commentr/StutterSeptember 4, 2022

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I can give tips for people who know for sure that they stutter. Since you don't know for sure...I feel slightly reluctant. Anyways...even though I stuttered for years...I don't follow any advanced steps as such. I just try not to stammer. So, I would know before hand if I am going to stammer in any word and I would put more focus and try not to stammer either by being more mindful and focussed or by seeing if it is natural to pause and pretend to think and say the word when I'm ready to say or just stammer it when it's uncontrollable. Most of the time, I am of the belief that my stammering should not affect what I want to convey unless it's a job interview where I don't want to be seen stammering or if it's a sentence which would be appropriate only if it is fast paced. So, I always practise speaking my mind and not let stammering come in between. So, it was a simple process...have something in my mind, I want to say it...and I say it. I did make pretty good improvement and I recently thought that I will just forget that I have a stutter and just speak freely. It was only then did I notice that I was always so mindful of my speech and it is because of that that I didn't stammer much. My stammering went out of control for some time and now it is slightly back in control. I had recently gone to a speech pathologist who had given me many tips and tricks in order to aid me to speak well but I haven't been following those yet...will save it for later because I have stopped stammering at one point and it restarted only because of my bad experiences in college with too much workload and I feel I can stop stammering on my own once again. So...this is what I do. Do you want me to give the tips and tricks my speech pathologist had given me to aid in the reduction of stammering?

Themes

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy

Subthemes

Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringFluency Techniques