Search

commentr/StutterOct 12, 2022
2 points

Still in my twenties and I have always stuttered for as long as I can remember. Still commenting though, because what you describe sounds familiar to me. I definitely have kind of a 'base stutter'...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Severity & FluctuationFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 11, 2022
10 points

Well I am a biotechnology student and I have to do tons of presentations. But practicing it before hand helps a lot in being fluent while speaking...

School & WorkCoping & Advocacy
School & Academic LifeFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 11, 2022
5 points

Is there such thing as “becoming fluent” though? Just a few days ago I saw in this group a clip of Biden saying something that came off as if he was unaware of what he was saying, but many people of ...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesAnxiety & Social JudgmentAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterOct 11, 2022
6 points

**"How much of becoming more fluent was learning strategies to prevent stuttering"** Whenever I'm speaking to someone while visualizing that I'm alone, then I don't stutter anymore so I'd say 100% le...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Fluency TechniquesAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 11, 2022
3 points

my stutter is still with me. most of the time it's not present, but sometimes I can feel blocks coming on and I use the tools from the course to help me overcome. so rather than simply changing the wo...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesAvoidance & SubstitutionMindset shift
commentr/StutterOct 11, 2022
5 points

It is not only pathetic it is criminal how they hide effective treatments for stuttering. The usual prescription for someone who stutters is standardized speech therapy. This is usually useless and...

Therapy & ProfessionalCoping & Advocacy
Assistive DevicesFluency TechniquesCure Claims / Alt-Treats
commentr/StutterOct 10, 2022
2 points

I tried speech therapy in the past and it only worked for a little, I learned way more on YouTube than I did in therapy. The most important thing is to warm up by talking constantly to yourself every ...

Coping & AdvocacyCommunity & Support
Fluency TechniquesPersonal Stories
commentr/StutterOct 10, 2022
8 points

I mean there are options like devices to put in your ear that relays your speech, speech therapy, breathing exercises, mindfulness meditation, then just practicing talking in stressful situations to o...

Therapy & ProfessionalCoping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Assistive DevicesFluency TechniquesMindfulness & Breathing+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 10, 2022
1 points

I hate if you get used to it you just have to change your breathing technique and it will work again...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 10, 2022
2 points

Don't focus on that, in speach therapy i was told that i struggle specially on K, T and A....and that made it worst... Try to breath before a sentence and speak slow there will always be bad days and ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Feared Words & NamesFluency TechniquesSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterOct 10, 2022
3 points

Yes! I agree, if you can talk fluently sometimes, then it's not about directly approaching articulation with physical exercises. [Here I explain this](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WAdyTN__wCGuDqHa...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency TechniquesMindfulness & Breathing
commentr/StutterOct 10, 2022
1 points

I have one and it has helped me. It doesn’t make me completely fluent but my stutter is better. I would suggest you try the app speech jammer first before you by the SpeechEasy, it’s basically the sam...

Therapy & ProfessionalCoping & Advocacy
Assistive DevicesFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 9, 2022
1 points

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...

Community & SupportCoping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Advice RequestsResearch & ResourcesFluency Techniques+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 9, 2022
3 points

I feel you, I used to pretend to think about what I’ll say so I can calm my self and breathe before replying to people. Talking slower helps me to speak more clearly and it gives me the confidence to ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency TechniquesHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterOct 6, 2022
1 points

Yeah, this has helped me a lot too. Also try to envision the feeling of the word instead of the sound...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 6, 2022
2 points

maybe you can increase your score if you go to him saying: \- at the presentation I was doing a stutter technique that requires me to speak with less emotion \- or, teacher, if I use emotion as you...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Fluency TechniquesStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterOct 5, 2022
1 points

Nice! I did the Delferro, do you know it? You read many books and articles: did you read about [these stutter exercises](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MOuhe_X8WSTuUr8A6jgk78T7z52a4Xch?usp=sh...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Overthinking & MonitoringFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 5, 2022
3 points

That is correct, but I noticed all the "tricks/hammer tools/helpfull methods" are almost eveywhere the same. In Belgium we have also a method named BLS ( bewust leren spreken=mindfull speaking). I fol...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesPreparation & Rehearsal
commentr/StutterOct 5, 2022
2 points

The person you recommend uses this method: Use your hands Easy onset Word stretching (prolong syllable) Enunciate Drop first letter...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 5, 2022
7 points

Yes I did buy it. And you will learn the technics that is used to control your stutter (stretch, onset, meditation, daff etc). However it is all on you and your motivation. The app gives you some what...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Fluency TechniquesHope & Motivation