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Speech blocks were a massive problem with me for years, what helped me a lot was telling people (my friends and strangers) that I stutter. This helped me because after doing so, I no longer felt as...

Try Trident

Try Trident Not worth a blog post, but want to let folks here know that I swear by chewing gum in helping me control my stutter when talking in front of a group. Seems counterintuitive because it adds...

This is very common, and definitely mirrors my own experience. I try to focus on the fundamentals: right mindset, forming the right speech sounds, breathing properly, talking slowly, and not making a ...

Do you write what you're going to say beforehand or speak off the cuff? Even if you don't want to write everything out, having just a roadmap of bullet points to focus your mind on can be helpful. The...

I have this as well. One guy once asked me what my name was and I simply got blocked and told him the name after a while. He replied “What were you thinking about for so long?” I simply ignored him af...

Often people who stutter won't exhale as they say words. They try to produce sounds without the air needed to create them. Then when they finally do the sound comes out in a blurt. The key is to form ...

Visualizing words in your head as a cure/workaround for stuttering

Visualizing words in your head as a cure/workaround for stuttering I've just found this as an interesting approach to deal with stuttering. I don't know if this is already a thing yet, but here I go. ...

It's not pointless. Read out loud to yourself or talk about something you know. Even if speech is fluent when alone, it lets you realize the proper talking speed and when to takes a break for a breath...

I also forget to breathe when I’m talking when I hit a stammer. But like an earlier comment, my speech therapist told me that it’s ok to restart and to breathe before I restarted. ...

It took a long time for me to not think about when I speak. But I still have bad days and have to focus on it more. It is difficult to get into the habit of doing it because you are trying to do some...

Has the breathing technique became something you don't think about or you still have to think about the breathing technique. Because I I'm failing to make it a habit....

I went to therapy for my stutter and they said it happens to a lot of stutters. They tend to not start their sentences with a full breathe or do a slight exhale before speaking, thus getting out of br...

You sound like you’re doing it right in terms of dealing with it. Yeah it can be really effortful. You might want to make a post asking that. Personally when I first got speech therapy and was taught...

I’ve learned to take a deep a breath and pause for a second. The person I’m usually speaking to figures I have forgotten what I was going to say. Lately, it has been a great help in my social interact...

In my industry there are words that can't be substituted, so I have to just press through them. I can almost always forsee the word that Im going to get stuck on, so what I usually do is put a filler ...

I actually do both of these. Drop f-bombs like it's my job some days. People have learnt to deal with it. Also saying a hard block at the end of a breath works in certain situations for me. Adding "mm...

Anticipating a frequent blocking word, I consciously say the word *right* at the end of a breath - after pushing all air out of my lungs. I'm fascinated by what this is doing internally - perhaps it's...

Nope. I used to be deathly afraid of phones. But then I practiced speaking on phones in speech therapy and it has helped more than I can explain. Speaking on the phone is now part of my job and I fee...

Sometimes a placebo is the most effective medicine. I bet for many people placebos have a positive effect in curbing stuttering. I know it works for me 100% in a speech therapy setting....

Yeah man. I know how it feels My face goes red and i'm out of breath. heres what i do. i count that word on my fingers and try to say it as i'm counting. so if you're having a block. make a fist and ...