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I would find a SLP who works with PWS, not to become fluent, but for counseling in accepting your stutter. The FRIENDS foundation may be able to help you find an SLP who specializes in this type of co...

Well said. I’ve just come to learn that for myself. Life is not about not stuttering. Own your stutter (live with it) or the stutter will own you....

How I practiced from 'stuttering when alone' to 'speaking fluently when I'm alone': * gaining confidence in the ability to speak without symptoms (reinforcing natural automatic speech) * removing rea...

Most important thing is to not hold back on anything. Be yourself no matter how much you stutter or might stutter. Because who the hell really care right?...

I agree with the comments, it can happen. I always stuttered when alone but with practice I now don't stutter when alone. However, if I tell myself that: 'It makes sense to stutter when alone', then I...

I read your posts on your other account and they made me laugh my ass off, so damn relatable lol. Feels like we’re in the same boat...

My secrets huh? Do the opposite. Really. Do controlled, voluntary stutters. Make normal eye contact. Begin slowly on normal exhale and enunciate. How many of those are the opppsite of what you d...

I’m sorry to hear what your son and you are going through. I think one thing that he should consider is whether the stuttering is actually the main reason why he doesn’t have friends. It may be more...

Lmao happened to me when moving 3 months ago. Meeting lots of new people but eventually got pretty comfortable with them!...

It's very common to block on your own name and it seems to further validate the emotional component of stuttering. In my experience, my name was my main problem area for years, but after a significan...

I've given myself a nickname that's easier to say, but when I have to give the full then whispering the first syllable before saying the whole thing usually helps (may look weird but, you know, whatev...

Thanks, glad to hear! This was kinda the point of this post, to show that stuttering should not hold us back. It went way better than I thought, and people in the professional environment seem way mor...

In my experience, voluntary stuttering was a huge factor in quickly helping me go from 100’s of blocks/day to only a few - and having smoother speech than before. It gets right to the root of the pr...

In order to evaluate the potential effectiveness of your tips, I think it's fair for you to share how long you've been using them, how much improvement you've had, how long that has sustained, and how...

Tips to improve stuttering - according to the book 'Easy stuttering'

Tips to improve stuttering - according to the book 'Easy stuttering' This post consists of tips to improve stuttering which I got by reading the book: Easy stuttering by Sheehan, see [PDF document](ht...

Congratulations. I got also my first job offer 6 months ago, don't be scared. It may be nervous the first week. But just act normal and don't be shy. Engage in convcerstaions, be social. It will hel...

**"i also don’t stutter when singing. (because it’s a song and there’s a rhythm?)"** I think stutterers stutter (more) when talking to people, because they evaluate (say: perceive / associate) a stut...

>Also, how effective do you find this technique? does it always work or does it only work sometimes/during specific types of occasions? In my experience, it works in all situations when speaking t...

Visualizing in itself is not enough, so what I did was to create a 'system' or 'strategy' based on visualizing alone. I suggest to start out 'practicing' this strategy first with your family member an...

You yourself need to do the hard work of doing what you are scared of. A very small amount of speech therapists even understand this....