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postr/StutterMay 8, 2018
6 points

Hangout session

Hangout session Hello friends, I have stammering from childhood. I was thinking if we can organise some kind of hangout session where people of this sub join. We can discuss things share our experien...

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commentr/StutterMay 7, 2018
1 points

It could be if it's a good fit for you, has a good after therapy support and you put in the work afterwards. It's hard to say beforehand though. I have been to the 5 different types of intensive the...

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commentr/StutterMay 6, 2018
3 points

This sounds like Dr Martin Schwartz’s technique, which fits with this question as he used to say if you can start your speaking at the start of your breath as you described above you can trick your br...

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Fluency TechniquesTherapy Experiences
commentr/StutterMay 4, 2018
3 points

I started stuttering when I started high school. I was studying a lot in order to take a test and get into a very highly-regarded school. I went to regular school in the morning, and to test prep clas...

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commentr/StutterMay 4, 2018
3 points

I remember about 3rd or 4th grade because of speech therapy. All of the breathing tips and the “slow roll” into words never helped me. It’s weird because my parents feel worse about my stuttering than...

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commentr/StutterMay 4, 2018
5 points

I remember about 3rd or 4th grade because of speech therapy. All of the breathing tips and the “slow roll” into words never helped me. It’s weird because my parents feel worse about my stuttering than...

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commentr/StutterApr 29, 2018
1 points

I always look back at my own speech therapy the very day I started stuttering in 3rd grade as a moment where I received a label. I think that I would have grown out of it, if I hadn't been labeled. I ...

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commentr/StutterApr 28, 2018
1 points

i don't think there is a straightforward answer -- i am a 31 PWS, and i had speech therapy as a child. to be honest, it was traumatic for me, i'm still bitter about it. it sounds like you know what to...

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commentr/StutterApr 28, 2018
1 points

The problem I've always had in therapy from my standpoint is I had noone there on my side, maybe my girlfriend would go with me, if I had one, and she wasn't in jail....

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commentr/StutterApr 27, 2018
1 points

I was in speech therapy for 15 years, since age 3. My stutter used to be really bad but honestly, I didn't need it the last 2/3 years I was in it (I continued until my senior year of high school). S...

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commentr/StutterApr 27, 2018
5 points

I'd start with speech therapy and regular therapy. One to help you understand your stutter, the other to break the patterns of behavior that you want to change (like isolating yourself for fear of stu...

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postr/StutterApr 24, 2018
3 points

The Effects of Method of Support Groups and Self-Assurance in People Who Stutter

The Effects of Method of Support Groups and Self-Assurance in People Who Stutter Hello! To any people who stutter who are over the age of 18 that are interested in taking a 10-15 minute survey about ...

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commentr/StutterApr 21, 2018
2 points

I’ve talked a fair bit about anxiety, especially social anxiety, with my speech therapist. She told me that about 50% of stutterers develop some social anxiety, some more than others. To address thi...

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commentr/StutterApr 17, 2018
1 points

Personally i don’t find it helpful. When i speak out loud with myself I don’t stutter but the fact is that i don’t find any difference....

Therapy & ProfessionalAnticipation & Avoidance
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commentr/StutterApr 11, 2018
1 points

Ah, that’s great. Denmark is beautiful place, I visited Copenhagen a few years back. Do you think your fluency has improved with therapy too?...

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commentr/StutterApr 10, 2018
3 points

Yes! I’ve recently begun seeing a speech therapist myself after doing for about 15 years without. It puts a greater focus on my stuttering and forces me to work in greater detail with how I stutter...

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commentr/StutterApr 10, 2018
3 points

Are you currently seeing a speech therapist? I would definitely recommend doing so, if you’re not. Stuttering is one thing, but how you handle the stutter can make wonders. I have found that medit...

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postr/StutterApr 10, 2018
7 points

How Do I Define Successful 'Stuttering Therapy'?

How Do I Define Successful 'Stuttering Therapy'? Over my lifetime I attended many speech therapy sessions with professional speech therapists and they had no or little impact on my desires to speak wh...

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commentr/StutterApr 9, 2018
2 points

Not needed. I'm cured -- physically, still dealing with the emotional trauma of stuttering for most of my life. I was just saying that traditional speech therapy did nothing for me....

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commentr/StutterApr 9, 2018
2 points

If it’s not impacting her ability to “make effective progress “ academically she will not qualify for an IEP. In order for the outside evaluation to have more weight than the School one, the person ...

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