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Exactly. Okay so I tried that but (maybe you feel the same way idk) when I do that, it seems like they're not really interested like in their tone or don't you feel that you are wasting their time the...

I've been to speech therapy for most of my life - those strategies only seem to work when I'm talking in low-pressue situations (with my pathologist, family, friends, etc.) and not in "higher-stake" s...

What jobs/careers do you have or do you suggest?

What jobs/careers do you have or do you suggest? So I've been out of college for a while (over a year) and am having a real hard time finding a job. I think it's purely because of my speech. I mean I ...

I’ve had some success recently (more for phone calls, but hear me out) when I set my pace in the conversation. Not in the condescending way, “just relax, slow down” that I’m sure we’ve all heard many...

Somehow it makes it worse to already know what to say. I have success with just to forget thinking about it and just say it....

You don't really have to be looking for a single explanation. Could be any number of different things in combination (or not, as it were). We don't know exactly how stutter works, so it doesn't really...

I do better if I do not think about what I am going to say or practice what I say in my head, If I wing it. I think this goes along with your fake name. ...

My speech is very disjointed and besides stuttering and trying to hide it with umms like the other post here said, I cannot visualise/compose what I'm wanting to say and all my words come out and do n...

I know when I'm going to block stutter as my chest goes tight, how do I stop this?

I know when I'm going to block stutter as my chest goes tight, how do I stop this? I try and tell myself to relax but then I can feel my chest tightening then I can't get my words out. Has anyone got...

How to speak more even though you stutter - Stuttering Habits

How to speak more even though you stutter - Stuttering Habits ...

SLP here. It's thought by some in the field that stuttering may be at least in part a mismatch between your speech production and your speech monitoring system (auditory feedback). The DAF app (I've n...

I definitely don't feel like this is a truck or a technique. I've had speech therapy before where I got techniques to try, like extreme prolongations or starting my sentence on an out breath. These t...

As far as I'm aware, gaze aversion can be a behavioral tendency associated with stutter. I'm not sure whether what you describe sounds better or worse in this regard. If there's a "trick" quality to i...

Staring and observing: practical tips for combating your stutter

Staring and observing: practical tips for combating your stutter Hello everyone, I would like to share with you all a technique I found extremely effective to help me with my stutter. I noticed duri...

Yes I mean I try and use a breathing technique which focuses on a deeper tone, phase of speech and other things. It's easier said than done trying to break stuttering habits you've been doing for deca...

It is not common to develop a stutter at your age. However, what you describe does line up with some people's experience of what it is like to stutter. I think you addressed this in the post, but to...

I once stuttered through a stuttering meetup and read the closing words at the end literally perfectly. The ability to look ahead visually just feels different from thinking ahead (my thoughts are typ...

Seem to have recently developer a stutter? 34 YO/Male looking for advice/comments.

Seem to have recently developer a stutter? 34 YO/Male looking for advice/comments. Hello, Just reaching out here to see if anyone has had a similar experience or any general advice anyone could offer...

One thing I did for speech therapy to help with secondary stuttering symptoms was carrying around a pad of paper and tallying each time you caught yourself saying umm, or doing an extended blink. The ...

Yes, I don't stutter when reading out loud at all. I also notice something else extremely infuriating. Sometimes I try to use this loophole to avoid stuttering when I make a phone call to order somet...