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How to quit saying um before I stutter

How to quit saying um before I stutter So I (m20) have been stuttering since I was a kid but I've always had a problem with saying um before I speak and when I don't say um I automatically get blocked...

Take a look at some of my recent comments here bc I’ve given some tips about how to become Tom or Dick....

Yeah usually if I just meet someone briefly they'd never know I have a stutter. Although I've had some pretty bad introductions where I did stutter through it but for the most part ive gotten the basi...

you described me perfectly in the third guy, by the way, is it normal for someone to be called Dick in English?...

Thank you for your kind words ( they mean much more than the words I typed for me at this stage ) Yes , that is the large part I struggle with i.e. having a pity on myself that I have to let go o...

Please help out

Please help out Ok so Idrk if this is a stutter or not but I could t find a better community Ok so I'm 14. 6ish month ago I this started happeing to me (or at least I started noticing it but I'm 99 p...

It helped me to stop drinking (because after a couple of beers my speech just goes into the toilet) I found there was no point in even trying to socialise when drinking. This led to me giving up smoki...

There are practices you can do to unlearn the avoidance behaviors and to teach yourself to stutter freely. These habits have consistently worked to dramatically reduce my blocks for years. As long...

I will always be prone to speaking with repetitions, and I’ve accepted that. But, I have learned habits to dramatically reduce my hard, silent blocks and extensive avoidance behaviors. I believe it’...

Different “types” of stuttering

Different “types” of stuttering Years ago, I read an article by a SLP who specializes in dysfluency that gave an example of different “types” of stutterers. “Type” may not be the most accurate clini...

If that does come to pass, just really play up the severity. Ham it up. Pretend you can’t get a single word out. They’ll let you off surely....

Has anyone been asked if they have turrets syndrome?

Has anyone been asked if they have turrets syndrome? I've developed some bad stutter habits. Sometimes I open my mouth while struggling to speak. I've been asked if I have turrets. Also...anyone have...

I hate it when people tell me to "slow down"

I hate it when people tell me to "slow down" I know that they are trying to be helpful but I hate it. When I tie it feels like my stuttering becomes worst and that I'm speaking at a snails pace. What ...

Pro tip: If you're gonna send a voice note just do voice to text. You can speak as slowly as you need and get the message across...

If she has trouble struggling to present in front of class, I would suggest you have her do a recorded presentation. I’m a severe stutterer when it comes to blocking so I kinda freeze up in place but ...

Reddit is male majority, people don’t mean no harm by guessing your gender as men are more on here so they say “brother” and “man”...

To explain the title of the post: "*What causes mild error prone speech to get mislabelled as an actual stutter disorder*". This title implies that, in my opinion, we should accept incipient stutterin...

I would say that this is the way I talk. I use a sport analog - just like some run faster than others and some lift more weights than others, I speak slower than others. I don’t like it but I can’t ch...

When we stutter on our name because we see it as important to say. We feel like we cannot move forward to continue saying the sound (to say our name).. we feel as if we are stuck on a word. We blame n...

I always have thought of getting the words out like running into a big hill, and I have to either plow through it or go around or over it etc....