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Take a breath. I stutter most when I don't remember to breathe. I need to take a beat to respond to questions and I stutter because I'm responding too quickly. ...

I don't agree with saying a whole sentence continuously. You need to stop for a breather every three or four words....

Thats great news man! Could you give an example of ''Producing conscious and random sounds that are formed unconscious and precise''? I agree with your statement that by adding more focus our speech b...

My assumption is that the expressions we're using are tied to certain types or subtypes of communication, with different modes available to us (as a result of upbringing, learning, training, general s...

Ah, this gives me hope :) I'm trying to look at the person I talk to in the eyes when I stutter too and stop whatever physical thing I do when a stuttering pattern start... It's seems so easy but it's...

For sure. I meant the mind as a holistic struggle including finding a choice of words or even breaking the mental barrier to speak....

i don't mean to be pedantic but when you say your mind, do you mean you struggle also with finding words you wont stammer on?...

>this has nothing to do with the length of concentration and effort, and there is no guarantee By concentration and effort I meant more metaphorically, and I did say right after that "It will lik...

> it's similar to outgrowing Asthma, in the sense that after a long enough period of time with the right concentration and effort it can be controlled. Unfortunately that's not true, for both ast...

There is no cure for it, let alone any real effective progressive treatment. It is possible to become fluent, but it will really never go away, it's similar to outgrowing Asthma, in the sense that a...

That's interesting, I think I can relate to your experiences. Some days I feel social, engaged, and confident ... and then the days where all my energy is spent for some reason, my confidence is shot...

Yes, mindfulness is needed to identify the thoughts and emotions you have while in the process of verbalization. When mindful, you have the free will to engage or not engage in the obsession and compu...

This is very interesting. And I can definitely relate to it. Mindfulness and meditation has helped me a ton with stuttering. Mindfulness can help deal with the thoughts that come up before, during, a...

Trust me i was bad (in every sense of the term). Not "prepared" because I didn't know i had to present myself and my work. It was a basic dialogue, i know the subject, but i have huge difficulties in ...

Well for starters do you have an idea how speech happens? Like do you believe you have to consciously think of words in your head then move your tounge in a certain way to consciously produce those wo...

Yeah confidence issues can block flow of speech. But it's also important to know how speech occurs which is naturally. NOT by force or techniques when u consciously move your tounge in taught ways to...

Like you did in other situations, just got to find what approach works for you. I'm similar though. I believe it is partially due to frame control. One on one I can control the tempo of the conversat...

I've read through research that has said there are 3 components that stutterers do not coordinate: 1) Mechanics 2) Sequencing 3) auditory feedback. 3 separate areas of the brain. I'm assuming med...

I get it in my dreams too! I have a lot of dreams where i'm just trying to get words out and feel those same blocks and feelings I get in my waking life. It makes you wonder what exactly is stuttering...

If stuttering is on your mind, I can see that happening. ...