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**How can we change the hexagonal shape from negative to positive?** First, we must understand all the elements of the hexagonal shape, and then start changing our intentions to sincere positiv...

I agree with you, but this fear, anticipation, and monitoring of reactions and negative preconceptions will disappear once you adhere to the correct method and mentality. And I referred to this in t...

The use of intentional non-fluency, or as it is known as techniques that show that we are stutterers, kills within us the fear of stuttering or of people's reactions. This in itself is considered a...

Yes there is a lot of research about people who recovered naturally or spontaneously from stuttering. If you type in Bol or another book website 'stutter research', then you can read about it, for exa...

>So how can I change my mindset so I don't pay so much importance on **speaking fluently**? *Firstly*, we need to distinguish fluency: *What is speaking fluently*? In my viewpoint, if we stop inst...

Woaw great post! I hope to see more informative posts like these. After reading it, I come with even more questions than before. My questions: "*Acknowledging Stuttering*". What does 'acknowledging ...

Thank you for this response! So how can I change my mindset so I don't pay so much importance on speaking fluently?...

>What do you do to get more confident while speaking and not avoid **certain words**? **I recommend not to link self-esteem to speech performance**: "Feel the fear (of **certain words** or situati...

>The idea is that when you slow down your speech and elongate the vowels, it helps relax the muscles in your throat. It also helps with the anxiety. I agree that slowing down and elongating the v...

Think of Barack Obama. Most people would agree that he's an excellent speaker (regardless of your political view). But there are many other people that will give him shit for speaking too slowly, or u...

The thing I try to do isn't "wishing I didn't have a stutter" it's saying to myself that the only thing holding me back is my mind and that I can talk fine on my own. I normally think" If i didn't sut...

You ran into an a\*\*hole. They aren't worth your consideration. Other than their tantrum, did anything else change? Did your manager replace you? No. These sorts of things are what I refer to as "...

Don't compare yourself to others. It's pointless regardless of stuttering. Set your own goals, and be happy with where you are...

Sometimes the minority complex comes to mind but as I have tried to suppress it by thinking that no one is perfect I might have actually evolved a slight superiority complex which I get sometimes, I s...

If you work in anything that resembles a professional group, 90% of the people recognize how brave you are for opening yourself up on a webinar. Man, seize the opportunity to be confident. This is whe...

Stuttering use to hold me back from being myself until I accepted my stutter and starting not giving a shit what people thought about me and stutter. Cause I’m a pretty animated goofy guy and I want t...

No doubt... I made a sub reddit about confidence for us stutters.. and what you said is definitely one of the points I try to talk about...

I’ve been thinking the exact same thing. I think everyone has this stage and they need to go through it before bettering themselves. I found this page after being in that same stage. Didn’t care abo...

Being comfortable with yourself as a person who stutters takes time and a lot of work. It isn't something that you can just "choose" to feel better about. I didn't really start to feel ok about mysel...

You are having trouble bc *it’s not a very useful suggestion*. There are more parts to it. They are not necessarily fun or easy, but they can work… If you do the work, it will not take years. And,...