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commentr/StutterJul 23, 2023
7 points

With me it's a confidence issue. Sometimes when i put no pressure on myself to speak, i am fluent. When i put pressure on myself, i stammer more. If speaking is considered as an analog to sprinting, i...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Anxiety & Social JudgmentAnticipating StutteringFluency Techniques
postr/StutterJul 20, 2023
4 points

Short term fluency enhancing strategies for emergency situations?

Short term fluency enhancing strategies for emergency situations? Anyone care to share some fluency tips/hacks anyone has used to get through "emergency" situations (not a real emergency, more like ha...

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commentr/StutterJul 19, 2023
3 points

But if you master breathing you can do by nose and first sound should be assertive not with holding back Don't speak more than 5 word then release all the air from your lungs Repeat the cycle...

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Mindfulness & BreathingFluency TechniquesPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterJul 19, 2023
1 points

For anyone wondering what THINK BLIPS is, it's : True Helpful Inspiring Necessary Kind This helps in social situations, especially for I stutterer where I get to constantly filter words in my head ...

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commentr/StutterJul 19, 2023
1 points

I try this too and it is effective when I remember and the acronym THINK BLIPS just works for my stutter and in social situations....

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commentr/StutterJul 18, 2023
3 points

I do it through mouth as a few other people who have mastered it so it through mouth, you have to make the breath very exaggerated to make sure you’re doing it correctly which seems a little off putti...

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Mindfulness & BreathingFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJul 18, 2023
1 points

Also always empty your lungs of air before you inhale. Never try do it on a half breath already. Not sure the reasoning but it’s how I picked it up, also smile and maintain eye contact. All these litt...

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Mindfulness & BreathingFluency TechniquesPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterJul 18, 2023
3 points

A good way to experience it would be to wear a belt around your mid section, if you breathe deep enough you should get light headed. Just think of when you yawn, you naturally use that breath. Also if...

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Fluency TechniquesMindfulness & BreathingPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterJul 18, 2023
2 points

How do you do costal breathing? As its helping you I'd be grateful if you could briefly explain. Do you breathe in quickly via your mouth into your lungs and speak on the exhale? Or do you on the i...

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Mindfulness & BreathingFluency Techniques
postr/StutterJul 18, 2023
11 points

Anyone else in the same boat?

Anyone else in the same boat? Technically we are all in the same in some respect! Long story short I used costal breathing to control my stammer and the difference between as night and day once I kn...

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Fluency TechniquesEnergy & Biological RhythmsAvoidance & Substitution+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 17, 2023
2 points

It’s hard. It’s basically the same technique that opera singers learn. It’s something you need to practise every single day to master it. Pls look into a device called the ‘breather’. The speech thera...

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Fluency TechniquesMindfulness & Breathing
commentr/StutterJul 17, 2023
2 points

So, with hard consonants…ease into the word on the exhale. For that matter, when you feel a stop coming on, pause…..relax the muscles you’re using in the word and breathe into the word. Practice this...

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postr/StutterJul 17, 2023
9 points

Questions about breathing

Questions about breathing I have a stutter, and over the past few weeks I’ve been making an effort for take care of it more. One of the things I’ve been seeing mentioned a lot is diaphragmatic breathi...

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Fluency TechniquesMindfulness & Breathing
commentr/StutterJul 17, 2023
2 points

Hihi, like someone said not having the perfect video is fine too!! For me, I would sometimes draw out the letters with my finger as I would talk them outloud, another thing you could is try to act as ...

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Fluency TechniquesSituational Variability
commentr/StutterJul 17, 2023
3 points

I like your suggestion. Keep smiling whenever you trying to talk. Perhaps that can ease the tense of the speech muscle so that you have less chance to stutter....

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commentr/StutterJul 17, 2023
4 points

I would suggest you to keep smiling wherever you talk, it eases me. And instead of concentrating on the words that come out of my mouth, i try speaking in a passionate fashion, maybe sometimes with ac...

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Fluency TechniquesHope & MotivationAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJul 17, 2023
3 points

1. First mouth and tongue muscke exercises, then focusing on extending the first vowel of each word, doing that with all the vowel combinations in random vowel and consonant combinations such as "ABA"...

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commentr/StutterJul 17, 2023
3 points

Sometimes I tap my thumb to my forefinger for each syllable. It helps me slow down and be more fluent. Or you could try doing the same thing just tapping your foot....

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Fluency TechniquesPhysical Tension
postr/StutterJul 17, 2023
5 points

Improving my stutter during interview

Improving my stutter during interview Are there any tips, exercises anything which can help reduce my stutter I get very nervous when im put on stop and i have to talk my stuttering became worse to ...

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commentr/StutterJul 15, 2023
2 points

The only speech therapist I've had focused on a lot of strategies for releasing tension in your mouth and vocal folds, which included some of the things you mentioned, like diaphragmatic breathing. We...

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Fluency TechniquesTherapy ExperiencesAuthenticity vs. Masking