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commentr/StutterJun 24, 2014
1 points

Yep. I've begun doing that for a few weeks now. How do you read when there are words you're going to get blocks on? Do you just power through them or substitute? Also, when people remark on how yo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJun 24, 2014
2 points

Try reading books aloud and slowly. That worked for me, although you have to keep at it or it'll come back....

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
postr/StutterJun 24, 2014
2 points

how can i decrease my rate of speech?

how can i decrease my rate of speech? I've noticed when I consciously reduce my rate of speech, my fluency is massively better. However, staying at that slower tree is really hard, particularly as my ...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJun 24, 2014
3 points

I find when I'm doing presentations, it's the anticipation that gets to me. The days before and moments leading up to it I get anxious, but once I'm up there I don't even think about it. It's weird re...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJun 24, 2014
1 points

Is this stuff for anxiety or specifically prescribed to aid your stutter ...

Meds & Substances
Medication Inquiries
commentr/StutterJun 24, 2014
1 points

i found a miracle called propranalol. im using it with cipram or paxil. my stuter kind a cured %80 percent. i hope in time itll be 100...

Meds & Substances
Helpful Med OutcomesHarmful Med Outcomes
commentr/StutterJun 24, 2014
1 points

by the way i drink pretty consistently... ...

commentr/StutterJun 24, 2014
1 points

oh jesus, everyday man. I personally look away, but when I look back and they are staring right at me, I freak out internally...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterJun 24, 2014
1 points

I'm going to my doctor tomorrow trying to get something for temporary or extreme circumstances. I.e. job interviews, presentations, maybe going to a new place, meeting new people. idk man, I'm just tr...

Meds & SubstancesEmotional Experience
Medication InquiriesAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterJun 24, 2014
3 points

anti-anxiety medications

anti-anxiety medications hey guys...i was wondering what meds have worked for you and might work for me. my disfluency is a silent block...i seldom have repititions. my silent block ranges from non-ex...

Emotional ExperienceMeds & Substances
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelpful Med Outcomes
commentr/StutterJun 24, 2014
2 points

Well done. I've noticed as the presentation continues, you begin to stutter less, regardless of how nervous you may be....

Causes & Variability
Severity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterJun 24, 2014
2 points

It really is, yeah. I had no choice but do the presentation (mandatory), and I have to train it because my final presentation to graduate will be very important. :)...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Preparation & Rehearsal
commentr/StutterJun 24, 2014
2 points

Thanks. It took 20 minutes. I prepared cards, but barely looked at them. Mostly improvised....

commentr/StutterJun 24, 2014
5 points

Confidence is everything, at least that's my experience over the last 32 years as a stutterer. Well done on the presentation. That took some balls. ...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJun 24, 2014
1 points

How long was the presentation? Were you reading from cards, or had you memorized it? In any case, congrats on getting through it!...

Community & Support
Personal Stories
postr/StutterJun 24, 2014
18 points

So I held a presentation today...

So I held a presentation today... ...and I stuttered. A few times.. But I didn't bother. Some words just took a little longer than usual, but I accepted it and moved on with more confidence. At the en...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJun 24, 2014
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commentr/StutterJun 24, 2014
1 points

I know it doesn't work for everybody, I'm sorry for that, and I know that anger. But it doesn't "not work" for everybody either....

Emotional Experience
Frustration & Anger
commentr/StutterJun 23, 2014
3 points

I actually know a person who stutters who is a trial lawyer. He just quickly lets the jury know that he stutters. ...

Community & Support
Personal Stories
commentr/StutterJun 23, 2014
3 points

If I had a dime for every time I heard "Just relax and speak slowly" while growing up, I'd have enough in savings to hire a hitman to off you for regurgitating such trite bullshit. ...

Emotional Experience
Frustration & Anger