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This is actually a very important skill. Use it to your advantage! When you know which word you're going to block on, there's enough time to apply techniques that can get you through the block. Word s...

School aged child with stutter

School aged child with stutter Looking for advice for what to do about my 8YO who stutters. We previously did a handful of sessions with an SLP which I believe used the Palin Parent approach. I think ...

This is a tough one man. Stuttering happens in the most unexpected situations. Yesterday I was ordering my usual drink at Starbucks..something I always say properly. But yesterday I couldn’t get the ...

Agreed. The more you try to force it, the less likely you’re gonna be able to get it out. If you think the first letter is what’s stopping you, try saying “resent” without the P or your name without a...

This is kind of the key to improvement... Effort. I also greatly appreciate the direction towards clinical services versus some get rich quick schemer. When my wife told me I still stuttered, etc, et...

Stuttering while abroad

Stuttering while abroad I am currently studying abroad in another English-speaking country, but I am surrounded with many different languages from other international students, with differing levels o...

Is this why chunking is a good suggestion to improve your stutter?

Is this why chunking is a good suggestion to improve your stutter? I have always liked the idea of chunking for some reason but it was only recently that I realized why that may be the case. I don't k...

I have this same exact problem. It’s the only type of stutter I have. What helps me is stoping and taking a deep breath in, and talking while exhaling. Calming myself down also helps because I notic...

Try This if you are stuttering, stop talking. Don't try to force it, it never works. Take a breath, and on the exhale breath try talking again. Don't try to force your way through the stutter blo...

I also struggle in D’s but i try to look for a synonym to kind of replace that word or sometimes I add “so”, “um”, “ah” before D’s to release the word.  You can try also to prolong “so”, “um”, “ah” a...

My blocks got worse as I got older, as I think they tend to do, *if not addressed correctly*. Once I learned the proper habits, my blocks nearly went away, and have stayed away. I’m happy to shar...

I don’t have an answer for you but You might try saying “would you likeetchup?” Leaving of k and making the “like” and the “ketchup” would like one word. Try saying the “word” “likeetchup” and see i...

Speaking jobs

Speaking jobs Hi all, hope everyone is doing well. I am considering starting an interpretation and translation program. I stutter. However, I proved to myself in the past that when I need to deliver...

Lee Lovett‘s methods have changed my life. Everything from reading out aloud when you’re alone (which improves your fluency habit), never forcing blocks (to weaken the stutter habit), positive affir...

Living healthy ended my stutter

Living healthy ended my stutter Yea it’s as simple as the title implies - I ended my stutter by getting more sleep (at least 8 hours), not drinking alcohol as often, lowering my time on telephone etc...

As many people have said, stop, relax, take a few seconds. It’s natural to panic and try to “punch through”, because you feel so intensely on the spot. It’s very hard to learn to stop and relax for a ...

Don't try to force it. Engaging with the block reinforces your brain to use those pathways. So even If all you can do is not say that word don't say it. But just take a breath mentally step back and t...

I do what my therapist (slp) calls “revisions”. Instead of trying to hammer through the block. I stop and retry in a relaxed way. Recently I got a fidget roller (silent and fits in my hand without dra...

Stop, breathe, say a different word. Not worth my mental health struggling on refrigerator, when fridge works just as well. Unavoidable words, like my name/city, I usually avoid (or drop the first l...

Thank you so much, I really needed to hear this. I'm in college too now Majoring in communications (pretty ironic lol 😂) it's definitely not fun. I'm gonna try to not think about what I'm gonna say l...