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How to stay mindful while speaking? I've stuttered my whole life and never really thought anything of it. I was very sheltered and it never really made my life difficult, so I never really cared. I'm 24 now though and I'm starting to realize that even they're too polite to say so, other people are uncomfortable with my stutter and it's starting to annoy me. I just got engaged and my fiancée is wanting me to work on it, and I agree with her that it's probably long overdue. I'm usually able to speak pretty fluently, which is why it hasn't bothered me much until now. The difficulty is when I'm trying to speak quickly, like when I'm nervous or especially excited. It's also much worse for me on labial consonants like P, B, W, and F, sometimes to the point that I can hardly say the word even when I'm focusing on getting it out smoothly. I know that slowing down and thinking through my phrasing usually cuts it down dramatically, but I find it difficult to remember to do that in everyday speech, and it's worse because I often don't even notice myself stuttering because I've just lived with it for so long. Does anyone else have some tips for staying mindful of phrasing during everyday speech? Or other advice, I'm ready to be done with this.