I’ve used this method my entire life and it works very well. I gave a speech in a political rhetoric class a year ago and I could barely get out the first sentence. I had to start over after about 3 attempts of saying the word “Epi... epi... epi... EPI...” *sweating intensifies* “We have an opioid e-epidemic”. My stutter was minor throughout the rest of the speech. I even apologized after and everyone seemed to listen more closely after that stumbling opening. However, after my speech (which covered issues like healthcare and income inequality), people came up to me and told me they didn’t even notice I had an impediment and told me how great the speech was. There was even one girl that gave what we all thought was the best speech in class that came up to me and told me how charismatic I was. The professor gave me an A and told me he didn’t notice any speech impediment. Throughout the speech I made long pauses, raised my voice to emphasize certain words or points I was making. I was visibly nervous, and sweating... so much sweating. But I got through it and I found out that people tend to care more about what is being said and the feelings behind what you say more than anything else like repetition or blocks on words. Most of stuttering is internal. It’s an internal struggle that we’re all fighting and it can seem worse on the inside than we think it comes off to our listeners. I’ve also found that speaking loudly, almost to the point of being too loud at times helps incredibly and can command the attention of a room. I may stutter on a few words, but if I understand that I’m going to stutter, and I’m not going to let it defeat me from saying what I need to say, then people don’t seem to notice it so much. Or at least I don’t notice it so much internally. It’s a struggle but yeah, having a certain speaking style works wonders.