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commentr/StutterAug 18, 2024
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# well saying your name in the middle of the speech will be much easier than saying it in the beginning so # instead of saying my name for example "alex" try saying well my friends call me "lex"(ch...

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commentr/StutterAug 18, 2024
1 points

well saying in your name in the middle of the speech will be much easie than sayying it in the ebginning so instead of saying my name for example "alex" try saying well my friends call me "lex"(cho...

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commentr/StutterAug 18, 2024
4 points

Maybe just practice saying your name over and over again What i do when I'm having a bad day with my fluency is i tap my forefinger to my thumb as i say each syllable. That helps me slow everything...

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commentr/StutterAug 18, 2024
3 points

20min of neck exercisses , 15min of phonetics and 30min of mirror practice. I usually multitask while doing neck exercissesband phonetics...

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commentr/StutterAug 17, 2024
1 points

Seems like your speech therapist had not received training in dysfluency bc giving you extra steps that are difficult to use in the moment is not helpful, as you described. The better way is to make...

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commentr/StutterAug 17, 2024
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Your using what’s called “filler” sounds. These sounds help to open your vocal folds to allow air through them since they’re blocked. Your brain is trying to correct the block. Problem is these sou...

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commentr/StutterAug 17, 2024
8 points

Where are you from, friend? I have never had long, stutter free periods. I have stuttered since a child. I stutter on my name, and I stutter in front of people. It is a struggle at times but it doesn...

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commentr/StutterAug 17, 2024
6 points

When I was very young, my stutter was so bad. This boy my age and I were BFFs basically and from what my mom told me he would "translate" what I say to our other classmates until I told him to stop o...

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postr/StutterAug 17, 2024
4 points

How can I quit saying um/erm before I speak

How can I quit saying um/erm before I speak So I (m20) need some advice my stutter is kinda like a block I just can't get anything out sometimes it's almost like I kinda quit breathing for a second b...

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commentr/StutterAug 17, 2024
1 points

Thank you! Definitely experiment with a short breath, but the truth is, your lungs have enough air to speak without taking a breath. The feeling of air hunger is likely is due to the fear and can be...

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commentr/StutterAug 17, 2024
1 points

Yes I completely agree regarding the diaphragmatic breathing - what’s your experience with doing a light contact very short breath and speaking on the exhale to avoid a block/secondary behaviours such...

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commentr/StutterAug 17, 2024
1 points

Diaphragmatic breathing is AWESOME, but I’d strongly suggest to do it as often as possible, *except* when trying to speak. When trying to speak, but having fear based blocks, the following very spe...

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commentr/StutterAug 17, 2024
1 points

I mostly take a short breath when approaching a blocked word and practice diaphragmatic breathing. What would you say about this?...

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commentr/StutterAug 17, 2024
0 points

Going away 💯 unlikely. Stuttering lmuch less often and stuttering briefly without tension absolutely. President Biden did it and lots of stutterers do. Read some old posts about what worked for the...

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commentr/StutterAug 17, 2024
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I once made many mouth & loud reading exercises for months and my stutter was mostly gone, almost a normal talker. However when I stop practicing it got worse again ( a bit better than it was.) so ı t...

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commentr/StutterAug 16, 2024
1 points

This is pretty normal - stuttering will often fluctuate somewhat in conjunction with stress levels, although not always. The Arthur Blank Center for Stuttering (out of UT Austin) has a great stutter...

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commentr/StutterAug 16, 2024
1 points

>According to me, with suitable medicine and breathing and reading exercises, stuttering can be treated (without techniques). Is the medicine even necessary then? I know we've been hopping people (in...

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commentr/StutterAug 16, 2024
2 points

What worked best for me was breathing and drawing out sounds or tying one word to another (if I had to say bald, is say he's bald trying to tie he's and bald together). There was a video about stutter...

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commentr/StutterAug 16, 2024
0 points

No, YouTube fluency techniques and save yourself thousands of dollars. Learning not to stutter from someone who's spoken fluently their whole life didn't work for me....

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commentr/StutterAug 16, 2024
1 points

Just Google his site. He is a stutterer himself but, from what I’ve seen on his videos, “stutters fluently.” So he sometimes stutters but quickly moves on. I think it must help that he’s been the...

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