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commentr/StutterNov 29, 2023
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While my stutter isn’t very severe I have found that stretching the word out while slowing the pronunciation down, and saying it “forcefully”. Just like you are doing helps me a lot. Slowing down my...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesAvoidance & SubstitutionMindfulness & Breathing
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2023
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Honestly singing or using a metronome for syllables was a huge help when I needed to communicate something when my stammer was at the most debilitating....

Coping & AdvocacyTherapy & Professional
Fluency TechniquesAssistive Devices
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2023
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Been there… sometimes my mouth gets sore because of all the muscle tightness. Sometimes I realize its because of how much I’m trying to “fight” the stutter and if I make deliberate attempts to relax a...

Speech & StutteringCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Physical TensionFluency TechniquesAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2023
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This is happening cus you are stuttering and getting out of breath. My advice would be to stop and take a deep breath when this happens and try to recuperate. Years ago I presented at a poster sympo...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesStress & Fight/FlightOnset & Life-Stage Changes
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2023
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Nothing :( maybe I should speak more slowly and talking on exhale, but dunno. I hope there will be some genetic therapies....

Causes & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Genetic & Family FactorsFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2023
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Slow your talking down Lower the pitch Control your breathing Don't force words out. Stop immediately when this happens Count to three in your head and then say the word. The count is an automatic d...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2023
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It sure does work. It relaxes you. But sometimes in the middle of a sentence I forget to do it and force my way through blocks....

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2023
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\-getting out of your head \-facing your anxiety situations gradually (start with the uncomfortable ones and work yourself up to the heavy hitters \-learn to deal with the emotions accompanying in a...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2023
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Dear stutterer, ​ I am a stutterer myself who was able to overcome the vast majority of his stutter due to speech therapy in Germany. Unfortunately, I am not a speech language pathologis...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesOverthinking & MonitoringAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterNov 27, 2023
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Download a speech teleprompter app. Practice speeches like you are reading off a teleprompter.have fun with it. Alone at first. Then ask a trusted friend to watch....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Preparation & RehearsalFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterNov 27, 2023
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Speaking slowly to girls, in addition to improving fluency, makes you appear mysterious and different from most guys who always speak quickly and usually without thinking much (I've been praised for t...

Coping & AdvocacySocial & Relationships
Fluency TechniquesDating & Romance
commentr/StutterNov 27, 2023
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You can test and practise with moving hands, feet - Im not a expert but read somewhere that people who stutter, while talking are less expressing it by non verbal, like moving hands, fingers not sure ...

Speech & StutteringCoping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Physical TensionFluency TechniquesAnticipating Stuttering
commentr/StutterNov 27, 2023
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Focus on your breath in stressful situations. Dont push the words out - breath and speak. Stuttering results from wrong pphonation, articulation and breathing. Work on sychronizing that - mirrors help...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Mindfulness & BreathingFluency TechniquesOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterNov 27, 2023
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When you are anxious you will change your breathing pattern. Worse breathing pattern leads to worse stuttering. Besides, as the situation is stressful, you might try to force through it - which again ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Stress & Fight/FlightHelplessness & AgencyFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterNov 27, 2023
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When the thing you want to say is linked to a lot of emotion it can cause you trouble in saying it because your speech rhythm will tend to be messed uo due to the pressure the situation bestows upon y...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Stress & Fight/FlightFluency TechniquesAnticipating Stuttering
commentr/StutterNov 26, 2023
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I just read a book someone on here recommended to me, thanks to him, I see speech anxiety differently, it might help you too, I read it for free on amazon kindle its called Speech Anxiety To Public Sp...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & AvoidanceTherapy & Professional
Fluency TechniquesAvoidance & SubstitutionSeeking Therapy
commentr/StutterNov 25, 2023
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Maybe have a look at Lee Lovett's how to lose the fear of stuttering and love speaking. The book contains no cure but "crutches" Mr Lovett (being a stutterer himself) developed to handley his everyda...

Coping & AdvocacyTherapy & Professional
Fluency TechniquesSeeking Therapy
commentr/StutterNov 25, 2023
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In this case just stop trying to say it and take a new attempt to breath . And breath in your diaphragm not your chest. Concerning the "stutter block", there are some interesting theories by William...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterNov 24, 2023
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"*It's a stutter course written by a medical writer and researcher named Richard Harkness. This self-paced speech therapy course is predicated on the idea that the brain is neuroplastic and that consi...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Neurological & BrainFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterNov 24, 2023
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The course claims that "The important thing is not the external muscle movements, though, but the brain pathways that output the signals which activate these muscles for speech production." Th...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Neurological & BrainFluency Techniques