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commentr/StutterOct 13, 2024
0 points

I love when pws experiment with their speech patterns to find out what works for them, and what doesn’t. Deepening your voice certainly sounds like something that’ll help us focus on deep breathing an...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2024
1 points

This is all about shifting focus. If a deep voice is not your natural voice, then you have to focus (even subconsciously) to deepen your voice. That act temporarily helps to make you focus less on s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2024
3 points

Anyone I was emotionally able to. Started w making brief phone calls to random stores, asking “When ddddo you close today?”...

Coping & Advocacy
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureFluency Techniques
postr/StutterOct 12, 2024
2 points

My two cents how to relief your stutter

My two cents how to relief your stutter Your attention mostly can be at one thing at one point in time, this means if you concentrate on your thoughts your speech will be automated or if you concentr...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesMindfulness & BreathingPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2024
1 points

Try more of a humming voice instead for a better long term effect. I'm practicing this technique now where you hum through your nose while starting a word, especially one you know you're going to bloc...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2024
2 points

Great job man. It posed as a challenge for you and it's a great thing you went through just as is. In the future, be sure to take such challenges at your own speed and you'll stutter less gradually....

Emotional ExperienceCoping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Hope & MotivationFluency TechniquesCycles & Randomness
commentr/StutterOct 11, 2024
1 points

Oh I see, but the bumper words are not usable everytime.. but I'll get started on the practice to say my name...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Preparation & RehearsalFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 11, 2024
3 points

I spent 6 months practicing my name in front of my bathroom mirror 3x per day for 6 months. Now it just rolls off my tongue. Plus, I use "bumper words" because I could not start out saying "GOOD mo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Preparation & RehearsalFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 11, 2024
2 points

Oh ok. I now understand what worked for you.. I believe the same will work for me. Will try it. But the presentation part will come later, I still have a long way to go...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 11, 2024
7 points

I'm getting pretty good at controlling my social anxiety which in turn helps my fluency. Breath work and slowing down has been a nice change....

Emotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Anxiety & Social JudgmentMindfulness & BreathingFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 11, 2024
9 points

Have had a couple presentations this year and im doing so well! I havent stuttered once in those, and have been participating in class pretty smoothly thus far...

Emotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Hope & MotivationFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 11, 2024
6 points

fluency lasts for a short time, but some say that this method only works because you are actually focusing your awareness in another direction instead of focusing on the same thing you used to focus o...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Fluency TechniquesAuthenticity vs. Masking
postr/StutterOct 11, 2024
12 points

Anyone tried to “deepen” their tone of voice in order to help with stutter?

Anyone tried to “deepen” their tone of voice in order to help with stutter? So I noticed most people that I know who stutter including me, has a somewhat low tone of voice. Like, lack of ‘bass’. I’v...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 11, 2024
3 points

You find a way to get some agency and start taking back control of your life, even if it starts with baby steps. Some people join toastmasters, others find good therapy they believe in, others come up...

Emotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Helplessness & AgencyHope & MotivationFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 11, 2024
3 points

Stuttering is physically and mentally exhausting. I spent 2 years communicating by writing on "Post It" notes because of my stutter. I also spent another 2 years only speaking in a whisper (because...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & EmbarrassmentAcceptance & Pride+2 more
commentr/StutterOct 11, 2024
2 points

Practicing voluntary repetitions alone and then with others who the biggest factor in helping me speak more smoothly....

Coping & Advocacy
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 11, 2024
2 points

No devices helped me. Only turning on headphones with white noise. Then I can read without stuttering. But only read. I still can't hold a conversation. On a forum, I read a review from someone who g...

Coping & AdvocacyTherapy & ProfessionalAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesAssistive DevicesHiding & Concealment+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 10, 2024
11 points

I feel you. I took public speaking in college and it actually helped me a lot. I really didn’t want to screw up because I’d have multiple speeches in the class. What significantly reduced performance ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 10, 2024
5 points

Speech therapy is of course the most recommended method, however it always helps to learn about yourself and your own stutter. For example certain words to avoid, how you prepare to pronounce words. T...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
postr/StutterOct 10, 2024
7 points

Useful service

Useful service I've been using Speech-to-Speech (STS) is a service that allows people with speech disabilities to make phone calls using their own voice or an assistive device. STS is part of the Tele...

Therapy & ProfessionalCoping & Advocacy
Assistive DevicesFluency Techniques