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commentr/StutterFeb 22, 2022
2 points

if you want to improve your speech you can’t back down from something just because you have to talk, you have to put your self in uncomfortable situations where you have to talk if you want to improve...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shift
commentr/StutterFeb 22, 2022
1 points

What if I don't stutter and just convince myself into stuttering. Any social or emotional therapy could try to convince me, but I'll never get influenced by it. In your experience, what should I do? (...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shift
commentr/StutterFeb 21, 2022
2 points

" So I think it was a child’s version of (b) positive thinking." --> Yes, it was positive thinking in your experience. People told you that practice makes perfect ("that it would work"). You had a ...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftAnxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterFeb 21, 2022
4 points

I didn't have much time to answer earlier, so pardon my brevity. I wanted to encourage you to correct the situation sooner rather than later. You WILL BE HAPPIER when you stop letting your stutter di...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shiftSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries+2 more
commentr/StutterFeb 21, 2022
1 points

I was very young, and I remember just *believing* the grownups when they said that everything I was doing would work. So I think it was a child’s version of (b) positive thinking....

Coping & Advocacy
Mindset shift
commentr/StutterFeb 21, 2022
2 points

What helped you the most to remove the thought: I will stutter on a letter? a) distraction b) positive thinking c) ignore the thought d) not care about the letter that you will stutter on...

Coping & Advocacy
Mindset shift
commentr/StutterFeb 21, 2022
2 points

"not feeling trapped into using the difficult letters — feeling much, much less anxious about them. " --> it's like, when a child eats tomato soup for the first time, he sees the color is red, a fa...

Coping & Advocacy
Mindset shift
commentr/StutterFeb 20, 2022
2 points

it's not weird so much so that if you are speaking to someone and visualize that you are alone, then you don't stutter to a person in the same way if you are alone at house recording while visualizing...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shiftAuthenticity vs. Masking+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 20, 2022
1 points

I agree, you are basically not stuttering because of luck and distraction. You need to learn not to care. But how do we not care?...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterFeb 20, 2022
2 points

Im in my early 20s so I was in your shoes not to long ago. Just literally don't GAF about what people think of your stutter. They can F off. Go get good something. Youre 17 so I assume youre a senior....

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Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shiftHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterFeb 18, 2022
1 points

Like our friend said, you can attract things, people or circumstances to you life by thinking about it and focusing on it for a continuous period... I've done this before and worked for a couple thing...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterFeb 18, 2022
3 points

I improved my stuttering a lot. During my junor school life especially when I was 15 y.o my stuttering deteriorated to the peak and even when I practiced pronouncing certain sentences myself without ...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Mindset shiftIdentity & Self-PerceptionSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterFeb 17, 2022
1 points

So I would really recommend the Dave McGuire course. They have an inexpensive self help book on Amazon called “Beyond Stammering: The Mcguire Program for getting good at the Sport of Speaking.” You ca...

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Preparation & RehearsalMindset shiftAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterFeb 17, 2022
7 points

So I would really recommend the Dave McGuire course. They have an inexpensive self help book on Amazon called “Beyond Stammering: The Mcguire Program for getting good at the Sport of Speaking.” You ca...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Trauma & PsychologicalMindfulness & BreathingMindset shift+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 17, 2022
1 points

\> NOT CARE about this thought, fade the thought, distract myself from the thought or change the thought to 'I won't stutter on the letter'. ​ It is much easier to change a behaviour t...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Overthinking & MonitoringVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureMindset shift+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 17, 2022
6 points

Have you tried speech therapy? Also have you tried any speaking techniques to help you as well? Sometimes universities have free or low cost clinics, if they have a speech program. The clinicians ar...

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Overthinking & MonitoringAdvice RequestsMindset shift+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 17, 2022
9 points

You're taking the first step by talking about it. Make a plan. Keep taking steps to make things better. Your realization that your stutter is controlling you is key. IMO, the control we give our stu...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyTherapy & Professional
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringMindset shift+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 17, 2022
1 points

Yes exactly. And I think there’s something so fucking cool about staring someone dead in the eyes and essentially saying… ‘I know what you’re thinking. And I don’t give a flying fuck. I will say what ...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterFeb 16, 2022
2 points

I agree with a lot of what you say! Negative self talk and fear of stuttering have a big influence on stuttering. So learning to think in a new way is really important!...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Overthinking & MonitoringMindset shift
commentr/StutterFeb 16, 2022
1 points

I wanted to know too so I looked up law of attraction. To try explain it simply it is a theory that states you can manifest things into happening through mind power, if you focus on the negative, your...

Coping & Advocacy
Mindset shift