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I tested DAF with a group of adults (n=7) of the local PWS support group. Worked for some… But results varied (i.e., was really useless for some). We noticed that a difference in fluency with the DAF ...

As my fluency professor told me in grad school, “those sounds aren’t actually physically difficult, even a baby can make them!” The breathing component is key here. Without your lungs powering your sp...

If you’re struggling, you deserve to make self-care a priority. Whether that means lying in bed all day, eating comfort food, putting off homework, crying, sleeping, rescheduling plans, finding an esc...

there will be people who will understand your stuttering! don't give up yet. it's not your fault you developed a stutter is it? it doesn't define you! i know how it can get in the way of so many thing...

One thing is pws have to learn is not let external things affect us. I know it’s much difficult said than done. I recommend you to look into some kind of meditation or spiritual practice that focuses...

OP cut that friend off. L manz right there. On the stuttering thing I had a similar experience with a presentation in high school and I have stuttering blocks so I blocked damn near on every word and ...

We have to be in a calm state. I know it's hard. Im trying to figure it out too. Just know ur not alone....

The shame still gets to me sometimes. I can feel my face heat up even if I'm trying hard not to let it bother me, which just makes the shame worse and my face redder. Going completely still and tellin...

Calming my mind, deep and slow breaths. Anxiety increases my tension. I make sure no one is around me because that decreases anxiety as well. Sometimes what I am saying makes the person upset so that ...

I noticed being intentional with breathing can be helpful when speaking. When I was your age and had particular trouble with P,M,R,and T. I found it helpful to say difficult words when I exhaled. Idk...

Professional help, so a good speech therapist and a psychotherapist. Regular sport and other activities like meditation to help manage the stress, preferably in a team/group setting to meet people. Al...

I knew this would happen to me if I just started with self therapy, so I first bought Atomic Habits to study how to get motivated and stick to the plan long term. It's a great motivational book filled...

You won't like this answer but acceptance helps alot. The more the you fight it the worse stuttering becomes. It's really a bitch like that but it works. It takes daily work though. I found daily medi...

Breathing exercises definitely help slow down your heart so your anxiety doesn’t run crazy. We all know anxiety tends to make our stutter worse so learning how to control it definitely is beneficial. ...

Oh, my stutter goes from 0 to 100 if I get anxious. I try to force myself to slow down, take a deep breath, glass of water, or anything else. But I totally understand where you're coming from, I go th...

What really helps is just to slow down.. try meditations everyday, deep breathing and do not rush yourself. If you know the block will come, take a deep breath and pronounce the first letter softly an...

Practice practice practice! I made a law for myself that every day before starting work or any enjoyable activity, my 30 minutes of speech technique training has to be done. This morning I called up m...

Remember just cause youve been to dozens of therapist doesnt mean they were all good and maybe you just didnt have enough time with them. Are you just "practicing" at speech therapy or are you practic...

Focusing on my breathing has always helped me when I’m nervous or anxious. If I start to stutter I’ll pause and take a deep breath or take a sip of water....

I consider mindfulness to be similar to "tripping" on phsycs. And it has certainly helped to effectively remove the stuttering. I still do stutter sometimes on bad days(its so rare iam not so sure w...