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commentr/StutterSep 5, 2022
3 points

*"the only way out if I really gotta fix it on my own is to manage to forget stuttering or become distracted"* I agree, distraction and forgetting helps in order to stop expecting a stutter. The prob...

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commentr/StutterSep 4, 2022
1 points

I use the McGuire Program self help book but never attended the course. Amazing program if you commit hard. Pair the program with John Harrison’s “Redefining Stuttering” book. The program basically ...

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commentr/StutterSep 4, 2022
1 points

Sure, no problem :)) First of all, stutter is truly a habit, but at the same time, we should know that stutter has 2 major side effects: 1. Visual Stutter (actual stuttering such as: repeating words...

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commentr/StutterSep 4, 2022
1 points

Where abouts do you live? I’m in the Scotland and September is the end of summer so I find that I start to deteriorate around then. Suicide rates (not saying you are suicidal) are highest in April (sp...

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commentr/StutterSep 4, 2022
1 points

"Isn't observing the trigger and not reacting to it the same as ignoring it?" No, observing is the opposite of ignoring. Imagine this, I look at a photo of Ronaldino losing against FC Barcelona. My re...

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commentr/StutterSep 4, 2022
3 points

You aren’t your stutter. Repeat that. Please. Verbally in a mirror. Thank you (:...

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commentr/StutterSep 4, 2022
4 points

It’s okay! I think we feel more shame when we stutter around people that we usually feel comfortable with. But you shouldn’t feel shame about it. It’s apart you and so you should live unapologetically...

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commentr/StutterSep 3, 2022
2 points

Woaw, thank you for explaining the treatment (solution). It's very interesting! Before we take too many steps into the solution though, can I repeat my question about old and new stutter habits? Can...

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commentr/StutterSep 3, 2022
2 points

"How can I apply this in my life in order to remove stuttering?" > Firstly, there are strategies to remove stuttering VS strategies to remove stuttering completely. > One can remove stuttering ...

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commentr/StutterSep 3, 2022
1 points

Left brain vs right brain dominance has never been completely proven or disproven, although it was a common stuttering theory in the 1930s. Stuttering children were trained to be right handed during t...

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commentr/StutterSep 3, 2022
2 points

Hard blocks happen *because* you are trying to be fluent. The more you accept that you stutter, the less you try to be fluent, *and the more fluent you become*...

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commentr/StutterSep 3, 2022
1 points

I want to say you can be a great worker with stutter, we need to accept it...

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commentr/StutterSep 3, 2022
2 points

Hey man, if you stutter then you stutter. That's okay. Don't put that pressure on yourself. You'll do great....

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commentr/StutterSep 3, 2022
2 points

You argue 'fighting compulsion or rituals makes stuttering worse'. \> Situation: we all know or feel when we are about to stutter. Let's call this a trigger. Note: this is not the problem (becaus...

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commentr/StutterSep 3, 2022
5 points

As with most OCD's, stuttering is also genetic. Stuttering is caused by a neurological predispositioning resulting in perceived stresses. **1. Trigger:** Firstly, our instinct constantly says 'I wil...

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commentr/StutterSep 3, 2022
4 points

I found out when I didn't care about my stuttering(if to put it with professional termology, I think it should be 'desensitzation'), my stuttering was nearly gone and I could talk nearly as a normal s...

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commentr/StutterSep 2, 2022
2 points

I don't do the breathing consciously as a way to avoid stuttering. I just do it on the side (maybe 5-10 minutes a day) because it's healthier to breathe through the gut than the chest in my experience...

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commentr/StutterSep 2, 2022
2 points

You argue that there is no cure so stutter therapies don't focus on removing stuttering. That's right! There have been no people who have removed stuttering with therapy because there is no cure. 80% ...

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commentr/StutterSep 2, 2022
1 points

If we don't think at all, then we don't stutter because then we distract ourselves from the stutter anticipation (the trigger) which causes us not to feel or know that we will stutter. Like any class...

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commentr/StutterSep 2, 2022
2 points

" a stutterer thinks: word-scan-word-scan-word-scan-word-scan-word-scan" \> so, you are saying that a stutterer scans for a stutter. In think you are right on the money, stutterers know or feel a ...

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