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Yes, I block on every single word with friends and family too. The only time I'm fluent is when I talk to myself out loid in an empty room. I'm not way too nervous when I speak. Even when under the i...

Discharged from speech therapy!

Discharged from speech therapy! I lurk this subreddit sometimes but I wanted to let y'all know that after 6 months of speech therapy, I got discharged. That doesn't mean I'm totally set, I still have ...

I'm pushing my comfort zone daily. I'm part of the McGuire programme. Which means it's required of me. During courses I always do at least 100 street contacts, the public speech and other set challeng...

I have also spent a lot of time being unemployed. Last time was about 6 months, but i just got a new job a month ago. The reason i was unemployed that long was completely my own fault though. I just w...

Hey I'm a grad on the programme too! I'd have to agree, it's simply the best technique out there, I had tried practically everything before that. What McGuire region are you from, can I ask? :)...

The program is based on 'costal breathing' which is one kind of the basic functions for this to work. While training your costal breathing, you're also learning to stutter on command. By doing that, y...

Costal Breathing a number of other fluency stutter modification techniques like the hit and hold, deep and breathy tone and block release....

In my early years of elementary school, I had psychologial counseling - didn't help at all. I suffered from stuttering a lot until high school, then I've enrolled in drama classes. I must say **tongue...

Speak like a robot, monotone and all. Speak very slowly and stretch all your syllables out like you're speaking in slow motion. You probably wont stutter much. ...

Fluency enhancing exercises?

Fluency enhancing exercises? Hey everyone, like most people I've been a stutterer for all my life. I was just wondering if anyone has any specific techniques/exercises that they do that seems to help ...

Couldn't have said it better myself. The process of doing this is called "overkilling". I do it on any word/ any sounds I find tricky or that I'm likely to avoid. It's one of THE BEST ways to become ...

Yep the same thing happens to me. So one fluency involves linking the words together, and that's what I'm suggesting here. Once you have a little airflow coming out it can be easier to roll into your ...

What's some of the tips and tricks you use to make suttering a non factor ? I would like to know. Do you ever have a problem saying your name during an introduction?...

Looking for peers to converse with on Skype with using the metronome (from google search)

Looking for peers to converse with on Skype with using the metronome (from google search) Hi all, I am looking for people with same speaking difficulties to converse with on Skype using the metronome ...

What do you mean by practice fluency? Like fluency shaping or techniques? If so I strongly recommend this series: http://stuttertalk.com/category/what-i-wish-my-slp-knew-about-stuttering/ The one w...

Can I call you or Skype you?

Can I call you or Skype you? Hi there, I'm studying to be a Speech Pathologist and I'm working with a fluency client....we're looking to talk with novel people on the phone and/or Skpe (and have exha...

Yes, used to have them a lot. After the McGuire program i have them from time to time when i am not focused on technique....

Hey there! Welcome to the subreddit. We have a form of practice on here, on a program called Discord. Here, you can text and voice chat others, and ask to practice, many do it all the time. [Click t...

One thing a therapist did with me was calling random carryout places and asking about their specials. If you can work in questions that include problem works, all the better. As long as you don't call...

Call list for practice answering the phone?

Call list for practice answering the phone? First post. I've had a pretty bad stutter my whole life, seen tons of therapists, and I'm looking to practice much more with certain words. Basically I have...