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Right now it's majorly scalp massages to increase blood flow to my head, but I still take deep breaths and don't hesitate talking, it's the hesitation anxiety that's gone now and thankfully most of my...

Time for a victory dance!

Time for a victory dance! Got a new job..as a DEPARTMENT MANAGER! I’ve been stuttering since I was 10-12 years old. Was brutally bullied because of it for a long time. (I’m now 27) Last time I was ma...

Coming from someone who others might call a coward and has been working on this process as well, start with small steps. Very small steps. You can do this....

"I HATE this mentality." "other people speaking to me is already a favor" "they gain confidence and don't respect you as much" "Stuttering is not something I chose, neither something I'm proud of." Y...

That wasn't my point at all, I was just coming to OP's defense because his comments to you were justifying his decision to try hypnosis, which you thought was them "forcing themselves out of it". Why ...

Well one of the biggest things you will learn are how our life and overall health is governed a lot by our approach/avoidance conflicts. Approach/avoidance conflicts are basically two competing desi...

" I have to work with all my strength to get rid of this anxiety" If you are bothered by this feeling "stutter fear", then you are putting your attention on the fear in order to anticipate a stutter ...

Letting go of fear doesn't mean to remove stutter fear (or anxiety). Letting go means that the fear is still in your mind and you really experience its discomfort, but you don't care, it doesn't bothe...

"it is a fear of stammering, which makes me stammer ... I have to work with all my strength to get rid of this anxiety" You said you want to get rid of anxiety/fear. First, getting rid of anxiety or ...

For ages I've avoided speaking because I knew I will stutter but for some reason for the past 3 weeks I just didn't care anymore about my stutter, it held me back mentally way more then physically I j...

thank you very much, I'll try to do as you said. My problem is that it is difficult for me not to think about this, it is a fear of stammering, which makes me stammer ... I have to work with all my s...

I understand the point you're trying to make but posting comments like this is toxic positivity, which comes across as dismissive and condescending. Yes having a stutter doesn't diminish your inherent...

I feel like. The worse thing for people like us is worrying and overthinking way before it actually happens. We giving a huge shadow to something that's insignificant. I watched some video on YouTube ...

I find that just forgetting about it helps. It’s a very hard thing to do. If you can to the point where you don’t care your good to go. I found that therapy doesn’t help because it has you thinking ab...

"if any of you managed to get rid of it and how." It's about that you are confident that you know you can speak without compulsion. By ruminating 'how' as you said you are creating doubt and stutter ...

"What bothers me most is the anticipatory anxiety that occurs when I have to say a word with which I already know I am stopping." I recommend, observe you anticipatory anxiety "I will stutter" and in...

I've tried hypnose therapy for stuttering with positive results (only temporary). The hypno therapist could aim to replace your discomfortable feeling into a happy feeling (that you had when your brot...

Great insights here! I would also mention, “exposure therapy” helped me a lot. As difficult as it was, I joined Toastmasters and took a Dale Carnegie class and forced myself into uncomfortable speakin...

He also does free talks on Skype. Who more people don’t speak to him I don’t know. I’ve done it past 2 years, joined speaking groups, things improved loads. Never pay attention to this who say it can’...

He’s a guy who overcame it. He wrote a book. No gimmicks, no nonsense “control techniques” or fluency methods etc. He’s the man....