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I have a bachelors in communication sciences & disorders, and I stutter. What you're referring to is called pseudo-stuttering. The idea is that intentionally stuttering at the start of a conversat...

There is also the strategy of voluntary stuttering. The point of this is twofold. It can desensitize the speaker by slipping in small stutters that are noticeable but not big to get used to stuttering...

I've heard that purposefully stuttering can be good, but how does one "purposefully" go stutter instead of blocking?

I've heard that purposefully stuttering can be good, but how does one "purposefully" go stutter instead of blocking? ...

it's one of the techniques that can be used: to initiate your stutter on your own, and get good at it this way. i don't know how long it takes to get results, because i gave up on it myself when i tri...

Deliberately stuttering

Deliberately stuttering Has anyone just said F it and spoke freely so that they did deliberately stuttered? I tried this today and.....I spoke fluently. On the phone and at the bank. I stumbled wit...

Absolutely. To me it was about gaining confidence and overcoming my shyness through desensitization therapy. Though I did scripted acting first and learned that way. I have done some improv and gotten...

I think it's important to become comfortable with your stammer, to realise it's not the end of the world if you do stammer in front of people, and if they tease you then that's their problem. To help...

I had the same! and the same kind of blockage later on when I became 18. I visited a speech therapist with a different view, and she deliberatly let me stutter against strangers to give me the feeling...

are you familiar with any stuttering methods? it's different what works for people - like, willful/controlled stuttering on the problematic item, or breathing in before, or opening with/drawing out a ...

Yo this reality isn't one that's fated though. You can change it. Just like we can work on becoming more comfortable with stuttering and allowing ourself to stutter easily. That usually reduces the fe...

dont let it run your life man, i go out of my way to not avoid any speaking situations because the more that i do the easier it becomes....

I give this advice all the time. It's anti stuttering....

Yes, purposefully stutter when you speak. It sounds a bit daft but it really works....

This happened to be a long time ago. The top comment seems to have it. We are so resistant (afraid) to stutter that we can't even show it anymore. The harder we try to cover it up the more severe it b...

the clinician should be experienced to know this happens. TARDIS gave some good advice that maybe you can try something feared such as the phone or go into another situation you normally stutter on....

That's what I was thinking, anyways i can go back to stuttering ( i know weird right)?...

This is gonna sounds off the wall. Next time you have to present, stutter on purpose! Stutter as much as you can and make eye contact with as many people as you can. It will totally flip your view ...

Thanks so much for the advice! I have thought about calling up random shops in the past but never went through with it because I thought I'd just be wasting someone's time with me fumbling over my wor...

Okay, thanks for sharing. Up until recently, this was my problem too. In April this year I started getting therapy in a hospital in Germany where I spent 5 weeks at first. In the first two weeks w...

Obe, you've hit the bullseye. I think that's the key, you've got to own it and not let it own you. I wish you the best of luck. Im not very open but im working on it. Trying to hold eye contact, get ...