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Definitely! We become fluent by replacing anxiety with breath training. Could you tell us more how/what you did in this training so we can also use it?...

Voluntarily stuttering is a dated technique IMO. Address the anxiety in combination with breath training (like the program in VA) and you'll be fluent. It took a lot of work but I'm fluent as hell now...

Yea i noticed it too.also most pws i came across usually have both difficulties.. The mild stutterers have a the not-breathing situation so when such pws consciously follow breathing techniques they b...

My biggest challenge is calling someone on the phone because YOU have to decide when to call them. And that might give you enough time to worry about it, which is not good. What’s some of my coping...

Hey! First off, it's totally normal to feel what you're feeling right now. I think speaking slowly does help people who stutter. I'm also a person who blocks on words which prevents me from saying c...

If you cannot afford it, there are SLPs with similar ideas that have free podcasts. If you put in the time and effort and are willing to do some scary speaking things, you can gain significant contr...

Yep, I took a 3 day intensive course in 2020 just before the lockdowns, along with at least 10 other stutters. And by the end of the course everyone had made really good improvements. But you have to ...

Look into the McGuire programme, it’s a course you take that really helps stutterers become fluent speakers, it takes some time and effort and it will be life changing. And without the use of medicati...

Speaking from experience, reading poems or books out loud for an hour a day has significantly improved my fluency— I recommend this practice for your brother....

Each therapist or psychologist have different goals. Each stutterer also has different goals. One stutterers has a goal to reduce social anxiety, another one wants more control over speaking, another ...

"Anybody else have similar experiences/solutions?" The same reasons (that you mentioned) trigger my panic to stop breathing out or stop moving articulators (like tongue and jaw) during speech. What I...

What would qualify a speech therapist to be the correct one for stuttering?

What would qualify a speech therapist to be the correct one for stuttering? I’ve undergone speech therapy in my childhood and the techniques they taught me was stuff like slowing down my speech and ta...

There are quite a few but interventions usually fall into two groups. Fluency enhancing (Ex. Phrasing, easy onsets, etc) or fluency modification (Ex. Pull outs, cancellations, etc). A speech therapist...

Yeah, I feel exactly the same, but if I can get a good start I can carry the presentation without too much issues, on the other hand, if I start stuttering in the beginning, it's hard to pick it back ...

Yes... Speak slowly, and take pauses to breathe. It has also helped me. I take a pause every 3-5 words....

So I would really recommend the Dave McGuire course. They have an inexpensive self help book on Amazon called “Beyond Stammering: The Mcguire Program for getting good at the Sport of Speaking.” You ca...

I am soooo happy to hear this result for you! Are you combining it with anything else? People here are ignoring this because the suggestion often comes from people who have no clue what they are tal...

I will not tell you to "just be happy", because I know that your sadness is not because you hadn't considered this route before. But I will tell you there is a path to fluency. It's free, involves s...

Your end goal is to reduce your anticipation: * Thought: "I'll stutter" In my opinion 'stuttering' can mean a lot of things, so first thing to do I recommend is to choose a better term for stutterin...

Might be worth talking to the teacher directly and candidly and visiting a speech therapist with the specific aim of being able to read aloud without stuttering. My guess would be that you've adopted ...