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To improve execution of your strategy, a general activity I would do is to allow yourself to “fail” at the strategy, and then calmly restart and use it. In a controlled environment (preferably with ...

**My hypothesis is**: If I instruct to execute motor movements (*during anticipatory anxiety or during the inability to initiate speech movements*) with untensed muscles at the top of my head, then I...

Does anyone have a stutter which happens when in a quiet room?

Does anyone have a stutter which happens when in a quiet room? Bit of background. I work in an office taking calls and recently I had a 2 second block stutter which has made me overthink what I’m goi...

This tip isn't just for stutterers. First, a rehearsal with a friend, and film it and watch it. And then another one in front of someone you kinda fears? Like for example if you have a strict father.....

My opinion on stuttering

My opinion on stuttering My opinion on stuttering Stuttering is a vicious cycle there is nothing there to stop you from speaking ,you are a fluent speaker when you speak alone ,sing ,whisper ,saying ...

The tip that works for me is to have a clear image of the sentence in my mind. The only times I have stuttered through this method is when I say difficult words, like cricket, it takes an awful amount...

I definitely stray while stuttering. It's part of the look of stuttering because it is very hard to break that habit. I think it's best no to be hard on ourselves for it. I used to think it was purely...

No need of eye contact if you are not comfortable. Try to convey your information that's all. We shud not think what other person think about us. This can reduce mental stress caused by stuttering &am...

I also have a speech impediment, I've had it my whole life but it's gotten alot better as I've grown up but it's still there. It's just weird because some days will be really good where it barely happ...

Comparing stuttering to basketball or karate

Comparing stuttering to basketball or karate Let's compare basketball, karate and stuttering. When we miss in basketball or karate it doesn't feel like a failure. It doesn't feel like I'm a failure. I...

I find it very hard to talk right when I cant hear myself well or at all

I find it very hard to talk right when I cant hear myself well or at all I've always been told that covering up my ears or not hearing myself talk can help with speech and stuttering but when I tell p...

We often get a little premonition that we're going to stutter on a particular sound or word. That’s when we should use any. That's when we should use any technique we've found helpful. It's that look ...

Mind racing

Mind racing Do you ever have that thing where you are speaking and suddenly your mind gets ahead of you and right before say a "harder" word you suddenly stop or pay attention to it so you tense up or...

Everything, Literally everything is controlled by your brain, like your hand movement, you speaking, all of them. it’s impossible what you’re saying “My brain is working full time, but my mouth never ...

Man that sure as hell is weird. Did the later stutters were the same or were they coz of ur low confidence and fears after the first stutter. My theory is The first stutter might have just been a rand...

You’re right in that it’s almost impossible to display confidence when you can’t speak. My stutter was pretty bad in school, so I tried as hard as I could to be smarter than everyone else. Now in my...

Why do we block?

Why do we block? One viewpoint of blocking could be that we don't execute motor movements during a speech block. So, we could then pose the question: **On which timing do adults who stutter (AWS) exec...

>*"To some extent I believe somebody can predict with a level of certainty what they will stutter on, but there‘a also a level of the PWS creating their stuttering by predicting it."* I agree with...

>*"I think Alexythimia may be a big contributor to stuttering for some, if not all people that stutter"* There are actually two research studies about this: * "Alexithymia in adults with persiste...

From my experience (25M), the more you think about it, the worse it'll get, you've to reach a stage where you just don't care anymore, and won't let that stop you from getting where you want to be in ...