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postr/StutterOct 17, 2024
0 points

Almost there(I guess)

Almost there(I guess) Used to stutter a lot since past 10 years (currently 20 y.o). Not I've almost overcome it. I still can speak long sentences at length. But yeah I can communicate properly at my w...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 17, 2024
-5 points

You're at ground zero. I must suggest you to try to speak fluently in a closed room by yourself and practice and repeat for like 1 hour daily....

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency TechniquesVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterOct 17, 2024
5 points

Exactly! Just like learning the periodic table by repeating it until it sticks, or learning to play the guitar by practicing those notes repeatedly. In the same way, training your subconscious mind in...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Overthinking & MonitoringFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 16, 2024
1 points

There probably is never going to be a cure, But there are ways of working on your stammer. Your fiancé just has to figure out which one works for him. I found my salvation with the McGuire programme. ...

Coping & AdvocacyCommunity & Support
Fluency TechniquesAdvice Offered
commentr/StutterOct 16, 2024
5 points

Heya! Currently in speech therapy and stutter has improved DRASTICALLY in less than 6 months. Even gave a presentation last week to a class of ~50 people, of course I stuttered here and there but nev...

Therapy & ProfessionalCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Seeking TherapyFluency TechniquesAcceptance & Pride+2 more
commentr/StutterOct 15, 2024
0 points

Yes, I just breathe mid sentence. But the thing is, it happens to me unconsciously, it’s a part of my normal speaking pattern now because I’ve been doing it for so long so by brain adopted it. And N...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterOct 15, 2024
6 points

If you struggle with blocks, rely on word substitutions, avoid words/conversations/situations/eye contact/, and have anxiety related to speaking, there absolutely are habits you can learn that will re...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 14, 2024
3 points

I’d love to hear that. The process shouldn’t take long. You should start feeling better after 1 week or even a couple of days if you really zone in on the EMDR therapy, sleeping good, and taking a qui...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Fluency TechniquesMindfulness & BreathingHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterOct 14, 2024
6 points

Yes, I believe this was 100% my case. It all stemmed from me giving a public presentation in school, in front of 300 people, and I blocked on my name. So after that moment, my brain made a hardwired ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightTrauma & Psychological+3 more
commentr/StutterOct 14, 2024
1 points

Wow, thanks for your detailed response! Really appreciate it =) It almost sounds too good to be true hahaha, but I'm gonna download it! And if I'm lucky it'll have a Dutch version too haha, since tha...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 14, 2024
1 points

When you first join the app, you first get to view lessons in which it introduces u to several techniques that can help u manage/regulate your stutter and u get to practice them yourself afterwards by...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
postr/StutterOct 14, 2024
1 points

About benetalk (a stuttering assist app)

About benetalk (a stuttering assist app) I just recently started practicing daily on the app and would like to hear about everyone's experience with it =) As per mine, one thing that I noticed is tha...

Therapy & ProfessionalCoping & Advocacy
Assistive DevicesFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 14, 2024
3 points

Weird, my speech got better when I talked to myself more. I used to have full on practice conversations on long 3hr car drives by myself. There were different kinds of phrases and tones I would have t...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionExperiential AssociationFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 14, 2024
6 points

Very interesting. I do think there is often a genetic and/or neurological component to stuttering, although maybe not in all cases, but trauma was certainly what triggered my own, and the neuroplastic...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionTrauma & PsychologicalEnergy & Biological Rhythms+2 more
postr/StutterOct 14, 2024
184 points

Yes, I managed to fixed my speech blocks. 2 years without ANY blocks. I speak fluent now. Here’s what I did:

Yes, I managed to fixed my speech blocks. 2 years without ANY blocks. I speak fluent now. Here’s what I did: Now before any doomer person in the comments says: “YoU CanT FiX a StUttER!!!”, I’m talking...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Anticipating StutteringOverthinking & MonitoringTrauma & Psychological+3 more
commentr/StutterOct 13, 2024
1 points

As a firefighter, in the drill tower there are very specific ways to ask questions and respond to things. We just gotta push through it. I find the more I asked questions and the more I spoke the easi...

School & WorkCoping & Advocacy
School & Academic LifeFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 13, 2024
1 points

I read your post last night and since then i maybe stuttered with less than a dozen words, i usually stutter with every sentence i say. As you said when its subconscious i stutter but as soon as that ...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesAvoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterOct 13, 2024
2 points

DAF or something similar?

DAF or something similar? Hi. I have stuttering problem since very young age, BTW im 22 now. When I slow down my speech my speaking is better. I heard of something like DAF where you can head your own...

Therapy & ProfessionalCoping & Advocacy
Assistive DevicesFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 13, 2024
4 points

I have stuttered my whole life (im 28 now) but recently it got alot better, ever since ChatGBT released the voice version where you actually talk to it. I use it to try out different techniques when t...

Community & SupportCoping & Advocacy
Research & ResourcesFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 13, 2024
0 points

I disagree. The focus shouldn’t be on fluency, but on the ability to express yourself confidently regardless of the impediment. Deepening one’s voice can help project confidence, encourage diaphragmat...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesAvoidance & Substitution