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I had the same experience with propranolol. It didn't do anything for stuttering, but kept my heart from beating out of my chest during presentations. Did you continue on the trazodone? Also, any side...

Yes this is true I want to go up to people and start conversations/compliment people but my stutter will get in the way most likely...

I agree with you but when getting blocks continuously, such techniques could help. Obviously these cannot be long term usage (but for those who are getting good results with this & are satisfied with...

My speech therapist told me about it, but claimed that eventually over time it stops being effective and doesnt work anymore. Its not a simple solution of put it on and your stutter is gone for good...

the McGuire Program, developed and coached by people who have a lifelong stutter. You wouldn't know they stuttered speaking to them because of techniques and working through bad habits/fears. Changed ...

The therapy in college’s Speech and Hearing Center centered around this. The theory is elongate the initial sound of a word to ease into it. Then repeat the technique on every other word (to get a “fl...

i’m happy your presentation went well!! i’m always happy to hear when presentations go smoothly because they’re usually a big ‘obstacle’ 😭 and the stuttering when talking to friends again is so real ...

I find it's a case of conditioning yourself to apply it when you have a block rather than using it constantly, but that's just me...

Also I am not able to do soft speech - every word I say standalone & basically end with force like laptopp, openn, etc...

They called it chewing gum speech when I was in speech therapy as a kid. It does definitely work. Also soft speech (essentially don't hit consonants as hard)...

If it's the same method discussed in the article mentioned below, you should be able to shorten the prolongations until it's akin to regular speech. The article also mentions that this technique is th...

Yes, it eventually played a big part in resolving my stuttering. It is awkward. But i've noticed that you will have to use it less over time and you feel beforhand how big of a stutter will come up an...

I agree. My father was a pretty much a Cornell educated useless POS that couldn’t be bothered to pay child support for his three kids. Once, when he was asking me a question and didn’t like answer I ...

I try to redirect my blocks into repetition and prolongation. Blocks and my facial expression together make me look pissed off for no reason sometimes so that's why I try to redirect. I feel less awk...

They think if we make our lives a musical we can speak normally but generally it’ll be a depressing musical, we cannot say our names and making friends is tough for us...

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Don’t fit in I think being an out going person and having a stutter is a really bad combo. Coz you wanna make new friendss but you stutter when you try to make a convo with them and then they don’t co...

Not really, girls thought it was cute and was tease me but it didn't affect anything But the hard part was even trying to talk to someone, I just wait for someone to like me first...

I tried it in my early 20s. Didn’t work for me, as I felt extremely unhappy that I had to spend so much time on something most people didn’t even know about. I was never a severe stutterer though, I h...

I guess that's because he was tired so that he didn't even think of his stutter or notice it which made him fluent without any efforts and that proves the fact saying that stutter is just in the pers...

I did speech therapy both as a child and again as an adult in college. It helped some… then also I removed myself from public speaking types of scenarios, which idk if that’s good, but eventually my ...