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I see what you mean. Not all jokes are that obvious though. And sometimes it’s not about being funny when you joke. It’s actually just about lifting the mood of people around you. If they see you are...

How do you know no comedian has a strong stutter? And you can have good tone as a person who stutters. You just have to remember to stay in touch with your emotions while speaking. And timing is mor...

I think it’s true that our attitude as well as focusing on stuttering can influence our tone and intonation, etc. to not be as playful and lighthearted. You just have to relax and not be as hard on yo...

I don’t think so, when I practice talking to myself in the mirror I don’t have any blocks at all. It’s frustrating because it’s like starting all over again...

> I am scared that the actual delivery might not be as how I practiced it to be. It won't be. And that's OK. When you're up there, live in the moment. Take time to appreciate where you are. Use ...

As much as counterintuitive this may sound to a PWS, just notice how little effort speaking requires. No word or even most of the sentences require any conscious effort. And focus in your speech on th...

This! In my opinion stutterers have become too relient on negatively pre-evaluation (like anticipatory anxiety) and post-evaluating. So I agree in that either we should: * stop focusing on the bad e...

People with Tourette’s disorder have the opposite problem to people with a Stuttering Disorder, inasmuch as people with a stuttering disorder worry about not being able to get their words out, whereas...

I can't start a speech only on a first letter and when I pronounced it the rest goes well | Stuttering

I can't start a speech only on a first letter and when I pronounced it the rest goes well | Stuttering When I start talking, my speech sometimes stops on the first letter, and then I just stand there ...

I don't know if it was depression from a clinical standpoint, but I did become numb to everything. I was socially anxious and was afraid to talk. Luckily I was never bullied because of it, and I could...

I honestly don’t know if it will help because by talking slower, you’re focusing more on your pronunciation and therefore stuttering more. This won’t apply to everyone but I’ve seen countless posts st...

I know it sounds dumb but lately I have been trying to not focus on the words I’m going to say in a sentence. I feel like in my mind, if I focus too much on an upcoming word, that word usually is the ...

Because it forces one out of the tunnelvision which is stuttering. It could be how clowns are scary to some, but if you can get distracted from your feelings you will not know your opinion on dubious ...

Most stutterers speak too quietly and too fast. They can't wait to get it over with and they think if they speak quietly no one will hear them stutter. If you speak in a crazy voice by yourself as an ...

Why do I have to call companies to ask a few questions?

Why do I have to call companies to ask a few questions? Currently, I am a sophomore at highschool and I am going though speech therapy. I'm often comfortable about my stuttering because I simply see i...

The thing is you are fluent person. You can’t loose fluency. The problem is that you don’t believe it. This is not a problem you have, this is a problem you think you have. Therefore, you are trying t...

Focussing on an external paradox simply relieves the tunnelvision on the internal problem. In which, the internal problem is the tunnelvision on the speech....

One thing that helps me when I feel like this is to look at what people are actually saying. In most cases I've found that people are partaking in small talk, or saying things in a verbose manner. I'v...

Yes I bet my dh one time a quarter the next time he stutters and amazingly he had fluency for the longest time trying not to lose that quarter so it’s definitely some mental component but the consiste...

Yes, I think you should write out a list of thoughts and situations that trigger you to begin stuttering. And I think you should write down all the physical sensations going on in your body before y...