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Thank you so much for sharing this with me. Tips from your book: Helpful tips: * observe how you speak e.g., how your jaw moves * focus on your breathing (to have adequate air to speak) * train the...
I’m currently in speech therapy for this. Something I’ve learned just recently is when I anticipate a block I stop breathing and start holding my breath while speaking because I’m so anxious to fuck u...
Read the article in link below and practice «flexible rate». I have done it for a little while and it really helps me when i have a Block and I have actually started getting confidence in speaking. I ...
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Helpfull resources Hello fellow stutterers. I have grown to really appreciate this group and your stories and posts. I am 34 male and have stuttered all my life. I have in a big part of my life had s...
Guys, if you’re stuttering varies depending on situations, seriously read everything the Univeristy of Minnesota has about it. They have a very spot on approach for working with and making your stutte...
It can also develop because of trauma. But now that you are stuttering, a few advices would be to talk slower than right now, do not hesitate to pause during a sentence to breath, try to breath throug...
“Fall down seven times, stand up eight.” - Japanese proverb. Shake it off. Life could be worse - you could be blind and deaf at the same time. I recently saw a kid at church do a 3 minute speech. He...
I feel that. I had other speech problems, so I had to go to speech therapy anyway. It was frustrating trying to explain that I couldn’t help my stutter, but luckily my other speech issues were helped....
Try to touch you jawbone activating tactile feedback. And don’t forget breath and relaxing. Another trick: imagine you talk in monotonous way as if there is a metronome inside you. You will sound a bi...
Have you tried to stop that word (or sentence) your blocking on and just restart the word/sentence...Almost like a mulligan. I saw another post about a block in which you almost drop your jaw *instea...
You don't push. The way to get past a block is the very thing you don't want to do. You have to make the sound. You don't have to go all at once. You can baby step it. But you have to be willing to ma...
It does slightly make your throat bigger, so try just resting on the bottom right before you speak, and don't overthink the speech...
Actually, that has to be placebo, when you talk more quickly the tongue being at the bottom of your mouth makes it closer to the state it needs to be to make most sounds, so resting the tongue on the ...
Sometimes I use a metronome as a "I'm speaking" indicator and not only as a way to lesson my stutter. Let's say I'm in a meeting and I start speaking. And when my block is getting long or when someon...
I never thought of that I play musical instrument and you what this idea could work since keeping yourself in tempo will prevent you from rushing or slowing down when playing a song...
I have - plenty of times. Look up stuttering and using a metronome on Youtube. Practice 15 minutes a day and your speech will improve guaranteed....
I remember being asked to be in a video in High school. I felt like the ground would be the perfect escape. What really saved me in those moments was taking a beat to calm myself down. I'd focus on ...
Go find a speech pathologist or therapist, I’m a 28 year old male and before I went to one my Speech was so bad, I started 2 years ago, I still stutter and my days fluctuate but it’s much better, you ...
NP! If it ends up not being a great fit, then you can look for another job and switch. Just make sure you don't quit your job before you find another one lined up. Also you can reduce your blocks in...
I read another post about dropping your jaw (so you can't force your tongue to the back of your throat) and air can flow. Try that and try whispering and when the sound starts to flow, ease into your...