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It may be that with age your expectations to fit in with others increased. This made you evaluate yourself more in comparison to others....

I’m a grad student in my externship year for speech pathology and have actually just completed quite a few stuttering evals recently, and do fluency therapy on a weekly basis. I don’t stutter myself a...

\> NOT CARE about this thought, fade the thought, distract myself from the thought or change the thought to 'I won't stutter on the letter'. ​ It is much easier to change a behaviour t...

Have you tried speech therapy? Also have you tried any speaking techniques to help you as well? Sometimes universities have free or low cost clinics, if they have a speech program. The clinicians ar...

You're taking the first step by talking about it. Make a plan. Keep taking steps to make things better. Your realization that your stutter is controlling you is key. IMO, the control we give our stu...

Youre absolutely right, when you try to prevent your stutter you're constantly thinking about stuttering, I find that when I am thinking about stuttering I tend to stutter more than usual Considering...

Could trying not to stutter make it worse?

Could trying not to stutter make it worse? Context: I developed a stammer last summer, teenager, development possibly due to increased anxiety (Covid). I have been trying to not stutter as much as p...

I agree with a lot of what you say! Negative self talk and fear of stuttering have a big influence on stuttering. So learning to think in a new way is really important!...

1. a) How can I deal with the negative thoughts: -> your thoughts and confidence makes more impact here. Confidence increases by practicing things. If I know, I stutter at 'L' then ...

My take on this: When you are all by yourself and talking to yourself you don't have to prove to yourself that you can speak fluently. When you are around others we want to fight our stutter, and we w...

How much of your attention do you feel you're putting on your content vs on not stuttering? I know that can be hard when you're blocking in a sound, but what I found helps is being very enthusiastic. ...

Or people mistakenly think you are offended by their funny quip - when you are actually trying to add to theirs. Then, good luck trying to explain you aren’t offended - when you. Talk. Awkward. Wi...

Are you sure you naturally talk fast or did it come due stuttering? Or did you start to talk faster because you felt the other person gets impatient and you try to safe time? Or you subconsciously ...

Well there you go you talk to fast that’s why you stutter. If you’re not ok with it cuz you think youre sacrificing part of yourself to be fluent than don’t do it. It stuttering bugs you then why not ...

It's odd, to myself I don't think i speak fast, but everyone says I do, so maybe it's a thing with people who stammer, we try to get our words out fast as possible, we understand what we are sa...

Yea there is I’m not quite sure how to find it though. Try searching on the internet “Ecopipam Trials” and I believe there is a site you can find that gives all the information regarding the trial so;...

Omg yes I hate repeating myself because I just know that I’m gonna stutter on it...

Thank you so much for the post. This is an eye opener. My stuttering increased over the last few years and I wondered why? Well the answer is clear as day....I gave it too much attention, planning and...

Same. When I say something perfectly first time then other person says the dreaded word ‘what?’ Then I can’t say it for shit the second time….grrrrrr so irritating 😠...

It's all about the pressure and tension you feel while speaking so this makes complete sense, I would also stutter the most in these instances. My belief about repeating yourself and why we stutter ...