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I won't downvote you. Walking is a skill that we learn as well. And while we learn to walk there is most certainly trying, effort, and anticipation of every step you make. Only after you've mastered...

It's incredible how much the "preamble"/allowing yourself to stutter makes a difference...

Brain activity depends on external factors as well. Talking fluently by yourself (which some stutterers like myself don't do) doesn't mean that it's completely within your control. Even if it's not a ...

Well if the brain is indeed wired in that way there is nothing to be done for us. The fact that some people in the stutter community has gain full fluency and that most of us can talk completely flu...

When you are by yourself in your room or no one is home. ¿Do you make the same effort? ¿Or you tend to relaxe and just talk without thinking? Try asking a friend that your see confident and fluent. A...

Fortunately, I almost never block on my name anymore. When I used to, people asked me if I forgot my name....

I've discovered that stuttering is not the main disorder that I've had for most of my life. It's merely a symptom of the stress and anxiety of being around others, and my fear of being judged negativ...

That’s actually what happened to me at university - I was legitimately all alone and basically forced to introduce myself to everyone. I didn’t stutter, once after 2 months, for 2 full years. Also at ...

Remember stuttering at age 5. Speech therapy my through my life. Nothing worked. Lived at the fork: choose being true to myself or avoiding shame. At age 23 - I was ready to go all in and face whateve...

1. Fuck him - next time tell any thoughtless human - “this is how I how my courage muscle” before speaking. Be a mirror for other people. 2. Use the mantra “now is not forever - and I feel free” 3. T...

I love a good acceptance post here. I am not religious but I don't think this message *requires* faith in God to work. I don't think this post is even pushing god. It's about faith in yourself that yo...

Tips to improve stuttering from the research: "Unassisted recovery from stuttering: Self-perceptions of current speech behavior, attitudes, and feelings" by applying Yaruss's ICF model

Tips to improve stuttering from the research: "Unassisted recovery from stuttering: Self-perceptions of current speech behavior, attitudes, and feelings" by applying Yaruss's ICF model I'm on a missio...

Tips to improve stuttering from the research: "Recovery from stuttering" (work on active cognitive and behavioural self-changes; modify your speech, thoughts or feelings; increase motivation to recover; maintain a perception as a normal speaker; believe in recovery; change your tendency to stutter)

Tips to improve stuttering from the research: "Recovery from stuttering" (work on active cognitive and behavioural self-changes; modify your speech, thoughts or feelings; increase motivation to recove...

"I remember this one time I stuttered in front of x person I liked it was so embarrassing" V.S "I've spent every waking moment of my life questioning my own intelligence because of my speech" It's j...

Tips to improve stuttering from the research: "Neural change, stuttering treatment, and recovery from stuttering" (apply strategies that promote plastic compensation for function loss, avoid excessive abnormal motor coordination attempts, minimize excessive speech outcome monitoring)

Tips to improve stuttering from the research: "Neural change, stuttering treatment, and recovery from stuttering" (apply strategies that promote plastic compensation for function loss, avoid excessive...

I attended HCRI about three months ago and as of now it is working great. I practice twice a day and am almost entirely fluent. I've been considering posting about it but I want to give it some more t...

Yeah, same here. Sometimes when I'm not actively thinking about my speech, I can rattle off whole sentences that I would normally block on. Very much seems psychological. Maybe not for everybody, but ...

My stutter went away (for less than a day)

My stutter went away (for less than a day) I have a bad stutter, and it hinders my ability to do well in school. However, I'll always remember this one class. So here's what happened: It was a biolog...

I'm an IT consultant in my twenties and my biggest realisation has been that no one really cares - neither my bosses, colleagues or customers. This might be because I'm no longer afraid or ashamed to ...

The way to get over stuttering is not to subconsciously or consciously think ‘I’ll stutter/need perfect speech’ etc etc anything speech wise. U just speak if u have to say something or don’t. Acceptan...