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commentr/StutterOct 31, 2025
1 points

As I said, I’m old lol. I’m not up with the state of the art that has evolved, so my advice may not be any good anymore. The most obvious one for me was word substitution. I could not, for example, ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringSituational Variability+2 more
commentr/StutterOct 31, 2025
2 points

What did you do to mask it and almost fully overcome it? Reading and "speech tools/crutches"? Thats what im doing and im getting better and better....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 31, 2025
1 points

Yup. Video games were my only way to connect wuth people. Through chat. But im happy that i can finally say that i have social life irl. Hard work pays off. Reading out loud is the foundation for over...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency TechniquesHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterOct 31, 2025
1 points

I don’t completely agree with this. Stuttering is definitely neurological. And self acceptance and dealing with anxiety is 100% crucial. But I have found that a holistic therapy that targets the phys...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Neurological & BrainFluency TechniquesVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure+2 more
commentr/StutterOct 31, 2025
2 points

I’ve had some interesting results. But let me preface - I’ve tried a TON of treatments that have led to incremental improvements: Toastmasters, reading aloud, tongue exercises, Lee Lovett’s “Stop Stu...

Coping & AdvocacyTherapy & Professional
Fluency TechniquesTherapy ExperiencesCure Claims / Alt-Treats
commentr/StutterOct 31, 2025
2 points

Just got a message from someone trying to push me towards Lee Lovett's "Stop Stuttering" program. I'm all for neuroplasticity and neuroscience but looking through the videos, the people who were "cure...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & DisabilityTherapy & Professional
Fluency TechniquesAcceptance & PrideCure Claims / Alt-Treats
commentr/StutterOct 30, 2025
1 points

When you whisper, your vocal folds don’t vibrate — you produce airflow and shape it with your tongue and mouth, but not with your vocal cords. This reduces the normal auditory feedback your brain gets...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 30, 2025
-1 points

The root of stuttering is neurological, not psychological. Simply “not thinking about it” won’t cure it. You mitigate it by consciously implementing fluency shaping techniques until it starts to bec...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Neurological & BrainFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 30, 2025
1 points

Stop Stuttering Short Course: How to Break the Stuttering Book! Best book I've ever read in my life! I think I learned more about stuttering and why I do it than any other stuttering book I've ever re...

Coping & AdvocacyTherapy & Professional
Fluency TechniquesPositive Therapy Techniques
postr/StutterOct 30, 2025
0 points

One thing you can try is..

One thing you can try is.. One thing you can try is to reinvent yourself, speak slightly slower, 10 to 20% slower from the way you were about to. It sometimes almost feels like substituting, you're s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 29, 2025
1 points

(I didn't mean to write a whole tutorial but it just happened somehow) This is good while rewiring your brain to speak fluently.  When you're in this phase you need to avoid "bad incidents" as muc...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Fluency TechniquesVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureExperiential Association+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 29, 2025
1 points

If it works it works. I increased my fluency greatly when I realized that I often stutter when i start a sentence with a vowel. Or when i call out somebodys name with a vowel If i were to say "Alex...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
postr/StutterOct 29, 2025
4 points

Don’t stutter when I put my thumb between my teeth. Is this a speech therapy method?

Don’t stutter when I put my thumb between my teeth. Is this a speech therapy method? I’ve noticed talking on the phone I don’t stutter when I have my thumb or something in between my teeth. Is this a ...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
postr/StutterOct 28, 2025
10 points

One interesting thing I learned from doing Voice Acting while having a stutter.

One interesting thing I learned from doing Voice Acting while having a stutter. When I record a line for voice over, I rarely rarely get a line that I can say without stuttering right off the bat. Som...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Fluency TechniquesAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterOct 28, 2025
1 points

In my opinion speech therapy does work by teaching you how to have less stuttering/stammering but in my opinion it just replaces one problem with another where you end up talking in a very slow, monot...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Fluency TechniquesSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterOct 28, 2025
1 points

What the hell i just tried that and i didn’t stutter a bit...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 28, 2025
1 points

yeah man exposure is the key. It directly correlate with reducing the anxiety and being more control over my speech. Thanks a lot for sharing your experience!!...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Fluency TechniquesAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 28, 2025
1 points

Depends on the person, but it definitely can. If your mental health is generally okay, I’d try that. I took public speaking and acting classes and found them helpful. After you’ve been publicly humil...

Coping & AdvocacySchool & WorkEmotional Experience
Fluency TechniquesSchool & Academic LifeHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterOct 28, 2025
2 points

My stutter is mild, but it gets worse in different situations. I can talk with friends much more easily probably because I don’t really think about my stutter; I just say whatever’s on my mind. Althou...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Severity & FluctuationAnxiety & Social JudgmentFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 27, 2025
2 points

all good homie, i could have pinpointed my phrasing better towards danya in my question. happens irl too so you're not the first. stinks to have a stutter on top of not being able to convey yourself p...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & StutteringCoping & Advocacy
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionBlocks & Stoppages+1 more