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