid certain vocabulary and hard words) but, afterwards I felt fine with it. I’ve learned to not care as much. My stutter is apart of me and I can’t avoid it so afterwards I just recalled what I said and jotted notes in my head on what I could’ve done better such as talking a lot slower or practicing more. One of the things that really helped me the most though was just not thinking about what I’m going to say. Almost every time I’ve tried to do this it has worked and avoiding heavy thinking makes it easier for the words to just come out on their own. I’ve been practicing with viewing my speech as music in my head and following a steady rhythm. It stops my stuttering almost entirely.