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commentr/StutterApr 8, 2022
2 points

That’s absolutely my experience. My own language (Dutch) I stutter heavily. English almost not at all. Its likely that English is simpler phonetically and for breathing, and the added confidence psych...

Causes & Variability
Situational VariabilityStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterApr 7, 2022
3 points

For me it’s S 😭 But I used to have a very bad stutter, but I conducted a study on myself 😂 and I’m going to share some ways that helped. 1- Inhale before you start any sentence, and practice brea...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Fluency TechniquesHope & MotivationSituational Variability+2 more
commentr/StutterApr 7, 2022
3 points

Okay so, I can speak relatively fluent in Spanish, but then I switch to English, and it’s like “OWOEIDJWMEODIWNIEJC. BRO, I WAS TALKING JUST FINE A COUPLE OF MINS AGO.”...

Causes & Variability
Situational Variability
commentr/StutterApr 7, 2022
2 points

The opposite for me, I stutter less in swedish than english....

Causes & Variability
Situational Variability
commentr/StutterApr 7, 2022
2 points

its the opposite for me, i stutter a lot in english but my mandrin is relatively fluent...

Causes & Variability
Situational Variability
commentr/StutterApr 7, 2022
3 points

I wouldn’t say you’re the only one but it’s usually the other way around. A lot of the problems people learn to work around or overcome emerge again with new languages and ways of making sounds. The t...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionSituational Variability
postr/StutterApr 7, 2022
19 points

"you can get over it"/"you can lose your stutter" attitude and my problem with Bridgerton.

"you can get over it"/"you can lose your stutter" attitude and my problem with Bridgerton. I am sorry if this comes across as petty or silly, but I watched the first season yesterday and came across s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentSituational Variability+3 more
postr/StutterApr 7, 2022
2 points

I'm I the only one who has harder time talking my own language that different language. Let's say I stutter a lot in German but speak just fine English.

I'm I the only one who has harder time talking my own language that different language. Let's say I stutter a lot in German but speak just fine English. ...

Causes & Variability
Situational Variability
commentr/StutterApr 5, 2022
2 points

Or sing it! For some reason singing a word I know I’m going to stutter on makes it come out clear as day....

Causes & Variability
Situational Variability
commentr/StutterApr 4, 2022
1 points

Breathing and rythm is key, dont use all of your breath in one sentece. If you feel like you're gonna stutter, stop talking and get on track again. You'll be surprise how much people are ok with silen...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Fluency TechniquesSituational Variability
postr/StutterApr 4, 2022
3 points

I left speach therapy because I feel like I will never be fluent, even though I was getting better

I left speach therapy because I feel like I will never be fluent, even though I was getting better Hey guys, I (21M) stutter since I was a little kid and did a loooot of speach therapy in my youth and...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterApr 4, 2022
2 points

Like other people said, speach therapy really helps. But is all about breathing and rythm, reading out loud or singing is easier because they have a preset rythm. One thing that really helped me was t...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Fluency TechniquesSituational Variability
commentr/StutterApr 4, 2022
12 points

Try whispering - most stutterers are fluent when they whisper...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Situational VariabilityRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterApr 3, 2022
3 points

Most people with stuttering are fluent when they read. It's a really different cognitive task from thinking of what you want to say and saying it on the fly....

Causes & Variability
Situational Variability
commentr/StutterApr 3, 2022
6 points

I think most people who stutter can talk fluently to themselves, when I was at school many years ago I could read pages from a book out loud with no stutter, but take away the book and I'm had no ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Feared Words & NamesOverthinking & MonitoringSituational Variability
commentr/StutterMar 31, 2022
1 points

I strangely don’t stutter when I was learning/speaking Chinese in high school. Doing presentations in Chinese was the most fluent I’ve ever felt in my life.....

Causes & Variability
Situational Variability
commentr/StutterMar 31, 2022
1 points

I don't stutter as much, if I'm drunk or tired I do, but at Uni I did drama and radio on the side and that helped me use my stutter as natural pauses. Equally I took a note out of Churchills book, and...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionSituational VariabilityMindset shift
commentr/StutterMar 30, 2022
2 points

I can read aloud to someone with nearly perfect fluency, but when I have to engage in a dialogue, I become nearly mute. I develop series of very prolonged blocks, that I sometimes become tired of even...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Situational VariabilityBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterMar 30, 2022
3 points

I can read perfectly and very clearly with intonations, when I'm alone. If I have to read something aloud to a group of people, I want to be evacuated out of the place via helicopter. It's so much wo...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Situational VariabilityBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterMar 30, 2022
2 points

Realized that reading actually reduces my blocking by a lot. 10-20 pages helps me with my blocking, that’s just me thought which is a good thing....

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Situational VariabilityBlocks & Stoppages