I feel the need to give some background information about this exercise. When you are trying to "fix" your stutter, what you're really doing is just trying to force the words out of your mouth, applying great pressure on a system that is basically stuck. I think you can compare it with a bicycle. if you're riding on your bicycle, all is going fine. but suddenly the bicycle chain gets stuck. what you do when you're forcing the words out of your mouth is basically you applying as much pressure on the bicycle chain as your legs can, effectively getting the chain only stuck more and more. What you actually need to do, especially because your "bicycle" tends to have a chain that gets stuck very often, is diagnose the problem. Have you oiled your bicycle chain? Did you nicely clean it? are the gears on your wheels maybe old and worn-down? You dont know that if you never step off your bicycle and actually take a look. Maybe you discover that your bicycle tends to get dry quickly. Maybe your bicycle chain tends to get stuck when you switch gears. Every bicycle is different, because it went through a unique set of experiences, just like your stutter. What works for me may or may not work for you. if you have found something that works for you, think about how you can exploit it. but you'll never know what works for you if you just wait it out and hope it goes away magically one day. ​ Then your question: the exercise is meant to get you used to speaking slowly. For example: Computer. now, if we analyze the word "computer", we can see the following: Com-pu-ter. we can see the word starts with a hard vowel, the k-sound. it then gets followed up by the p-sound and last but not least the t-sound. three sounds stutterers can have problems with. if you know you have problems with these sounds, then you can make a list of hard words. if you want to do it conversational style, that's fine. just make sure that you intentionally slow down when you are about to say the hard word, make it extreme. stretch it out to 5 seconds, so that you really slow down. is this how you're supposed to talk in public? Well, if you like it and it helps you, then go ahead. but the art is to refine this trick to a point where it's more subtle. I've been using this trick for a long time now because it's the one thing that really helps me. when I notice a stutter promptly stands between me and the word, I slow down and try to say the word. If that doesnt help, then I stop speaking, breath out and in, and I try again. If the stutter is really bad, I just force myself amidst all the panic to slow down even more. I promise you, you'll feel like an idiot while doing it. but other people wont notice it, really they wont. Remember that your perception of that moment does not have to be the perception the other one has. ​ The other trick is to softly repeat the vowels during a stutter. I dont like this method but my therapist tried to teach it to me. I quickly dropped it and I dont remember it anymore. ​ List of (possibly) hard words (I want you to spend AT LEAST 5 seconds per word!): computer - I like to play games on my (slow down) com-pu-ter Flowers - Here, these (slow down) flow-ers (back to normal speed) are for you. accomodate - I'm not sure if I can (slow down) ac-co-mo-date (back to normal) that. ecstacy - I feel a lot of (slow down) ec-sta-cy (back to normal speed) in the air tonight. pronunciation - My (speed down) pro-nun-ci-a-tion (back to normal) needs more work. painting - Look! I made this beautiful (slow down) pain-ting (back to normal) for you! Microphone - I like my (slow down) mi-cro-phone (back to normal speed). television - My dad is watching (slow down) te-le-vi-sion (back to normal speed). table - Me and my friends are gathered around this (slow down) ta-ble ( back to normal speed). ​ If this small exercise helped you, that would be amazing. you can start looking around you and trying to slowly speak the words like you just did. But remember: This is not the holy grail, a magic pill you can take to overcome your stutters for the rest of your life. Stuttering is like a bird: it just sits on your shoulder, sometimes it flies away for a while, sometimes it returns because it likes your shoulder. Sometimes it will sing a really loud song and frustrating the crap out of you, but in the end it is YOUR stutter/bird. YOU have to find out what keeps your "bird" happy. that might be this trick, it might be something entirely different, but this is what works for me. If this doesnt work out for you, dont feel defeated and punish yourself, your "bird" just doesnt like it. Sorry if the analogies confuse you but I used them to demonstrate my point. ​ Hope this helps.