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Awesome to hear! Well done! I have a similar story that I shared on this sub. Not gonna go into it again but the only way to overcome it is to face it head on. It’s counterintuitive and scary but it...
The simplest was I can describe stuttering is 1- neurological difference + anxiety/avoidance= stuttering. For some the neurological side is primarily the cause. There are young children who have n...
Was like having a seizure every time I opened my mouth until around 37 years old. I got so tired of it I went kamikaze on it and it's not that bad anymore. Most people don't even notice it now....
When they stutter on purpose to mock me, it make me cry. ( But it's been a while since someone did that)....
i'm gonna start with step 1 today and i'm gonna record my self for a week to see how my speech has improved. who's gonna start with me ?...
Overcoming Stuttering: The Power of Practice
Overcoming Stuttering: The Power of Practice # Hey everyone, As someone who stutters, I know how easy it is to fall into the habit of avoiding speaking altogether. We tend to escape situations where...
I feel like i need to get embarrassed really bad for me to get over it Like my worst stuttering nightmare, then i might be able to care less idk...
i can understand your situation. that was literally me in high school, always running from whichever opportunity I was given to speak somewhere because of my brutal past. i wanted to leave school with...
Usually people don't like listening to their voice generally so for us stutterers it's even harder. I think that over time you will get desensitized to it. Good luck and proud of you for stepping ou...
I cringe when I hear my voice or when I see a video of myself speaking.
I cringe when I hear my voice or when I see a video of myself speaking. Context. This year I’ve been pushing myself to be more social and to stutter openly especially at work. At work I signed up fo...
You learn both physical as well as psychological techniques. The physical part is mainly coastal breathing with some other things. The psychological part teaches you to be very assertive to counteract...
My progress! I’m really proud of myself. Hopefully this will help you
My progress! I’m really proud of myself. Hopefully this will help you Desensitising myself from the situations that I feared for so many years has helped me so much. For so long, I used to avoid maki...
I'd recommend you open stuttering, meaning that you completely show your blocks, repetitions. It will eventually help you not to feel shame when stuttering. Sometimes, it's even advisable to stutter v...
Stuttering is weird because the one way you can work towards overcoming it is by not caring about it. I stuttered for 35 years, and I used to beat myself up wondering why me, why do I have this curse?...
It’s hard at first but after you do it a while it gets easier and easier just takes a lot of balls to put yourself in pressure situations...
- Find a community of other people who stutter like the NSA (preferably meet in person but virtual calls work too) - Confront challenging speaking situations - Desensitize yourself over time...
I start with voluntary stutter so people would wait if they encounter my blocks. sometimes I speak with sentence indicators if I anticipate worst blocks. "beginning of sentence. do or do... do not. ...
If you have hard silent blocks with eye contact aversion, try practicing the techniques that directly address the issue - making eye contact in a mirror while doing voluntary repetitions. It works qu...
The more you have avoided speaking the worse it has gotten. , Stuttering has a huge element of approach-avoidance conflict. Practice saying simple sentences at home—and say the entire sentence—regar...
For me, meditation and chatting up strangers wherever I went helped a lot. Sometimes I would record myself speaking and look back on it to identify common sentences where I stuttered and continually r...