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commentr/StutterJul 14, 2021
13 points

To a tiny bit of an extent. Just know that speech therapists will ask you why you've come to them that the aim is to improve your confidence that your stutter doesn't have to define you, and they'll r...

Identity & DisabilityTherapy & ProfessionalCoping & Advocacy
Acceptance & PrideTherapy ExperiencesFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJul 13, 2021
3 points

You have to do what works for you and one day you’ll figure it out. But for now, your stuttering isn’t going away soon. It will one day with enough work, but now you’re stuck with it. Emailing your te...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Fluency TechniquesHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJul 13, 2021
2 points

I started when I was 12.. I remember in the kitchen stuttering on my words. I don’t remember what I said, but I remember not being able to get it out and being shocked and a little embarrassed. We als...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Severity & FluctuationFluency TechniquesRoles & Performance
commentr/StutterJul 13, 2021
1 points

Before giving my presentations I take deep breaths and tell myself that I can do well. It makes me more calm and my decisiveness improves considerably which helps me choose right words to replace with...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJul 13, 2021
1 points

Unfortunately that’s called Speech Anxiety so you may want to work on your speech in therapy to help and then slowly voluntarily expose yourself to fearful speaking situations. Using the methods shoul...

Emotional ExperienceMeds & SubstancesCoping & Advocacy
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHarmful Med OutcomesFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJul 11, 2021
1 points

For me what worked most was improvising the presentation, I mean have a set of bulletpoints about the topic and order but just that. If I had a too rigid presentation I got nerveous and stutter on the...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacySchool & Work
Preparation & RehearsalFluency TechniquesPublic Speaking
commentr/StutterJul 11, 2021
3 points

In regards to “pull out/slide” if you like this technique you might like Ellen Marie Silverman, Ph.D Using Eastern Strategies to Speak With Greater Ease. She taught herself to recognize the physiologi...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJul 11, 2021
6 points

Squeeze your hands together when you try to talk, it's helped me a lot... It's a sort of distraction that just works, might be phycological but just read the script without focusing on the fact that y...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesAvoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterJul 11, 2021
17 points

I am a hair length away from taking medicines for my stutter 🙃

I am a hair length away from taking medicines for my stutter 🙃 Like damn nothing seems to work for me , diaphragmatic breathing speech therapy does not work I accept my stutter. But I just want i...

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Advice RequestsFluency TechniquesAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 11, 2021
1 points

Not any more. Listening to the music gives me confidence in a weird way. And it completely takes my mind off the usual panic and fear of asking for anything. Have you watched the kings speech ? They ...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJul 11, 2021
1 points

One thing that I have learned to do with shop situations like that is to listen to music in my earphones if I’m ever out and about getting things. Keep them in the whole time until u are about to be s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJul 10, 2021
2 points

I suggest saving that video to watch for future use. I cringe when I watch vids of myself and even move while presenting. But I say start recording yourself, then record convos with someone, then watc...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterJul 9, 2021
3 points

Just explain that it helps you with stuttering. My girlfriend complained that I talk extra loud when on the phone or zoom/Skype. I told her that I do that to give more power/airflow to my voice so tha...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJul 7, 2021
2 points

I don’t work in IT, but at my bank teller job I often have to help people and answer questions over the phone. The hardest part of learning how to do it was to learn how to say the “opening lines” tha...

School & WorkCoping & Advocacy
Employment & CareerFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJul 7, 2021
2 points

Mild stutter that is now pretty invisible to others (it’s still there though). Had speech therapy when I was younger but nothing since before high school. I read up on different experiences with stu...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Situational VariabilityFluency TechniquesHiding & Concealment+2 more
commentr/StutterJul 7, 2021
11 points

That is a type of stutter called blocking. Try breathing slowly and exhaling as you start to say the word. You may sound a little “breathy” but I find it helps. Also, the changing to another word is a...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Blocks & StoppagesAvoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJul 5, 2021
5 points

I have the same kind of stutter as you where I just can’t get anything out. Thankfully I have found ways to control it and it’s gotten noticeably better. I’m a drummer and started taking lessons abo...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Fluency TechniquesOverthinking & MonitoringAvoidance & Substitution+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 4, 2021
3 points

My answer isn’t scientific but just a matter of what I have been told by my speech therapist. So, if anyone has a more scientific answer, please do let us know. My speech therapist says that lowerin...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Neurological & BrainFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2021
1 points

How about speech tools didn't work for me until I accepted stuttering? My goal is to communicate well not speak without a stutter....

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Fluency TechniquesAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2021
3 points

Fair play to you, are you fully over your stutter? Like can you just blurt something out when you need to? My journey is still ongoing, a long way to go still and much to learn...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Identity & Self-PerceptionFluency Techniques