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My experience with therapy was the same. Nearly fluent in therapy, but back to moderate in daily life. I don’t know what to tell you, but I do think another comment regarding going through the motions...

Speech therapy is not effective all the time and will sometimes backfire but still more credible than certain mask or earplugs, or similar stuffs. Just bc speech therapy is not all the time effective ...

Avoidance Reduction Therapy or nearly every cognitive therapy is coaching you to accept your stutter which can improve your fluency by 90% counted by Minnesota University and yeah, don't try to hide o...

I *absolutely* advocate for speech therapy to improve fluency. I'm not selling anything. I have never promoted any particular program, book, etc. Stuttering can be devastating to a person's psyche. I...

In all honesty, we probably all ask ourselves this question every day. I'm 42 now and can go for a couple of days without a severe series of blocks/sound repetition, but before I turned 20? Man... I'...

If you do go to a speech therapist, make sure to find one who specializes in stuttering and who knows how to assess and work through the feelings associated and not just fluency....

At that age it’s kind of normal for kids to stutter, but take this from someone that grew up going to different speech therapists. I think they worked to some degree, but it made more self-conscious a...

I am a speech therapist and vocal coach myself. This is my LinkedIn page if you would like to message me, I accept private pay as a teletherapist and meet clients on Zoom, https://www.linkedin.com/in...

Thank you, I hope yours does too. I attended therapy which done wonders but you have to keep up habits like your “ra ra rabbit words” have you tried therapy?...

Yes. But stuttering therapy is not necessarily about improving. It is also about accepting your stutter, which is probably the most important aspect of being a stutterer. I have tried speech therapy...

you who go to stuttering therapy have you ever felt hopeless after months of not finding any improvement?

you who go to stuttering therapy have you ever felt hopeless after months of not finding any improvement? ...

First off, I'm sorry that you were tortured. I can't even imagine. Outside of therapy sessions, how much time did you work on your fluency? Was there homework? Practicing that the therapists had you ...

I have been to many different speech therapists my whole life, starting from when I was 5 because it was the age I started to stutter after the trauma I got in kindergarten from the bastard racist tea...

>traditional methods to cure stutter are often non effective to most, including myself. I'm always interested in hearing details of speech therapy. Successes or failures. Please be as detailed as ...

For me the turning point was a couple sessions of speech therapy that I seeked out myself. I believe it wasn't the actual sessions that helped, it was that I actively took steps to do something about ...

I’m also the only one with it in my family, not sure why. I’m older than you, and I remember my parents trying hard at the time to get me fixed, but all the therapies I went through didn’t really help...

Like u/Steelspy said, this sounds like you're experiencing depression. Of course stuttering can effect depression greatly. At the end of the day though, your outlook on life depends on how you see it....

Blocking isn't ugly. Stuttering on the sound is ugly (when there's a lot of tension). You block because you are unwilling to stutter on that sound and show how ugly it might be. But you're unwilling i...

Reasons or causes of stuttering differ between people. As with many things, stuttering and fluency exist on a spectrum. 'Normal' people can still stutter, even though they are mostly fluent. You lik...

I totally hear you. As a stutterer myself, I have a hard time implementing the strategies in real life. I'm sorry therapy was tough for you, but glad you found another way to get support! Now, if you ...