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commentr/StutterApr 17, 2024
2 points

Look up the post «and the stuttering just dies». Read it and understand it. It has helped me tremendously and yesterday was the first day in my life I actually felt like I dont stutter...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterApr 16, 2024
10 points

Exactly!! Thank you mate. \`\`Stutter freely, stutter through it. Slide through it. I should probably frame it...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Acceptance & PrideVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterApr 14, 2024
2 points

Something that ALWAYS work for me in similar situations: Disclosing your stutter and/or stuttering voluntarily overtly at the beginning of the speech can do wonders in calming you down, and taking you...

Coping & AdvocacySocial & Relationships
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterApr 14, 2024
3 points

Unfortunately there's no right or wrong answer. In my opinion it can be a mix of both. Accept it and work on the mental health side of things, maybe let yourself stutter here and there to alleviate th...

Coping & Advocacy
Mindset shiftFluency TechniquesVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterApr 13, 2024
8 points

Doing tiny bits of exposure therapy helped me -- like practicing stuttering openly and confidently in situations where people were likely to be nice about it! Like sometimes I would challenge myself t...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterApr 13, 2024
11 points

Go get a job that forces you to speak a decent amount. Not just to coworkers but strangers as well. It's like going to the gym and getting your reps in every day. Stray away from the isolated jobs. Th...

School & WorkCoping & Advocacy
Employment & CareerVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterApr 13, 2024
25 points

It's a hard question... One suggestion. Every time you consider your stutter, stop yourself from doing so. We often let our stutter make decisions for us. We allow it to be a huge influence in how w...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Overthinking & MonitoringMindset shiftVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterApr 11, 2024
2 points

It's actually pretty amusing because it's the one time you actually want to stutter while talking to people lol...

Coping & Advocacy
Voluntary Stuttering & Exposure
postr/StutterApr 11, 2024
5 points

Should I avoid eye contact for a split second if it helps?

Should I avoid eye contact for a split second if it helps? Hi! I have been doing speech blocks for half a year now, and I decided to seriously address this habit. From what I read, it is not recommend...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Overthinking & MonitoringFluency TechniquesVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterApr 9, 2024
6 points

Blocking and filler words are the coping technique. The cope is avoiding stuttering which is what causes the struggle and trouble you experience now. The way you get back a block is to take baby steps...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterApr 6, 2024
2 points

I had the exact same stutter. Tried to get rid off it. Nothing worked for years. Then i thought fuck it, and start make some scratching gestures instead with my hand like a DJ whenever i stutter. At l...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureAcceptance & PrideCycles & Randomness
commentr/StutterApr 4, 2024
1 points

Disclose (maybe by doing brief voluntary repetition) , begin speaking slowly, on a regular size exhale and while making regular eye contact. Any of those things can be practiced alone, in front of ...

Coping & AdvocacySocial & Relationships
Fluency TechniquesVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterApr 4, 2024
2 points

Before you look for a solution, before you apply any tips and tricks, before you take any substance to help you speak, CHANGE YOUR MINDSET about your stutter. If you don't change your mindset, you'll ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shiftVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure+2 more
commentr/StutterMar 29, 2024
2 points

Are you going to be the bitch of your fear or is your fear going to be your bitch? You won't be able to talk if you don't dissolve your shitty habits first. You speak fluently and are a capable pers...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Overthinking & MonitoringAvoidance & SubstitutionVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterMar 29, 2024
1 points

The only way to overcome stuttering is to face the fear....

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMar 20, 2024
6 points

I wish I could do that! Sounds brave af to me. I am still trying to move on from blocks and let it fly especially in a meeting....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Hiding & ConcealmentVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterMar 20, 2024
3 points

I think "hard" is an understatement lol. You won't be able to do it in difficult situations. You have to start with the safest, easiest situation in which you block and tell yourself, "my goal here is...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMar 19, 2024
7 points

>I have found that over time I have gotten better at feeling a block farther ahead and can better plan around it so that i hit them less and can work around them in more ways without needing to restar...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterMar 19, 2024
14 points

You don't push. The way to get past a block is the very thing you don't want to do. You have to make the sound. You don't have to go all at once. You can baby step it. But you have to be willing to ma...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency TechniquesVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/stutteringMar 18, 2024
1 points

I could see placebo but I purposefully try to make myself stutter and I can’t make myself. It’s such a freeing feeling...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureAcceptance & Pride