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commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
1 points

Its normal. We all have letters/vowels that are specific to each of us but the underlying issue is the same. The situations you mention just highlight that confidence in yourself to speak will defin...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesFluency Techniques+3 more
commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
2 points

Hey, I completely understand what you’re going through, and I’m sure most of us have experienced something similar at some point. Trust me, stuttering is largely tied to mental factors and anxiety. I...

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Advice RequestsFluency TechniquesMindfulness & Breathing+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
1 points

I agree. Even if there is no anxiety or pressure in my family, my stuttering can fluctuate every minute/hour, which means it can be primary symptoms. I can only experience temporary fluidity with any ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightSituational Variability+2 more
commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
1 points

Breathing exercises, reading from a dictionary aloud, reading a few pages of a book daily, weightlifting sessions at the gym. I stuck to this for 2 years and I don't consider my stutter a problem any...

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Mindfulness & BreathingGenetic & Family FactorsHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2025
1 points

neurodivergent - neurological differences. Your brain probably thinks fast then you speak. Breathing and exercise and health supplements can calm the brain down. Your stutter is not the bad and probab...

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Neurological & BrainMindfulness & BreathingSituational Variability
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2025
2 points

I love what you said.. Heck yeah mindfulness and BELIEVING, not like that little engine “I Think I Can.” We are all perfectly imperfect; and as stutterer’s we are actually given an opportunity of a li...

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Mindfulness & BreathingHope & MotivationRoles & Performance
commentr/StutterJan 21, 2025
2 points

People think of us as retards because of our speech impediment and i know some or if not most of us are not but they label us with that. All I can say is Don't try to speak perfectly because no one ev...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Stigma & BullyingFluency TechniquesMindfulness & Breathing
commentr/StutterJan 21, 2025
1 points

Thank you — I do need to breathe😩 I seem to stutter regardless of the sound, it's just something that happens more at the start of sentences. It didn't bother me much, but recently it's been eating a...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Mindfulness & BreathingRepetitions & ProlongationsShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJan 18, 2025
1 points

One other idea, if it’s anxiety related check out a free CBT program called iGlebe. It’s designed for stuttering + anxiety but it is a self -administered program so you can use it for anxiety with clu...

Emotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Anxiety & Social JudgmentMindfulness & Breathing
commentr/StutterJan 18, 2025
1 points

OK cool. Don't be concerned. Puberty late onset things are common. Especially in the mouth area. A feeling of your jaw locking is a very common one, but that's bone growth not in synch. Let me give...

Speech & StutteringCoping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Onset & Life-Stage ChangesFluency TechniquesMindfulness & Breathing+2 more
commentr/StutterJan 18, 2025
1 points

https://www.starfishproject.co.uk/ You should give the starfish project a try. It’s a 3 residential course that runs at a hotel in eat Sussex. You’re taught to speak using a technique called costal b...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency TechniquesMindfulness & Breathing
commentr/StutterJan 18, 2025
1 points

Salute to your courage sir. Many of us here including me got fear of public speaking. Also one thing I would like to share with you sir is whenever you stutter just breathe. Have a great day 🙂...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & WorkCoping & Advocacy
Anxiety & Social JudgmentPublic SpeakingMindfulness & Breathing
commentr/StutterJan 17, 2025
1 points

Thank you so much! He takes a little dance class each week and we play hard every other day haha. I also am a yoga teacher so he comes to a mommy & me class once a week. I don’t do a lot of meditation...

Coping & Advocacy
Mindfulness & Breathing
commentr/StutterJan 16, 2025
1 points

No two people are living the same life! But there are like a million things anyone can do to improve their lives. I spent so much of my early 20s thinking and worrying about my speech that I neglected...

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Stress & Fight/FlightEnergy & Biological RhythmsMindfulness & Breathing+2 more
commentr/StutterJan 16, 2025
1 points

You sounds like a great mom! I am 31f, stuttering my while life but have worked on my speech and improved significantly over the years, to the point where some people in my life don't even know I have...

Coping & AdvocacyParent & CaregiverSocial & Relationships
Mindfulness & BreathingHome SupportFamily Support & Conflict
commentr/StutterJan 15, 2025
2 points

I don't really have a method other than just sitting quietly with my eyes shut and focusing on breathing slowly and relaxing....

Coping & Advocacy
Mindfulness & Breathing
commentr/StutterJan 15, 2025
21 points

Yeap it's my anxiety. Sometime even when I don't realised I'm particularly anxious I notice my stutter is worse so I focus on sorta meditating just for like ten minutes each day. Just sitting quietly ...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Mindfulness & BreathingStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterJan 13, 2025
1 points

It does not sadly, I don't know of many other apps so can't speak to that. I do mediation everyday, not within an app but from a TM class I did, so I try to bring breathing in from that experience. Co...

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Mindfulness & BreathingAssistive Devices
postr/StutterJan 13, 2025
3 points

Gamify your stutter/fluency work

Gamify your stutter/fluency work I definitely know what it’s like feeling burned out and tired of trying, and feeling constantly defeated or swimming upstream with speech. I think at least some of thi...

Coping & AdvocacyMeds & Substances
Mindset shiftMindfulness & BreathingHelpful Med Outcomes
commentr/StutterJan 13, 2025
1 points

Honestly man it could just be that your Central Nervous System is always keyed up with tension. It sounds kind of trite but somatic awareness and relaxation practices helped me and I noticed a marked ...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Stress & Fight/FlightEnergy & Biological RhythmsMindfulness & Breathing