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Thanks! I actually did not learn that phrase because I had thought that my blocks could pass as lingual disfluency rather than speech disfluency, but as you know it didn't work. I haven't heard of Sy...

Hm. Syllable timed speech? An SLP may be able to help you with this as a real pro will be able to detect blocks even in another language. May also be good to know how to say, "I have a stutter" in ...

What are some good tips to not stutter that much when you’re making a phone call because I hate when they tell me sir I can’t understand you or is you’re phone cutting out like it just pisses me off or gets me kinda sad

What are some good tips to not stutter that much when you’re making a phone call because I hate when they tell me sir I can’t understand you or is you’re phone cutting out like it just pisses me off o...

By trying to get more fluent you might have unconsciously started fighting against your stuttering. That leads to more blocking and thus a worse stutter....

I understand I avoid the phone/radios/walkie-talkies at all cost no matter how much money/promotion was being offered. When I did try everyone would laugh and basically go ”there's *****”. I would l...

I'm in the same boat. I'm 21 yo and my stutter seems to get worse these past few years. Usually this happens for me when my surroundings change, like when I went to university or when I changed school...

I understand where you're coming from. I'm kinda the same way, especially around meeting new people. I don't know how serious your stutter is, mine has its bad days and good days. I was lucky that my ...

Pros and cons of giving someone a heads-up in advance

Pros and cons of giving someone a heads-up in advance Hi, all. This is going to be part self\-introduction \(for context, and because I'm new here\) and part asking for advice. There's something I've ...

Any one have Apraxia of Speech?

Any one have Apraxia of Speech? I always thought I had stuttering, but after doing a little research I'm 100% I have AoS. My issue is that I have a mild stutter and I misprounce alot. Anyone have any...

Have you tried speaking with a different accent and voice? Just make up and voice and accent. Wih practice you can just pretend this isnyour normal voice. I rarely stutter when I speak in accents...

I think it has to do with the accent. I randomly speak in many different accents and hardly ever stutter when i do. I never watched videos or practiced. The accents are sort of mutated into random one...

Have any of you tried speaking in different accents? Voice included? So dont just try to talk in a different accent in your normal voice. Try this. Let me know if it helps. It works for me. I never st...

Ive stuttered since 3rd grade. Ive never bother d seeking out other people or doing research on my own. Its been about 17 years since i started stuttering. In my case its not as bad as it used to be. ...

By ordering via drive thru, responding to "can I have your name" from the Starbucks barista, and taking a job interview. ...

I probably could, but stammering whilst talking to customers would slow things down, and I know how employers would like to keep their frontlines looking well kept. Somebody stammering while dealing w...

I used to not ~~sure~~ stutter when talking to myself. At least not such that I ever noticed. But when I started practicing conversations where I would anticipate stuttering, that ended. The anticipat...

I advice against using tricks like this. They tend to only work temporary because they distract your brain from stuttering. Once the novelty wears off you just added a new secondary stuttering behavio...

A little trick to start a sentence.

A little trick to start a sentence. I've recently started this and it seems to help every now and then. If I start saying "hmm" under my breath to where it's hard to hear, it kinda alleviates a block ...

Same here. I can order by phone when I am all by myself, but if I have anyone around me I'll make them order it....

I managed to order a pizza by phone about a year ago, I think. Ordered it carry out so my parents could pick it up on their way into town to visit me. Accidentally ordered it at the wrong location. Wo...