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I read the book and tried the method. I even found a testimony on the website from a dude that was on a speech therapy group that I was part of. For me it did help to some extent, but for specific si...

My take on it is that being able to look someone in the eye and even though you stammer and block etc you never do any of the safety behaviours to hide your stammer or avoid it. It's like someone wit...

>Look people in the eye as you stutter. Don't avoid words or sounds, go ahead and block on that hard consonant sound. This is why you see the phrase "Stutter Proudly!". This is exactly what those ted...

I'm an "older" person who is late to the game. So, the stuttering community's new perspective on acceptance is something I'm still trying to learn. Please look around for more formal and flushed out o...

Fellow stutterer. I feel you and see you. I'm now 47. The world does change for us. An immediate solution is the mantra and reminder "now is not forever, and I feel free." We know what's come ...

I do voluntary stuttering and voluntary contorting when I start speaking. It takes some pressure off and then I don't have to constantly worry like "what if I get a block in the middle of my sentence ...

We need a rap song about leaning into it. “The face starts to contort, nervous grabbing my shorts. Face starts looking mean, so I start to leannn”...

I used cognitive behavioural therapy (full disclosure I'm a cognitive behavioural therapy at an NHS service in the UK. Repeated, consistent exposure to anxiety cause a reduction in anxiety over time...

Honestly, just practice. I remember 2 years ago, I had my first phone screening interview and I was so nervous. I stuttered basically the entire time and I was so embarrassed. I could barely say a com...

Sometimes it’s fun to make direct eye contact with people when you start stuttering and play chicken....

I have stuttered my entire life. Some adolescents who stutter do grow out of it, some don't. I did not grow out of it. I tried to do many things to become fluent, including reading aloud to myself. Re...

I also started going out more and doing exposure therapy for few months. I've seen some improvements. As you have said it's extremely uncomfortable and somedays are like hell. The more you get out of ...

I have this same problem. I find exposure therapy works well over time. It’s extremely uncomfortable, of course, but there eventually comes a point when you’re around these uncomfortable things long e...

Sorry this happened. I relate on many levels. Now 47. Looking back, I would want everyone in school to know, engaging in speaking is activating my courage muscle and F you if you can’t see or respect...

One of the other things that helped me is exposure therapy. I didn’t do it in therapy but I kinda had to do it when I joined the Marine Corps in bootcamp. Now of course joining the military isn’t the ...

Yes, we are what psychology call "counter phobics" who actively confront their biggest problem instead of evading it. It takes nerve, but I find it cuts down on the pain in the long run. It's like pu...

Hey man I know it’s tough but stutter on. There’s nothing wrong with it. The more you practice that the less you’ll care. You’re going to stutter for the rest of your life and if you go on like this i...

I just made a post about this but this will help it’s doesn’t cure it but own your stutter and just let it happen https://youtu.be/DmbNg5mO974?si=8j1JJMNZdLdF--mC...

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I just saw this So my speech therapist just showed me this and this is great to hear. A lot of us doesn’t own up to our stutter and just saw fuck it I’m going to talk and if I stutter oh well. If you ...

Also for me stuttering needed to be handle gently within my mind, there was no place for forcing it....