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Additionally, I believe that this can also reduce muscle tension: Reframing demands/expectations to execute speech movements, such as: * Old (incorrect) expectation/demand: *"I apply or rely on musc...

How would you release muscle tension by our vocal area?

How would you release muscle tension by our vocal area? This is a hypothetical but if it were the case then what would you do? Say we are very vulnerable to muscle tension. For a non-stutterer, the ...

Dealing with diaphram blocks

Dealing with diaphram blocks Hello I’m 28 and in many situations, I have some blocks, over the time I noticed that I contracted my diaphragm/chest because of anxiety (when I read alone I don’t suffer ...

Yep. 100% My stutter was bad as a kid, and it got at it worst around middle school (7th-8th) grade because I was becoming more self-aware and letting it affect me more. That was pivotal. During that ...

At A Lost for Words

At A Lost for Words I wanted to see if I'm not the only one that experiences this but has anyone ever experienced being at like a lost for words and feeling completely lost sometimes in a social situa...

Physically unable to speak

Physically unable to speak Hello. I'm a teen who really needs help with overcoming my stuttering. I'm often made fun of for stuttering and I constantly get told that this is just something that I am d...

don't overthink. If you keep practicing your speech, speak slowly and say the thing in your mind before actually saying. Everyone in this sub goes through what you're going through. Don't be ashamed o...

But you stutter less. That is something big to work on. The mind and body respond to certain stimulus that perceive as a threat. Tipically is another person. Then it shut down the speaking mechanism...

Step 1: you sold your soul Step 2: stuttering spread out to more situations (even when speaking alone) despite therapy\[ Below is my own opinion, take it with a grain of salt: Your post reminds ...

In my opinion this is no different from other goals (e.g. fitness). If you want have a fitness goal (running a marathon, powerlifting, etc.) you'd want to start small and easy, get your form right, an...

sounds like it’s still waining on your consciousness and has embedded itself as an active feedback loop, somewhere deep down that “ritual” you did felt real to some extent and you have to work on brea...

If you created unhelpful beliefs that you are less competent, capable, or valuable than others. Then you can google for strategies: * to unlink stuttering from confidence/feelings of inferiority * to...

Sometimes we care too much about knowing why and less on just keep the gears moving forward. I say this as a 40+ yo stutterer. Looking back, my need to know the reasons was a way for me to controlling...

Look at other people as **people**, not judges from the judgment of God. Realize that the universe does not revolve around you. Live in the moment, not in endless reflection....

1. Keep the self-awareness experiments going. There’s a way through. At some point all this wondering will click and lead you onward in your stuttering journey. 2. I used to obsess as to sometimes I’...

This does make sense. I still end up stuttering every now and then even when I don't think about stuttering, but I *have* noticed that I stutter more when I think about the possibility that I *could* ...

Stuttering does depend, at times, on HOW you feel. It’s weird like that. But understanding THIS CONCEPT is huge. Why? Because you’re knowing yourself, and your speech. It’s called awareness. Bea...

It's because of you. I've noticed when I talk alone without thinking about my stutter I never stutter. Never. But the second I'm thinking about it or recording my voice I stutter. We stutter because o...

Stuttering is usually circumstantial. There are times you likely have good speech. I believe stuttering was in my mind. It wasn’t easy to beat my stutter. But it’s possible. And possible for y...

I have the same thing as you. The occasional and very random fluency blocks that result in me either making weird faces to over come them, or using filler words (my go to is “like”) to get over the bl...