Tips to improve stuttering according to the book: 'Stuttering anxiety self-help: what 100+ pws taught me'

Tips to improve stuttering according to the book: 'Stuttering anxiety self-help: what 100+ pws taught me' 1. don't hide stuttering. Become comfortable and unashamed to talk about your problem 2. don't let stuttering prevent you from talking 3. gain fluency experiences and constantly remind yourself of them to replace the stutter experience 4. speak immediately to bypass overthinking (i.e. evaluation of a stutter) 5. reject negative stutter thoughts, i.e. obsessive doubt 6. use positive affirmations as [auto-suggestions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autosuggestion) both consciously and subconsciously, and silently and in a whispering voice, in every part of the day (placebo effect), i.e. “If I can say ONE word anywhere, anytime, I can say ANY word anywhere, anytime” 7. constantly visualize yourself performing great 8. create an anchor that triggers calmness over stress: if you experience a feared letter/situation, then learn the automatic response: 'Calmly breathe, calmly move your mouth' 9. Think-Visualize-Verbalize-Do: 1. think positive 2. then visualize it 3. then whisper it 4. then do it 10. both non-stutterers as PWS stutter sometimes. View stuttering as insignificant instead of perceiving it as a problem/disorder (page 234) 11. learn to hypnotize (and mind-control) yourself (page 244) 12. skip letters if you are about to repeat a stuttered word (page 309) 13. don't give up on calmly breathing or moving your mouth no matter for what reason (i.e. fear) (page 317) ​ Aspects that I don't agree with in this book, are: 1. ***"Techniques: Substitute words, Use Pauses, Voice Modulation (be expressive), Talk slower, Talk faster, Talk less"*** \- I disagree, because in my opinion these techniques reinforce the stutter cycle. I advocate for not changing how you speak, no matter what you evaluate or perceive, i.e. anticipatory fear. Techniques immerse you in the evaluation to convince you to stop: breathing or moving tongue, resulting in a speech block. A sidenote, evaluation VS speaking too fast. I don't recommend to speak slower because of anticipation. However, speaking slower because of speaking too fast, is helpful in my opinion. 2. ***"You need to eliminate fear to speak fluently."*** \- I disagree, stutterers are already waiting out 'fear' until they feel ready to speak. I advocate for speaking with fear and not letting fear change your decision to apply stutter symptoms, i.e. stop breathing or stop moving one's tongue. I suggest to not set a condition to yourself that you 'first need to feel ready to speak without symptoms' 3. "***Only focus on the message to distract oneself***" - I disagree, PWS are already constantly trying to distract themselves while speaking. The negative effect is that PWS don't learn from it if they 'distract' themselves from perception, i.e. anticipatory fear. Don't make 'anticipatory fear' an excuse to not breathe calmly or not move your mouth. Don't set a condition to yourself that you first need to 'distract' yourself from anticipatory fear to choose for calmly breathing or moving one's mouth ​ If you also want to read stutter books to find 'tips for stuttering', I recommend this [link](https://www.freestutteringbooks.com/free-stuttering-books.html) that has 50+ free stutter books.