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I’ve been where you are. I’m now in my mid-30s and have done a lot of speech therapy. Some things that help: 1. Confidence. Be kind to yourself when you speak to yourself using your inner voice. 2. ...

Hey so let me ask a question, as a stutterer myself, what happens when you try to slow down and say your words a bit slower than usual ? Do you still struggle with the words ?...

Hello! This is currently kind of happening to me. I believe it's from practicing so much to prepare for these big "events" that I've got how to say the words down and have practiced my intonation for ...

Hi, what helps me with my fluency is to take a breath and on the first part of the exhale breath I try talking then....

This is a core technique in the McGuire stuttering program (and many others). My problem with it is I cannot rely on it. If I’m blocking it’s because I’m completely caught off guard, and catching yo...

Try taking a breath and on the exhale, try talking then. The exhale relaxes your muscles making it easier to talk....

Sounds like you have fear-based blocks. Check out my profile for a post with explanations, habits, and all the academic links to back it up. It’s hard work, almost everything is free, and you can beg...

Check out my profile for a post with explanations, habits, and all the academic links to back it up. It’s hard work, almost everything is free, and you can begin practicing right this minute....

Sounds like you have fear-based blocks which are one of the main ways stuttering manifests. There are a few habits that greatly impact the mental component. Begin speaking on a normal exhale,with ey...

Every one is a little different, you have to find what works for you through trial and error such is life!! Personally what helped me is breaking my sentences up more like right when I felt like I’d g...

Deliberately causing silence — technique for getting past blocks

Deliberately causing silence — technique for getting past blocks Guys this is an amazing speech technique and I just want everyone to know about it. This post may be long but stay with me please. S...

I’ve beat my stutter. One thing that helped me is read out loud with emotion for at least 1hr a day. I usually read for 2+ hrs...

My name starts with a P and what helps enormously for me is doing a hit and hold (technique from the McGuire Programme) on the P. You basically prolong the P sound like P-fffff. Before I was always ge...

Introductions are so hard! If I block on my name the thing that helps me get it usually is tapping my foot and speaking to the rhythm....

Have you ever tried easy onset? It would work with the V sound probably since you can go vvvvvvv… But probably doesn’t work with P (?) ….Wait is this true? How are you supposed to do easy onset with...

Thanks for the tips. Recording myself and practice breathing more relaxed might get things easier for me indeed. Will definitely try!...

Practice recording yourself saying the feared words, do some research on diaphragmatic breathing and I also find taking a light breath and speaking on the exhale also works wonders for me...

Thanks for the help. I might try to speak the words louder, although it may sound strange to the other person, at least it might get the job done for me....

Thing that worked for me with the name thing is to introduce myself with 'My name is …..' really worked wonders for me bc it flows much better than just saying my name...

I stutter and my experience is that the words are lodged in my throat before I even say it, then it will continue in the middle of my words. My strategy is to practice beforehand but these preparation...