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commentr/StutterOct 20, 2022
1 points

the dave harrison workshops are part of the Mcguire Program course. dave Mcguire took the physical techniques to stop blocking from one programme and the harrison t3chniques and put them into one cour...

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commentr/StutterOct 20, 2022
4 points

i second that. helped me in 2002 amd still use the techniques now. still get the chest tightening but i now know how to get past it and say what I want to say. the course is an absolute life changer. ...

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commentr/StutterOct 20, 2022
2 points

So I would really recommend the Dave McGuire course. They have an inexpensive self help book on Amazon called “Beyond Stammering: The Mcguire Program for getting good at the Sport of Speaking.” You ca...

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commentr/StutterOct 19, 2022
3 points

Sending you lots of love and understanding ❤️ what helped me was signing up with the McGuire Program. They really pushed me outside of my comfort zone and introduced me to so many fellow stutterers in...

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commentr/StutterOct 19, 2022
1 points

No I listened to the audiobook. It seems like a good plan of attack. I have seemed to get more control over the last week....

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commentr/StutterOct 19, 2022
1 points

That’s amazing man. I think you just got to make a lot of calls on the first day. For your most feared sound /word. Then do like 25 calls on your second most feared sounds. Then hit like 15 calls for ...

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commentr/StutterOct 19, 2022
1 points

Better, have been going through the Mgurie program, not making a hundred calls a day, but a lot. Trying to not drink for a month. Thanks for checking in....

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commentr/StutterOct 18, 2022
3 points

it's horrible. I probably would have walked home to avoid that issue. I remember being in in a police lineup (as an extra for money), but the officer went down thr line asking everyone their name. I...

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commentr/StutterOct 16, 2022
1 points

Im curious if this is a symptom Of adhd. I feel like 1. My Brain is moving and opening up multiple tabs and topics at once so I’m distracted 2. I feel like I’m talking really fast and the stutter is a...

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commentr/StutterOct 15, 2022
2 points

Most people seen to recommend practicing the speech loads, which makes sense, so I'd try that. I do it a bit differently though, so this might be worth a try if that option doesn't work: I try to le...

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commentr/StutterOct 15, 2022
1 points

This helps hugely for me. If you know a few people in the audience, try and tell them each individually before the presentation. I find I'm way less likely to stutter if I do this. Of course, it might...

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commentr/StutterOct 14, 2022
9 points

I did this last year. It was a 45 minute presentation. I must’ve practiced it at least 30+ times. Most were by myself and a few were in front of a 1-person audience. I stuttered through most of my pra...

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commentr/StutterOct 14, 2022
2 points

Personally, I always write down exactly what I want to say in advance and take the text with me to the presentation. This way I have to concentrate less on the content during the presentation and can ...

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commentr/StutterOct 14, 2022
4 points

Nope - start speak bigger. Speak twice as loud. Leave that little person you USED to be behind. Observe where and when you do these things. Join speakers clubs - improvement is within your grasp. Yo...

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commentr/StutterOct 13, 2022
2 points

Well try rehearsing and speaking a script in a video. You will be able to make a video if you have the whole script and you can change words and tmepo based on the words and where u think u might stut...

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commentr/StutterOct 9, 2022
1 points

So I would really recommend the Dave McGuire course. They have an inexpensive self help book on Amazon called “Beyond Stammering: The Mcguire Program for getting good at the Sport of Speaking.” You ca...

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commentr/StutterOct 8, 2022
1 points

Don’t tell me nothing works! Download the Mcguire book I told you and go out into public and do what it says! Don’t make excuses! Go out and do what it says!! Are you gunna let your own mind rule you...

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commentr/StutterOct 7, 2022
2 points

In my experience, I block more on my name, probably because I am nervous. If I have a big presentation or something, I will practice what I am going to say while “stretching” my words, to hopefully be...

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commentr/StutterOct 6, 2022
1 points

>"I know it is about you Middle rif breathing" "how was your experience with Delferro." Yes, that's right. With delferro you distract yourself from the stutter trigger (that leads to an anticipati...

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commentr/StutterOct 5, 2022
2 points

I did not follow Delferro. But I did some research about it. I know it is about you Middle rif breathing. An Opera singer did introduce the method. In Belgium we do not have the course but Netherland ...

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