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Are you getting less rest? Has there been an increase in stress lately? Have you considered pursuing fluency with a Speech Language Pathologist who specializes in stuttering?...

I totally closed myself. Beside stutter, I have social phobia and some level of anhedonia, these days social anhedonia also so... Why bother? I know this is not the right approach, so I will get into ...

Hey there, It's great to hear that you're making an effort to take care of your stutter and explore different techniques like diaphragmatic breathing. I understand that the abundance of information o...

First of all, thank you for sharing your feelings and experiences. It takes courage to open up about such personal struggles. I can understand how challenging it must be to navigate life with your s...

Yeah I’m able to get psychological support, I think. I’ve only ever had a therapist. What type of doctor should I seek out? I didn’t know that hypnosis worked btw, I always thought it wasn’t real but ...

Short of a two-week intensive speech therapy camp? No. In my experience, even a top-notch SLP who specializes in stuttering likely won't get you what you're looking for in two months. Tell us about...

Same, it doesn’t help when you have crippling anxiety on top of a speech problem. It’s very common, I attended the Maguire Programme when I was about 14 and I was told about ‘relapsing’. You can be t...

I understand all of that. I was referring to speech therapy for stuttering. It seems to be purely pseudoscience. Sort of like going to a chiropractor except even less effective....

SLPs are generally successful at treating the issues they are actually trained to treat. Unfortunately, many have very limited training in treating stuttering and address it as if it’s articulation...

Really want to know? Most SLPs have no training in treating stuttering, so they use interventions intended to help people w articulation (eg lisp) issues. Many even think this can make things worse ...

Yes. In Secondary School I had never had a big issue with my stutter. Although stuttering was obviously daunting me in my day to day, I went to school with my circle of friends and I got along well wi...

Agreed. Bunch of fucking scammers that don’t give two fucks but are happy to take your money, $290 for 60 minutes and this guy was telling me I ‘needed’ atleast 2-3 sessions a week. I kept saying I co...

I experience blocks when I speak. I tried speech therapy in the past. However I tend to forget the techniques like easy onset I learned in high pressure situations. Im considering trying speech thera...

Contact your local universities' speech pathology programs. They're often on the lookout for "patients" to work with graduate students. You won't be getting legit "therapy" (these are grad students, n...

Deep diaphragm breathing is key. It was called the Full Breath Target in my speech therapy course. Absolutely essential, but I don’t know how you can incorporate that into a practice without formal in...

Speech therapy is controversial considering it’s a field that’s still so not concrete. I have been to speech therapy and I honestly don’t know where I stand on it. I have mixed feelings, but it’s also...

Is there any scientifically-backed evidence that speech therapy improves fluency or is it 100% anecdotal nonsense?

Is there any scientifically-backed evidence that speech therapy improves fluency or is it 100% anecdotal nonsense? 13+ years of various speech therapy. I paid thousands to go to HCRI in Virginia and i...

Yup, same here. Are you undergoing speech therapy now? I went to one but I felt it did not help me at all...i have depression because of this speech problem. 😔...

Both of those therapists sound like they dont understand stuttering....

Consider seeing a therapist. Not a speech therapist. I should have gone a LONG time ago and didn't until my 30's....