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You're on the right path of trying to say the words you want regardless if you stutter or not. I used to have a million avoidance tactics but I felt like it really watered down my personality and tu...

Do you mask your stutter? How do you hide your stutter?

Do you mask your stutter? How do you hide your stutter? I would only say words and phrases that I know I could say without stuttering. Even if the words/phrases are not relevant to a conversation. If ...

Disclosing is a technique to trick your brain into *not* trying to hide your stutter...

Oh I will! They will hear it anyway, but clearing the way will be just much easier. Yeah, I have noticed that! Thank you!...

And when meeting new colleagues, please proudly tell them you stutter. We tend to block *because* we are trying to hide the fact that we stutter. Congrats!...

You can take this with a grain of salt since I'm still young and it's just my own experience. I'm homeschooled and I live on a farm and have a lot of unusual interests and hobbies and don't care at al...

For ages I've avoided speaking because I knew I will stutter but for some reason for the past 3 weeks I just didn't care anymore about my stutter, it held me back mentally way more then physically I j...

I understand that blocking for 5 seconds might be a lot for you. It is for some, for others it it not. I have myself blocked in front of many people, during large lectures, presentations etc. in the m...

if I sense that I am about to stammer, I start talking as if I am extremely bored...

He also does free talks on Skype. Who more people don’t speak to him I don’t know. I’ve done it past 2 years, joined speaking groups, things improved loads. Never pay attention to this who say it can’...

I was in the exact same boat as you man. If you know the answer, please do say it, regardless of stuttering! Your contribution is worth a lot more than giving in to stuttering. Trust me. Yes, it will ...

I discovered something new about myself

I discovered something new about myself I have always been an introvert and avoided talking in social settings as much as possible. However, for the past couple of months, I have made efforts to put ...

So choose for stopping compulsion or make a choose-not-compulsion mentality and simulate this feeling or anchor when you stutter...

Let's exclude TBI... That's a whole different thing. You and I are on such different pages here. It wasn't about removing the stutter. As such, the question of triggers wasn't applicable either. Or ...

I agree, my message is not combatatively meant and more meant to be objective in order to get straight to the point. You said: "I don't follow". \-> I will try to explain. \-> imagine that I'm...

"Overcoming stuttering is about becoming the most authentic version of yourself." \-> putting the word 'authentic' on a forum like this is very surreal. I might understand the term as 'being your ...

"This allows you to express yourself without doubts, anxiety, and fear. " \-> precisely. It's not about desentitizing. Because then we learn to speak without fear \-> it's about learning to sp...

To be honest, I had the same issue as you. What I tried was this: \- when I'm alone I don't stutter Strategy: 1. when I'm speaking with people, before I actually speak I first visualize (imagine) ...

I agree with you about the whole "fear to stutter" thing to a degree, I hardly stutter at all when I'm alone. And it's definitely more of a cognitive, mental thing for me rather than a physical malady...

A lot of gold in there….agreed, the more I try to be fluent, the more likely I am to stammer. As such, I do not aim to be fluent, rather communicate effectively. At least in my thinking anyway I hear...