How I overcame my stutter! Tips and Tricks I found useful ⭐

How I overcame my stutter! Tips and Tricks I found useful ⭐ Hey all! I'm currently going to college and am 20 years old. I've had a stutter since I was about 14 years old and for many years I hated it. Over the past 3 years I've worked on myself in multiple ways that I credit to me taking control of my stutter. I'll try to outline all the stuff I've done in hopes that some of you may also find luck using it! ​ 1. I found that changing my mindset caused the bigger change of all, not a lot in "fixing" my stutter but instead it gave me the freedom to stutter without anxiety. I originally fixated on my stuttering and every time I had to speak or anticipated myself stuttering I would get flustered, get hot and stutter even more. This was extremely anxiety-inducing during my freshmen year of college. So, I told myself that my stutter is apart of who I am and it is unique in how I experience life, so why should I let it control me? This simple change in mindset allowed me to pursue lectures, presentations and conversations with confidence. I stuttered almost as much as before this change in mindset but this allowed me to preserve without letting it cause much anxiety. 2. The second thing was getting involved and just talking to people! I started the public speaking club at my local University and this has caused wonderful improvement in my speaking ability. When I first started the club, I founded it on the idea that even the President of the public speaking club is a stutterer and I was willing to put myself in stressful and downright anxiety-ridden situations. The idea that I could help others who are socially anxious, also stutter or have other social ineptitudes, allowed me to preserve and build this club. I'm not saying you should start a club or anything but International Toastmasters and other speaking organizations will allow you to take back the confidence that stuttering has taken from you and allow you to become a better speaker and communicator. 3. Lastly, one of the biggest ones I found is that communicating with complete strangers and people you meet on a daily basis helps extremely! Although I stuttered and it caused me to be anxious, I pushed through because I wanted to become better at socializing, communicating and practice talking with my stutter. Just by doing this on a daily basis I was able to decrease how much I stutter within a given day, but it takes a lot of time. You don't have to overthink it, just socialize as you would with your family or friends and spark up small talk. I hope this post finds all of you well and some of the tips I've found along my journey so far are able to help others! Through a combination of these things I've almost completely stopped stuttering. I used to stutter over every sentence I made, and now I may stutter over a few phrases once a day and even then sometimes I don't even notice. ​ Side note: We are our biggest critics and most of the time people don't notice that you stutter and if they do they don't pay any mind to it. ​ Thanks for reading and have a wonderful day! ​ tl;dr Summary: 1. Change in mindset is everything 2. Join local groups or organizations that give public speaking exposure 3. Small-talk