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I used to really struggle with it but now I try to never avoid words, and will even purposely use my more difficult words to practice them. Being covert is difficult because every time you don’t use...

I’ve read the full fluency phenomenon too! What did your speech feel like and what did you gain from your experience? And was there any lasting effect on you? Would love to your experience...

Just tonight I had dinner w a friend, and I held eye contact when feeling shame when a block was about to take over. A phone call with a doctor where I initially felt like not bothering w my question...

You should let people hear your repetitions, but for this reason - that is how you stop blocking. Most of us hate letting ppl hear them. But, as counterintuitive as it sounds, letting your repetit...

I’ve struggled intensely with this as well, but hear me out. How do you know they are feeling disgust? When practicing for a zoom interview w my family, they pointed out that I was having facial ex...

Speech techniques don’t really work for me maybe because Everytime I try one it just causes anxiety Cus it’s constantly making me think about my stutter. Im most fluent when I’m not thinking about it...

Breathe before you speak. Lots of people stutter because they don’t realize they have no air in their lungs to talk. Ive been stuttering since I was in elementary school and this saved me a lot. My fo...

There was a point a little before the Pandemic that I could use light contact of the first consonant of my name (the dreaded /k/ plosive) which would usually either result in the other people understa...

Anyone here who can sell me their SpeachEasy device?

Anyone here who can sell me their SpeachEasy device? Hello friends, Unfortunately I recently lost my device and currently looking for someone who would sell me theirs. I’m a mild to moderate stuttere...

I'm fluent enough that today I went out of my way 4 times today to talk to people I didn't need to talk to. I had a handful of job interviews in the last months, and had no fear about my fluency, ha...

You really need to just practice this whenever. Trying it out in the moment is like to be too daunting of a task and you’ll incorrectly convince yourself that it doesn’t work. This podcast explains ...

Agree with this. I have done this several times. Keep it light and keep rolling straight into the next topic from there. It helps ease tension in room and for you to relax. Good luck. Kick ass....

Just saw your post, and I was going to tell you that I think many ppl here are young males, many non-Americans. I’m an young Gen x female, fwiw. Very glad you are here! There are ways to trick your...

Try monotone “singing” to practice making your vocal folds more relaxed. Breathy speech is a legit fluency enhancing modification strategy....

>Do you feel that when you visualize singing while talking, you stutter less? Yes, if I **visualize**: 1. singing 2. that the listener is my dog (who I don't stutter with) 3. that I'm speaking ch...

The first few days of the DF course you are taught to talk with your hands on your ribs. When you inhale, you should expand your ribs/lungs as far as possible, to make sure your diaphragm has enough r...

Fluent speakers talk on regular sized exhales. A big deep breath actually almost always reinforces the feeling of panic, which is why it doesn’t work. Instead, when you feel out of air, realize wha...

The catch is that public schools *do have* professional speech therapists, fully accredited, Masters level, etc- but they are often overworked, and have no training in treating dysfluency. My mom has...

What solves stuttering is being able to devote yourself to hearing the world around you (excluding your speech). You need to "hear" the sounds around you more than the things you say yourself. You don...

When I was 16 and in school I had a severe stutter. I did not dare to pick up the phone or talk to people. At the end of the school year I had to do a book presentation for my exam and I was nervous t...