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You sound like me. Same symptoms, same thinking behind the cause. Anyway, I've made strides. I credit Toastmasters, Lee Lovett's book (google it), self-confidence affirmations, self-confidence CBT ...

I know how your son feels mate. around the same age i used to clap, hit myself to able to speak a few words. I would be honest with him and tell him that just like anything, he has to practice to be a...

My 13yr old son has a stutter and im at a loss how to help him.

My 13yr old son has a stutter and im at a loss how to help him. Brief history. Started around age 6. Got worse (still getting worse IMHO). He stutters almost every word. Its hesitant rather than stamm...

Gave a presentation training class with 500 in attendance and only had a few blocks. I started out with a funny ice breaker so that helped....

Take it from a 49 yo stutterer. I had the same group job interview (they call it panel interviews in hospitals) and when I walked in I disclosed my stutter before I greeted the 5 panel members. Th...

I have a stutter and graduated from law school. In undergrad and law schools I gave presentations. And I stuttered doing them. I volunteered at a legal aid clinic and argued cases in front of tribunal...

Hard to say. A "contagion" is observable in various social contexts, so it's not unlikely that a stutter could behave similarly in certain instances. I don't recall noticing any research on this, but ...

Who's advising you about these experiments? I've never heard about "speaking with your mouth wide". - Anyways, being anxious might be a big factor for some, but not for others. Understanding stutter...

I've had a few ppl DM me asking about how my stutter affected me and how I seemed to overcome it so I thought I would respond here and try and give the best synopsis of my experience that I can. I ...

I went to speech therapy as an adult and I also incorporated a hypnotherapist to help teach me the importance of breathing. I learned diaphragmatic breathing and that has been instrumental in my flu...

Speech therapy for adults

Speech therapy for adults Background: I'm 24 years old and I feel like my stutter is controlling my life. I don't want to live my life in fear of stuttering. I mostly only blocks and these blocks are...

My speech impediment is one of the main reasons I started learning German in high school. Definitely really interesting and challenging to do, even rewarding on an additional level because of our stut...

Hmm, well we're both not really people who would do something like getting someone fired. When he confronts people - which he does - he does it in a calm but confident manner, which I really admire ab...

Learning languages has helped me have more control over my stutter tbh. Plus I also love languages! It's a fun hobby. When I was super into languages at the same time that I liked Tumblr and follow...

My teen years were rough but I leaned diaphragmatic breathing and focusing on living and not my stutter. Another helpful tip that I did was reading out loud every day....

I normally read extremely fast. I have to focus to read one word at a time and not jump ahead of my speech. I had been reading about inner monologue and I do not have a language based thought proces...

Personal link between my stutter and total aphantasia

Personal link between my stutter and total aphantasia first a definition as study of aphantasia is limited and has really only started in the last 5 years. Aphantasia is a condition (really a spectru...

I just posted to this group about an "optimal speaking rhythm". I recently used a vibrating metronome app for my phone, and turned in my pocket while I ordered food. First time today. It worked alrigh...

Does anyone else have an "optimal speaking rhythm"?

Does anyone else have an "optimal speaking rhythm"? When I was younger, my mom used to tell me to try tapping my thigh if I started stuttering. It didn't make sense to me then, but after speech therap...

Does whispering help you talk more relaxed?

Does whispering help you talk more relaxed? Hello, My name is Joris from The Netherlands and I'm stutterering myself. If you stutter you probably recognize it: when you whisper then you can speak re...