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Thank you! It happened gradually, with joining toastmasters...the debating club....talking to thousands of strangers...speaking competitions..stand-up comedy...a tedx talk....and then that speech in f...

I get that too. I think its because for some people stuttering is linked to their anxiety levels. Have you been stressed out lately? One good technique is to work with the stutter rather than against...

It's sort of similar to stuttering on purpose by prolonging the first sound of a word. It works on every letter too, just imagine what the letter sounds like and then purposefully prolong the sound. ...

During the programme you're brought out onto the streets where you have to ask 100 people something (whether it be directions, etc) part of this is going into stores and shops and disclosing your stut...

McGuire Program

McGuire Program ****UPDATE**** Absolutely loved it excellent program. It was a life-changing experience. They have a very interesting approach. There not so into “you must speak fluently” which I lov...

I feel the need to give some background information about this exercise. When you are trying to "fix" your stutter, what you're really doing is just trying to force the words out of your mouth, apply...

I know this might be a controversial response, but in a higher education setting especially as a first year student you might consider incorporating your stutter into the presentation. Whether it be ...

I have an alternative idea that might help you get through this and could maybe be therapeutic in a way: what if your "drawing about you" had to do with your stuttering? So you go up and present on ho...

I had to give a best man speech a couple of years ago. . The first sentence I just made a joke about it and it relaxed me and prepared all the audience that I was going to stutter and it's going to be...

I've found that we are our own cures. It took me almost 30 years but I've found it's all about our attitudes, beliefs, emotions. The biggest strides I made is when I stopped avoiding speaking situati...

I would suggest to follow pick up community for instance mainstream RSD - real social dynamics. I think generally people with stutter should trying to face and comfortable in high-pressure situations ...

The best thing really is exposure therapy at least in my case, I just answer the call without thinking because if I think that increases my chance of stuttering. Luckily/unluckily I only really have b...

I stutter and my 11 year old son does also. I prayed that he would escape the stutter fate, that it would be the one thing I wouldn’t pass along because of how negatively it’s affected me as a person....

Before some important presentation, I first mention that I stutter, so I don't have to dread when I stutter and how embarrassed I will feel. Otherwise,...exposure therapy. I go socializing even if I...

I can agree. As much as I hate doing it, I feel so much better after I do it. It can be a real confidence boost...

Love improv! My tip is to do it and stutter your ass off. Makes for some fun shenanigans. ...

Visualising a book

Visualising a book I came up with this by accident but it has really helped me so I thought I'd share and hopefully it will help someone else. When your speaking or are about to speak, imagine a boo...

The Jump: A powerful technique to get out of blocks and overcome fear of stuttering

The Jump: A powerful technique to get out of blocks and overcome fear of stuttering ...

I had arrived at cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt) to address a flair up of depression, but more so anxiety. We integrated my stuttering, which has always been a fairly big component in all of this. ...

What's the worst that could happen? You stutter and people think, "Oh, that person stutters." It's not the end of the world. Expect that you will stutter. Make it a certainty in your mind. Face the fe...