commentr/StutterJune 9, 2020

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Hey man, I can definitely relate! How much are you interacting with people now, due to quarantine? In my experience and others I have spoken to, more exposure to uncomfortable experiences relating to stuttering generally improves "fluency". Less exposure = smaller comfort zone. Then it seems that we become more anxious about situations outside our comfort zone, causing us to stutter more. Sometimes it can even get to the stage where speaking itself seems outside our comfort zone. Ways to combat this in the current situation? Try calling hotels/stores/other business, asking simple questions like their opening hours, etc. Once you feel this isn't such an issue, you can bump it up a notch by even stuttering deliberately or on purpose. To challenge yourself even *more* you could deliberately ask questions that include sounds you are having trouble with. Putting yourself into these uncomfortable situations on the regular is going to expand your comfort zone, leading you to feel more confident and less anxious and therefore should have a knock-on effect on your stutter. Keep you head up anyway man!

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Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience

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Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentHope & Motivation

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