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commentr/StutterFeb 5, 2024
3 points

I stutter mildly, its blocks mostly. Yes, breathing for is a big issue. When i am anticipating to speak, for some reason i tighten my diaphragm and try to speak and i block. I am addressing the issue ...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesMindfulness & BreathingPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterFeb 4, 2024
2 points

Its never late. Keep practicing the words u find block with. You will soon get that balance. And dont take the pressure, everyday is a new day with new energy 🙂...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Fluency TechniquesHope & Motivation
postr/StutterFeb 4, 2024
3 points

How do I get comfortable telling stories with a stutter?

How do I get comfortable telling stories with a stutter? ...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterFeb 4, 2024
8 points

Nahh… in those times… I’d take it as a challenge….Take a few breaths in and slowly speak again. Works every time and also helps me in the longer run!!! You got this my friend!!...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Fluency TechniquesHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterFeb 4, 2024
10 points

First off, cut yourself some slack. Embrace the idea of self love. You should treat yourself as well as, or better than, you would treat anyone else. With that in mind, why are you mad with yourself ...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & DisabilityTherapy & Professional
Fluency TechniquesAcceptance & PrideSeeking Therapy
postr/stutteringFeb 3, 2024
1 points

Can writing help reduce stuttering

Can writing help reduce stuttering Hi, this is a question I've tried looking on the internet to answer without any luck. I've had a stutter for most of my life, while most of the time it isn't that ba...

Community & SupportCoping & Advocacy
Research & ResourcesFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterFeb 3, 2024
2 points

Thanks for this tip, I will try this next time and since there is no air initially coming up so this might work for me as well....

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterFeb 3, 2024
3 points

Hey, i struggle with that sound as well, if you wouldn't mind me suggesting something I would say the word with M at the starting, for example "mate" and in a sentence you could say it as "the otp is ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterFeb 3, 2024
1 points

(Cl)ass, (Cr)ack, (Pl)astic, (Pr)ank For these words I try to pronounce them like Khlass, Khrack , Phlastic or P very low sound and Lastic, Phrank. For initial pronunciation of words starting from ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterFeb 2, 2024
6 points

Avoid tricks. Tricks become part of your disfluency as your brain adapts. Every trick I implemented eventually compounded my disfluency....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterFeb 2, 2024
1 points

1. Disclose by directly telling or by doing voluntary repetitions 2. Practice voluntary repetitions while looking at yourself in the mirror and making phone calls. 3. Make normal eye contact, beg...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacySocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency TechniquesDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterFeb 2, 2024
1 points

Instead of instrumental conditioning (e.g., associating foot tapping to initiate speech) you can propose [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/1agokue/comment/kokl05m/?utm_source=share&utm_...

Community & SupportCoping & Advocacy
Research & ResourcesFluency Techniques
postr/StutterFeb 2, 2024
3 points

I have been to a speech therapist and he gave me some techniques so that when I say a word, touch two fingers together and tap my foot once when I say a word

I have been to a speech therapist and he gave me some techniques so that when I say a word, touch two fingers together and tap my foot once when I say a word it sounds weird to me still, he told me th...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
postr/StutterFeb 1, 2024
5 points

Great place to Talk & Have Conversation (AI)

Great place to Talk & Have Conversation (AI) Pi is like a personal Assistant, The Most ‘Human’ AI I have seen. Also if you need time to talk you can ask the AI to have patience with you or simply now ...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterFeb 1, 2024
2 points

Me too! However, I think that the only way for this to happen, as I understand it, is if we (the people who stutter in the stuttering community) propose these (or similar) extracted tips to researcher...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & DisabilityTherapy & Professional
Fluency TechniquesMedicalization / NeurodiversitySeeking Therapy
commentr/StutterFeb 1, 2024
1 points

2 years ago when I read Bodenhamer's book, I practiced his techniques. It did help me, and I learned a lot from them. What I learned was: * I realized that I don't "need" to switch to a fluency menta...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Fluency TechniquesAvoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 1, 2024
3 points

Individuals that persist usually tend to focus on easy stuttering/controlled fluency (such as, often learned in speech therapy) over subconscious fluency (such as, in choral reading). I propose that...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Fluency TechniquesMedicalization / NeurodiversityHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterFeb 1, 2024
2 points

It depends on the fluency goal. Each person has different fluency goals. My goal is complete stutter remission and subconscious fluency like in choral reading (cf. easy stuttering or controlled fluenc...

Coping & AdvocacyTherapy & ProfessionalCommunity & Support
Fluency TechniquesPositive Therapy TechniquesResearch & Resources
commentr/StutterJan 31, 2024
2 points

Lots of love and praise for how well they are doing ❤️ take a big breath and try to say it with confidence...

Emotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Hope & MotivationFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJan 31, 2024
2 points

I met a therapiest and she prescribed a drug called Valdoxin 25mg. I have to take it before I go to bed every night for 2 months and take a brake for 2 weeks and then take the medicine again. Plus I h...

Meds & SubstancesCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Helpful Med OutcomesEnergy & Biological RhythmsFluency Techniques+1 more