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I use a phone a lot and some times in high pressure situations on faults. I'm a signal electrician for a city rail network. One thing I found that helps me for all conversations with people I don't k...

As someone whose stutter was not related to anxiety when I was younger, there are different methodologies that can work to help you avoid your stutter, I personally use "slow and easy speech" (a metho...

I'm a 36 year old stutterer and the one thing I wish I would've got more of when I was growing up is positive reinforcement. I never heard my parents say it was OK to stutter and that I should embrace...

Start slow, try a day where you have to use a word continuously. For me it was “Dinner” d - inner, or d, inner. For you maybe it’s “chair”. So see it as ch- air or ch, air the more times you commit...

I only use this for hard blocked words. I also visualise the sound coming off the word at the point I would normally exert effort, L - ike this. For normal speech, I use deep voice, phrasing/ pauses ...

My Swiss-army technique for blocks (excuse the cat hairs)

My Swiss-army technique for blocks (excuse the cat hairs) [deleted]...

Keep in mind to be monitoring your speech thus you can make quick responses to the blockages. This may make your speaking more stressful but otherwise according to your statements you can't on time re...

Moreover, remember you gotta practice techniques in real conversations with others otherwise maybe the practices are not likely to have good enough effects and you gotta set up a conditional reflex wh...

Thank you so much I’ll try that metronome therapy. It will also help me get some reading out the way! I agree though when it comes to everyday things like names etc you replace those thank you for the...

Changing words does make sense at times but not always like when it comes to your own name, address, phone number, and etc. If you wanna be more articulate then you should learn speech techniques or ...

I noticed that the more I speak, the less I stutter and with words I avoid or block, the more I say them, the less I stutter on them so I now enjoy talking to people on the phone. For example when you...

Advice to avoid a stutter

Advice to avoid a stutter Along with rephrasing, speaking on the exhale, and using filler words, are there any other techniques you guys use?...

100000% agree!!!! I always advocate for speech therapy. If you're interested in fluency, take steps in your life to achieve it. If speech therapy hasn't worked for you in the past, try a different pr...

No you are getting them all wrong. It depends on your own situations. If you stutter even calmed down, relaxed, and composed, it is likely that the neurological part of your stuttering shares of the w...

Advise against speech techniques. They teach you to fight against your stutter....

I use a technique which I call establishing your 'speech floor' -> akin to getting comfortable on the stage floor before acting. Don't feel pressured to start saying valuable things right when you...

I dunno how you practiced them but you gotta practice them in real conversations and of course you gotta monitor your speeches when you are trying to practice them. But there are many speech technique...

Jeez that's what I am always afraid of since I have stuttering. I can imagine how awkward you were mate. Have u learned any speech techniques? Remember you'd better practice them in real conversation...

Changing word is just an expedient, instead, you should learn how to use speech techniques such as prolongations, Gentle Speech, and etc to overcome blockages. Or metronome: Download a metronome app...

Ah its difficult man. If you get a block, just stop what your saying and rephrase the sentence. This seems to work for me...