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commentr/StutterSep 13, 2016
1 points

I hope you're ready to read. These are tricks that I've learned in years of speech therapy and some tricks that I learned on my own. Ready? Okay so it's obvious that you're in a very agitated state. ...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Mindfulness & BreathingAvoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 13, 2016
2 points

What has worked for me: - "I don't give a damn" attitude, - focusing on my purpose and role in speech, seeing myself from outside during speech - being angry always works but obviously I can't use i...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Mindset shiftOverthinking & MonitoringFrustration & Anger+2 more
commentr/StutterSep 7, 2016
1 points

The times I looked most like an "idiot" was when my main priority was not stuttering. I obviously can't control when I stutter so I just looked ridiculous trying to hide or prevent it. What helped m...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringAnticipating Stuttering
commentr/StutterSep 1, 2016
1 points

When I slow down to try to talk without stuttering, I end up talking really slow and fucked up and stutter even more. Sometimes when I get lucky, the thought will just smoothly come out as a sentence ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterSep 1, 2016
6 points

A stutter's mind works double time, thinking about the topic and then looking to substitute some words for others to lessen the likelyhood of stuttering. When I can make myself slow down, I will thin...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Overthinking & MonitoringAvoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterSep 1, 2016
12 points

Do you guys have concentration problems?

Do you guys have concentration problems? Sometimes I feel like my brain is doing 2 things: - Trying to reduce the stuttering by searching for easy words at that very moment and concentrating on what ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterAug 31, 2016
2 points

I'd probably just take a walk and try to let the feeling of my mind finally being at peace sink in. All those calculations...gone....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Overthinking & MonitoringMindfulness & Breathing
postr/StutterAug 29, 2016
14 points

How to stutter less (my story)

How to stutter less (my story) Solving stutter isn't just about solving stutter. It is a lot more complex than that. First you have got find what is the cause of your stuttering. For me I found that...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
commentr/StutterAug 23, 2016
3 points

>You're telling yourself a bonafide part of you is wrong and bad and needs to be eliminated I'm saying it needs to be managed. Not even fluent speakers are 100% fluent so 100% fluency is not a rea...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Overthinking & MonitoringAcceptance & PrideFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterAug 17, 2016
1 points

We're affected by our experience in certain situations, if those situations repeat themselves we're more inclined to react to them and act in them the way we already did. Past experiences have a tende...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Overthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/FlightExperiential Association
postr/StutterAug 13, 2016
3 points

How do i gain control and talk slower?

How do i gain control and talk slower? Most people stutter a lot less when they speak slowly, me included. But i have for some reason a really hard time to slow down my speech. My regular talk speed i...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesOverthinking & Monitoring
postr/StutterAug 11, 2016
6 points

Speaking in a sing-song (or song-like) voice

Speaking in a sing-song (or song-like) voice I'm not going to say "Hey, this will work for everyone; after all if it worked for me, it can work for you", however I wanted to share this with everyone. ...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Situational VariabilityAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring+1 more
commentr/StutterAug 9, 2016
2 points

Part of what makes stuttering hard to deal with is all the thoughts we can have about it - that lead pretty much nowhere, since stuttering continues to elude us. It's not a very meaningful phenomenon,...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & SupportIdentity & Disability
Overthinking & MonitoringAdvice RequestsIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterAug 8, 2016
1 points

Interesting thoughts. Kinda goes along the lines of "Fake it until you make it" which does work for people. Personally speaking, the biggest challenge for me is maintaining this disconnect from my tho...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringMindfulness & BreathingHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterAug 7, 2016
1 points

yeah I find that thinking about not stuttering / blocking is bringing it more into focus in my mind and I do it more....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterAug 6, 2016
1 points

I've never thought about that to be honest with you. That's a pretty good idea actually. So you are maybe concentrating hard on emulating another type of speech that you are forgetting about your st...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Roles & PerformanceOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterAug 5, 2016
2 points

I have to agree with you, I feel like I stutter more when I think about it than when I don't, and when I'm being rather fluent for a conversation then stutter, it's harder to avoid it happening again ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringShame & EmbarrassmentAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterAug 2, 2016
2 points

I have had a stutter since around the third grade, so class presentations have been a nightmare of mine for as long as i could remember. I used to loath it. And still do to this day (I'm 23 now). I ha...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringPublic Speaking
commentr/StutterJul 31, 2016
1 points

I do this to get through tough plosives I am blocking on. Imagine the next part of the syllable and move to it even if blocked and that will release the block but still produce the sound. Like "party"...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterJul 30, 2016
10 points

Like many of you, I was born with a stutter, and it had slowly become the dominating obstacle in my life. Although at a young age I was excelling in primary school, getting into the country's top 1-3%...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Sadness & HopelessnessAnxiety & Social JudgmentOverthinking & Monitoring+2 more