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Reflections on my less than fluent youth.

Reflections on my less than fluent youth. This is not to say my stutter has completely gone now, because the truth is, it's still the same as it always was. The only difference is the lack of forced p...

That's an interesting take on Bill's method. I understood it slightly different in the sense that I think he presents these speech control techniques as a way to reduce anxiety about speaking, thereb...

I searched PubMed for any relevant articles. I only found one article, from 1962, that attempted to measure this. They used some crude statistics and found that children who stuttered were less intell...

It's been more than 10 years since I've read the book so some details escape me but I think this is the gist of it. Bill's theory, which he plainly states in his book has yet to be proven by scienc...

I'd like to see some studies proving this as fact. Until then I will continue not believing this....

that's too high to be reliable. I don't believe it. ...

I have been stuttering since I was like... can't even remember, my mother said she noticed it when I was 4. I have a diagnosed depression and a social anxiety disorder, I'm pretty sure both of those s...

How'd the meeting go?...

sounds like the harshest judgments and differentiating is happening internally, not externally. If you're talking about Nina G, she's a pretty great role model. If you look at her life (lots of friend...

I know a guy who is personally working with Bill and he says it's helping him. That said, even though his methods do acknowledge the importance of a system of influence for stuttering, the method itse...

Cool thanks for the reply man....

I keep hearing the notion that people who stutter have higher IQs than average from stuttering circles. I havent seen anything to back that up. And in my anecdotal experience of meeting hundreds of pe...

The average stutterer’s IQ is 14 points higher than the national average?

The average stutterer’s IQ is 14 points higher than the national average? I've seen this "fact" posted on numerous blogs and forums. I just wanted to know if anyone here knew of the source this came f...

What kind of exercises or suggestions does the book give?...

It's funny, I could have written the OP's post ten years ago. As for yours, I could have written it now. Right down to age/occupation/family situation.. It made for incredible reading. Thank you for ...

Thanks, man. Your reply was more than I could've asked for. I think I was just having a bad day and focusing on the negative. On the whole, the severity of my speech impediment is dependent on my stat...

Thank you for sharing and pouring out your heart and feelings here. I just turned 30 this year and I similarly have a blocking stutter, which I've had for as long as I can remember too. It's been ext...

I have been looking for a good resource for self therapy. Thank you for the post....

Feeling low for the past couple weeks/months, i'd like to tell this community due to a lack of an outlet.

Feeling low for the past couple weeks/months, i'd like to tell this community due to a lack of an outlet. Hey guys/gals, This is my first serious post where i'm just saying whatever comes to mind. A l...

You wanna know what's weird? When I speak to other people, I stutter. When I read a book out loud, to myself, I don't stutter. Not even close, it's completely effortless. When I read out loud to a gro...