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The phone makes my stutter worse too. I practice outloud before calling....

When I get into periods of poor fluency I put 10 pennies in my left pocket in the morning and when I fuck up throughout the day I move a penny into my right pocket. Seems to encourage me to be conscio...

Haven't tried, but it's unlikely a pop-up will convince me to do something unless I truly forgot. Try coupling it to a routine you already do, like showering or brushing your teeth....

How can I remember to practice my speech skills?

How can I remember to practice my speech skills? My therapist gave me daily warm ups and I keep forgetting to do them. Reminders haven’t really been successful but I am willing to try again... what h...

I think it's problematic to assume we have a "real" version. We behave in many different ways in many different situations, because that's what social interaction tends to be like. Rather, you should...

Sometimes the tool is putting a word or syllable in front of the main word. I cannot, for the life of me, say “Italy” (or similar word) alone (beginning of a sentence) under any condition - tense or r...

Before you begin you can do a powerpose. This is proven to increase confidence and has helped me personally with presentations...

American accent?

American accent? I found that my mild stutter disappears “americanising” words, the pronunciation is softer and has more natural flow for me than my natural accent. (I’m from London ). I don’t do it ...

I always say it if I can't say a word for over 3 seconds. Everyone says thats okay take your time...

What helped me a lot in university presentations was practicing what I was going to say at least six times so when I get up there, I know exactly what to say. Also, controlling anxiety before I went ...

What helps me a lot, I write the full speech I’m gonna present and time it. I try to practice it alone then when I get confident enough I present it to extremely small audiences (1 to 3 people). I thi...

Any tips for controlling my stammering?

Any tips for controlling my stammering? So, today I had my first presentation of life (I'm 20 years old). Needless to day, I stammer like hell, fumble on the word a lot. The professor asked to calm do...

Take a deep breath and speak 3-4 words in between each breath. This is a speech therapy technique called phrasing. ...

Telemarketers are great practices for improving speech

Telemarketers are great practices for improving speech Today I received a call from an unknown number, answered it and it was someone who wanted to invite me to attend a networking party in downtown L...

I definitely don't feel like this is a truck or a technique. I've had speech therapy before where I got techniques to try, like extreme prolongations or starting my sentence on an out breath. These t...

It's one of those techniques that are nearly impossible to use under pressure and fail when you need it the most....

Passive air flow

Passive air flow Any experience with this? Just found these videos after reading an article about this technique and after trying some exercises that got me excited... This is part 1 https://youtu....

Yes I mean I try and use a breathing technique which focuses on a deeper tone, phase of speech and other things. It's easier said than done trying to break stuttering habits you've been doing for deca...

I've been stuttering since I first started talking. I remember in high school words starting with H and TH were a problem. So "Hello" and "Thank you" were out of the question. Then I got over those so...

Stutter varies. While not usually waning for so long before reappearing, maybe you just need a touch-up of sorts. Could you talk to a speech therapist to get some help with managing it? Maybe you just...