postr/StutterNovember 12, 2024

Just move

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Just move Trust me I have more tricks and tactics than the next guy and realize what i’m about to say can be next to impossible sometimes but hear me out Talking really comes down to 2 separate actions; vocal cords and mouth/tongue movement I can hum or say ahhhh fine which is really all speaking is I can mouth words without speaking fine But once you combine them, a flip switches and it causes chaos which makes no sense to me First off move your tongue and mouth around all over the god damn place. Good, you can move your body parts So pick your worst letter, for me it’s D. I’ll sit there and exaggerate the mouth movement WITHOUT SPEAKING. You can add air to simulate it tho. Tongue to roof of mouth, drop tongue down. Over and over. For B, lips touch, lips separate. And so on. You know you can move your tongue and lips, you just did it. Just have to add humming That’s what I think, that’s all it is, humming and moving mouth. Separately Then there would be times i’d be sitting there hung up on D as usual and just think “hey idiot, just MOVE. Like moving your arm. Drop your tongue down” and it actually kicks me into it and i do it lol Even for something like “iiiii” - just close your mouth And yeah this doesn’t always work. Usually doesn’t. I get it. I HATE HATE the whole “slow down … do this, do that” NO it doesn’t work. But it’s something I think about sometimes how it’s really so simple yet so hard that i wanted to share. I think it could be good if somehow mastered. All i have to do is Move … and get rid of the anxiety

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Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering

Subthemes

Fluency TechniquesPhysical Tension