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I know how you must feel, but take this from me: I tried many ways to think about stuttering, speaking slowly, checking my breathing, but you know what... Just don't care for it. When you don't think...

Advice needed

Advice needed I’ve been stuttering for as long as i remember, i’ve tried speech therapy countless times but it just didn’t work. I’m 17 now and i’ve read that the longer the stutter stays the less lik...

Living and learning

Living and learning I was talking to my mom about science, aliens, technology and all this shit that I like a lot, and I noticed I care much less about my stuttering, and it's great! You guys know, st...

I did my first game stream today

I did my first game stream today I just finished my first stream today and I feel very great and confident. Context: I'm a non native English speaker and I stutter when I'm speaking English with stra...

You don’t sound very convinced. I know it sucks sometimes, but you can’t allow yourself to stay in a negative mindset for too long. Try meditation and reading positive quotes. Seriously mate it will b...

It's not the same as just telling a homeless person to get a job. It's the same as telling a homeless person to stop complaining over the fact that they're homeless. It doesn't do anything to change t...

You hit the nail on the head: your own confidence helped you. You were in a place where no one knew your speech patterns and everyone was a stranger, so you didn't have to worry about it. We know stut...

Out of curiosity, what’s your native language? I think it’s probably more common with some languages than others, just because of sounds and how words are constructed. I barely stuttered when I was le...

Honestly well never quite be able to speak normal, my tip i usually use is to talk while exhaling usually when i do it this trick it helps a lot just make sure to relax before you do i and find some p...

I sometimes practice lines I say often. Muscle-memory will then make the sentences sound much more fluent. And this one is perhaps weird, but it's another trick I use. I try to convince myself that ...

Random thoughts on neuroplasiticity and improved speech with healthy lifestyle, practice and mental health.

Random thoughts on neuroplasiticity and improved speech with healthy lifestyle, practice and mental health. Just a bunch of random thoughts and observations I had on these 4 things. I'm straight shotg...

A practical piece of advice that really allowed me to lose the fear of stuttering and enables me to express myself naturally without the constant agony of negative anticipatory thoughts, is as follows...

2nd others on the acceptance part. Not saying therapy isn't helpful and other things don't have value. They do. But I think the mental hurdle to accept it as something that is ok and not something to ...

Hi again u/nukefudge \- For your second question. Absolutely - a lot of treatment for stuttering involves various approaches to cognitive therapy that are designed to help people change their understa...

Hiya - there are two things that I often wonder about, when we're having discussions in here. Perhaps you could comment on them in turn: 1. The _variance_ between stutterers and within an individual ...

>Thanks for your questions! You were the first one to post ;-). And, it's a great set of questions. I'll offer a few thoughts, and Seth will chime in as well. > >First, regarding neuropla...

It's just one of the things that are known to be able to help people who stutter. That's why it's so often recommended, and that's why people study to become speech language therapists. - My case is...

I know everyone is different, but I was able to (mostly) achieve fluency. I stuttered pretty badly as a child. I worked on speaking slowly and intentionally and mostly overcame my stutter by adulthood...

Barring some miracle drug, you likely won't become 100% fluent ever. It does get better though. When I was a teen I could barely speak. I still have bad days, but I find that anxiety has a huge effect...

Think about not catastrophising the possible outcome. If you do stutter what’s the worse that can happen? It’ll feel horrible but go beyond that. Stay with the thought and play out the whole scenario....