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postr/StutterDec 2, 2025
9 points

I found these tips in some sub, originally in Spanish, from a speech therapist.

I found these tips in some sub, originally in Spanish, from a speech therapist. I figured it wouldn’t hurt to leave them here in case they’re useful to anyone. 1. **Diaphragmatic breathing:** ALWAYS...

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commentr/StutterDec 2, 2025
1 points

Hello. I’m now in my 50s and I’ve had a stutter since the age of 7. School was very tough, like you, there were so many times where I knew the correct answer but did not raise my hand to give the ans...

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commentr/StutterDec 1, 2025
0 points

It is not permanent. I used to stutter a lot during my childhood to early teens and it gradually reduced as I moved to college. Now I am in mid 20s, I would say I stutter rarely but I am quick to chan...

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commentr/StutterDec 1, 2025
3 points

Give a try to express yourself to friends about stuttering. Friends may give you a superb advice and you don't even have to be depressed about it because, duh, it's your friends. I mean, AncientCod125...

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commentr/StutterDec 1, 2025
2 points

This is very common. I have had the same problem for years. The pressure becomes greater when you need to repeat what you just said. As a speech pathologist I have spent years trying to find a solutio...

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commentr/StutterDec 1, 2025
1 points

Honestly, practice. If you put yourself in enough scary situations where you have to talk, it eventually stops being scary. I've also found that consciously telling your body to relax helps - I tend t...

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commentr/StutterDec 1, 2025
3 points

I changed my breathing pattern allowing easy and steady airflow. This helped me to control my stuttering. Eventually I became stutter free. It was very difficult but doable. I found my pathway to flue...

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commentr/StutterDec 1, 2025
1 points

As a speech pathologist and an expert in brain based teaching and learning, I have found that stuttering is “curable” I spent years researching as to why a fluent person does not stutter. We have sim...

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commentr/StutterDec 1, 2025
1 points

Not permanent. Best evidence of this is that your fluency like ebbs and flows. There are good moments and bad moments. Good days and bad days. You're not going to talk your way out of it though. Se...

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commentr/StutterDec 1, 2025
4 points

Yes, unfortunately it’s a permanent, neurological issue, but you can mitigate it by learning fluency shaping techniques from a Speech Language Therapist who specialises in stuttering....

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postr/Stutter_remissionDec 1, 2025
2 points

If fear was the cause, then any anti-anxiety SSRI medication would fix it! Do you agree?

If fear was the cause, then any anti-anxiety SSRI medication would fix it! Do you agree? In reply to the main statement. I believe this assumption is wrong. For example, deeply conditioned unseen/s...

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commentr/StutterNov 30, 2025
1 points

Yeah, Hollins. It was 2003, back when it was a 3 week course. It helped me immensely, I went from a complete isolationist to the total extrovert that was screaming to come out. In that program th...

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commentr/StutterNov 30, 2025
5 points

That is a reason people stutter. if you don't anticipate, all fluent...

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commentr/StutterNov 30, 2025
5 points

I was in speech therapy from the time I could talk until freshman year, and they said I could choose to stay in or not and that there was nothing more to really "teach" me so I stopped going. Still st...

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commentr/StutterNov 30, 2025
2 points

I'm going to a Neuro clinic next week. Will start soon. But as I said there's nothing better than trying.beven if it's a 25-30% improvement it's still good. Can do much better together with a simple t...

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commentr/StutterNov 29, 2025
3 points

Right now, I am trying to speak as natural as possible. I mean, not using the speech therapy techniques for every word and speaking in the natural speaking pace. When I speak natural I don't focus on ...

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commentr/StutterNov 29, 2025
5 points

Gave me practice at speaking and reading out loud with other kids. Did fake phone calls. Talked along to a metronome. Helped me realize that I could manage by keeping my speaking smooth and measured....

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commentr/StutterNov 29, 2025
3 points

A starting point can be talking with your speech therapist about what your goals for therapy are. If you’ve had persistent developmental stuttering for years, it’s unlikely to resolve. That being said...

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commentr/StutterNov 28, 2025
1 points

Correction including calming yourself when you are stuck. Loosening you muscle and making light touch where it is contact in your mouth and then vey slowing saying the word . The first word will come ...

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Fluency TechniquesPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2025
1 points

Same results. I stuttered as long as I can remember. Swallowed my fears and joined an 8 week Dale Carnegie public speaking class. I was told by the instructor (a former stutterer) to clasp my hands to...

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