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commentr/StutterJul 14, 2024
-2 points

That's not a cure. What does accepting it achieve? Makes you more comfortable? Don't accept it. Work on your speech!...

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Fluency TechniquesAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 14, 2024
3 points

For me acceptance = is to accept that i’ve stutter and i must work on it to improve ...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
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commentr/StutterJul 14, 2024
1 points

hi! sorry to bother you, I know I'm replying to an old comment. But as a speech therapist, could you share some tips on what to do to overcome/reduce stuttering? Have you overcome your own stutter? Wh...

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commentr/StutterJul 14, 2024
3 points

All of those. The speech therapist taught me some strategies like pausing and chunking and after some practice & the words I had issues with (b’s & d’s) became easier for me to say....

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commentr/StutterJul 14, 2024
1 points

Do not try to get tips to say the letters because if you can articulate them sometimes, articulation isn’t the problem . You likely block on them *because!* there’s a word/name you’ve had to say freq...

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commentr/StutterJul 13, 2024
2 points

I definitely experience this myself, it used to crippled me for years and I felt similarly about the nickname, it didn’t seem to help me personally, but what I’ve had a little more success with is int...

Social & RelationshipsCoping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Disclosure & Telling OthersFluency TechniquesAnticipating Stuttering
commentr/StutterJul 13, 2024
2 points

Even I started to stutter at 12-13 years of age like you. If your abdomen is tight, it means you didn't detect your smaller stutters that came before the main stutter and didn't notice that you ran o...

Speech & StutteringCauses & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
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commentr/StutterJul 13, 2024
1 points

I really think the comparison here is flawed. Speech is complex. IMO, much more complex than what PRIME does. Movement is largely an output. It's simple compared to speech. As is eyesight. It's an i...

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postr/StutterJul 13, 2024
8 points

Does aiming for more fluency - increase stuttering? Or were we always wrong to believe this? Research: "The Fluency-Accuracy trade-off model in stuttering"

Does aiming for more fluency - increase stuttering? Or were we always wrong to believe this? Research: "The Fluency-Accuracy trade-off model in stuttering" ...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Fluency TechniquesSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterJul 13, 2024
1 points

Additionally, speech therapists, mindfulness specialists, NLP-, CBT-, ACT- and other modalities - they all have their own set of clinical interventions to address "forgetting stuttering". Such as, ad...

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commentr/StutterJul 13, 2024
6 points

You already have the answer in your question. >He doesn't want to practice his exercises at home.  > This was me. Speech therapy at that age through 16 when I finally stopped going. "Because it wa...

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commentr/StutterJul 12, 2024
2 points

Yeah, I have those a lot too. I found that using easy on-sets help and stretching the words out helps in my case. I'd definitely research stuttering techniques and see which ones help. This is a good ...

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Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJul 12, 2024
4 points

I read to my kids at night. I find that’s usually enough to maintain fluency. If I get a “flareup” I’ll go back to things I did earlier in my fluency journey which is mostly just more practice talking...

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commentr/StutterJul 12, 2024
2 points

Can you elaborate? Do you mean fear and anxiety of stuttering? If so... That's no longer part of my disfluency. I learned to speak fluently not by overcoming my stutter. It was closer to learning to ...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Fluency TechniquesAuthenticity vs. Masking
postr/StutterJul 12, 2024
0 points

Should I start a course on how to overcome stuttering in 21 days?

Should I start a course on how to overcome stuttering in 21 days? Hi everyone, I am 28 years old. I stuttered seriously for 26 years, but after joining a course, I am now fully confident, happy, and ...

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commentr/StutterJul 12, 2024
6 points

Over-exaggerated articulations. Find which letters or starting words you stutter on, and practice your articulation for those words or letters....

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJul 12, 2024
2 points

This is very helpful, but if you are having blocks and want to turbo charge the process, there are steps you can take. Make eye contact, and begin slowly on an exhale. I reduced my blocks by 90% b...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterJul 12, 2024
-2 points

It doesn’t exist and is like using a bulldozer to dig a hole for a single plant. You can actually start to address your dysfluency right this moment. I was on the verge of resigning from a second ...

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commentr/StutterJul 11, 2024
2 points

That’s not remotely how that works. More importantly, you can teach yourself how to block less....

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commentr/StutterJul 11, 2024
2 points

That's some great insight, I am also against dwelling on stutter afterwards, but what I meant by 'not forgetting stuttering' is that we should continue to work on it, change can't come on its own righ...

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