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What sucks is that other band members expect me to actually interact with the audience between songs. As if they don't know that I just CAN'T....

Teach her to be OK with blocks (I say blocks, because I consider repetitions a response to anticipated blocks.. sort of like a negative coping mechanism). We don't want to block because we perceive bl...

Dude... I'm happy for you that whatever thing you're selling has made an improvement in your life. But whatever it is, I've probably tried it or some variation of it. And yes for more than a day. Fra...

I am glad you agreed ! We'll decide on a time that will be convenient for both of us. I would be glad to know where you are from and when you'll be free to have a meet. ...

Pretend you are speaking to a brick wall. But I get what you mean, I say it has to do with social anxiety or scared of being heard, My advice would be to not be scared of rejection or don't care about...

It’s very common to end up stuttering less when you tell people you stutter. My assumption is you’re not wasting brain power on worrying what the other person is thinking because you know they now kno...

For example, a secondary behavior to my blocks I have is looking up and my face kind of freezes. Often times I’ll quickly change the word. Not sure how you can artistically portray a word change but i...

The simultaneous activation leading to an isometric effect with no net effect on the glass is a great way to put it. I agree that is essentially what happens. I agree with most of what you said. Ho...

In the end of the day, anticipation is simply an **intrusive** \[thought, body sensation or feeling\] (such as, an anticipatory pressure in the throat, which most people in [this poll ](https://www.re...

Thank you for your fantastic comment! >*"I could get more technical to explain neural structures and dynamics that lend credence to this explanation, but this comment is already too long."* I would...

Anticipation is the problem, because overreliance implies there is some level of reliance where anticipation is helpful. If you want a window into how fluent people experience the process of speaking...

My summary of [this ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5rjAyrTz2w)video: * 2:20 I started stuttering at 13 years old. Stuttering onset was due to high expectations in school (such as, should I stay q...

Try on improving your confidence. Also if you've brought the stutter to a manageable level then it will not be as noticeable as you might think, so try not to lose your confidence before hand....

When I was around that age, I developed a couple of habits that helped me pronounce a word that I stutter one, one of those is saying the letter "f" before that word so I would say something like "I f...

1. During fluent lines, include moments of noticeably using coping strategies (ex: slowing down, tapping a rhythm, easy onsets, etc) 2. Stutter on the important bits too. Things we care more about are...

>"What do you mean by this? Are you saying you should push through blocks? Or are you saying one should employ some kind of block modification technique? Cause the former isn't a viable option since i...

Thank you for your reply! I can resonate with much of what Brocklehurst (PhD) states, but my opinions diverge slightly when it comes to the VRT (variable release threshold) hypothesis. Namely, Brock...

Thank you so much for sharing this with me. Tips from your book: Helpful tips: * observe how you speak e.g., how your jaw moves * focus on your breathing (to have adequate air to speak) * train the...

how is that working out for you? and good luck in speech therapy I was thinking about returning as I haven't been since high school. it's so frustrating because I have no anxiety regarding my speech y...

Gotta work it into your speech pattern by coming off as more “thoughtful” when you speak, pauses in between points, etc..could be hard but you’ll eventually adapt the coping mechanisms and you’ll soun...