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>John Harrison portrayed self-awareness as two circles, one representing your true self and the other representing what you show to others, and the overlapping area between the circles represents s...

yup i can choose to stutter or not. Any tunnelvision can be exited by focussing in multiple ways on the external world. Next to that a lot of dormant emotion is housed in the diaphragm, so you might w...

I agree with you, but this fear, anticipation, and monitoring of reactions and negative preconceptions will disappear once you adhere to the correct method and mentality. And I referred to this in t...

>The problem is not a physical problem (a problem of the tongue, mouth or jaw), but rather a psychological problem Yes I agree that the respiratory and largyngual muscles work properly, but it sti...

>The problem is not a physical problem (a problem of the tongue, mouth or jaw), but rather a psychological problem Thank you, but I am afraid that you completely misunderstand me. You argue that a...

"*Elongation*". I agree with you that the positive effect of elongation could be: reducing fear of a feared letter. Research states that if adults who stutter 'anticipate stuttering', then they are 90...

I understand. My questions are: Your strategy is based on 'moving speech muscles'. I agree with this, because paralysing speech muscles result in a speech block. Research states: "There are many spee...

>So how can I change my mindset so I don't pay so much importance on **speaking fluently**? *Firstly*, we need to distinguish fluency: *What is speaking fluently*? In my viewpoint, if we stop inst...

Woaw great post! I hope to see more informative posts like these. After reading it, I come with even more questions than before. My questions: "*Acknowledging Stuttering*". What does 'acknowledging ...

>*When I am sometimes interrupted, I am able to speak the word fine. Does anyone experience this?* Yes I experience this as well. This [research](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353636923...

>What do you do to get more confident while speaking and not avoid **certain words**? **I recommend not to link self-esteem to speech performance**: "Feel the fear (of **certain words** or situati...

>The idea is that when you slow down your speech and elongate the vowels, it helps relax the muscles in your throat. It also helps with the anxiety. I agree that slowing down and elongating the v...

What Do You Do For Job Interviews?

What Do You Do For Job Interviews? What if you had a job interview and there were no options in the interview for requesting accommodations? Because I've had job interviews before where I've stuttere...

Struggling to Learn a Foreign Language in Front of Others

Struggling to Learn a Foreign Language in Front of Others I've recently decided I wanted to learn Japanese. I haven't learned how to write in it yet, but I've been watching Youtube videos and writing...

Not confident because you stutter? or you stutter because you're not confident?

Not confident because you stutter? or you stutter because you're not confident? I think it kinda goes both ways because when I just come back from the gym I feel confident and barely stutter or when I...

I kinda have this but different i think things like: if this word is the first word of a scentence I'll stutter but if its the second word im fine or if I use this word in that scentence I'll stutter ...

The thing I try to do isn't "wishing I didn't have a stutter" it's saying to myself that the only thing holding me back is my mind and that I can talk fine on my own. I normally think" If i didn't sut...

You ran into an a\*\*hole. They aren't worth your consideration. Other than their tantrum, did anything else change? Did your manager replace you? No. These sorts of things are what I refer to as "...

>*But my habit of trying to go hard on that ‘pa’ is ingrained in my brain and so when I try and say it using light contact, it feels wrong saying it with light contact when I’m facing someone.* W...

So I’m new here..

So I’m new here.. Hello everyone, I’m 20yo male with huge stutter. I found out about this subreddit after frustrating oral exam, im a med student and had never taken an oral exam and got really nervou...