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"Once you achieve fluency" \-> I agree with you that 'aiming for fluency' is a measure to check your progress to achieve 'removing stuttering completely'. But then the question is, how do you mea...

" I'm developing that skill. " \-> conclusion of my previous message is, our problem is not stuttering or the trigger. The problem lies in 'reacting to the trigger' (our response and perspective o...

"Are you implying that stuttering is psychological?" According to researchers/therapists: \- "stuttering is genetic which means, our brains are wired differently because we have a neurological predi...

Are you implying that stuttering is psychological? I agree there is a psychological element that engages in a vicious cycle with the stutter. But that doesn't discount our stutter. The stutter is...

you are so right, if we try to speak without stutter, then we actually stutter. So, then the question is: should we not try to speak fluently? To answer this question, we need to understand what happ...

I agree, my message is not combatatively meant and more meant to be objective in order to get straight to the point. You said: "I don't follow". \-> I will try to explain. \-> imagine that I'm...

"I think the program that I went through did build resilience against stutter triggers." -> if true what you say, then why bother convincing yourself with positive statement about your trigger? If ...

There are gimmicks for everything. While breathing and meditating have helped me in general, they do not cure stuttering. Stuttering is 100% mental. Poor breathing and whatever ticks people have are s...

"The more you feel like you don't belong, the more you are going to present a fake version of yourself." \-> I think I understand you, but I think 'fear' isn't so much the problem. You can't blame...

**"if the goal if fluency, the more you stutter"** \-> We can stop compulsion, if we have the goal of fluency while we are not bothered by stuttering. **"the more you try, the more you stutter"*...

"victim mindset" \-> victim mindset is another word for 'reacting to trigger' in order to justify compulsion. According to research 60% of the stutterers don't stutter when they are comfortable. T...

" most the tension is coming from the fear of being judged, not the fear to stutter" Common misconception that fear is the dominant part of reacting to the trigger. In my experience it's not, just th...

"They get stronger and you will have some of the hardest time speaking." \-> you got that right on the money. Imagine a tug of war, you are pulling the rope against your monster. The harder you pu...

>Every time you think "dont stutter" what happens? Do the feelings of stuttering go away? "Every time you think "dont stutter" what happens? Do the feelings of stuttering go away? " \-> If I d...

**"speech needs working on"** \-> I agree, if you believe that you can't stop compulsion BECAUSE (reason) 1) you need a technique, 2) it needs to improve, or 3) you need more help then you ATTA...

I agree with you about the whole "fear to stutter" thing to a degree, I hardly stutter at all when I'm alone. And it's definitely more of a cognitive, mental thing for me rather than a physical malady...

Thanks for your accurate analysis! I’d like to add on to 2, because im not a true fan of tolerance. Yes - tolerance can help you function better, but then what are you functioning for? I think the ca...

Great reply! I understand you offer: 1. during stutter: recognize feeling that stutter is coming up 2. making self-analyzing/prediction subconsciously (by distracting oneself) by focusing on the 5 se...

The love on this thread for Ecopipam makes me sad. Having done the clinical trial, I can say that you’ll likely be disappointed...

Absolutely! Stutterers have the advantage of being able to feel a stutter coming up, this feeling is to be perceived simultaneously with the sound around one. Talking should be subconscious process, a...