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commentr/StutterMar 9, 2024
5 points

Because you tense up when you're being observed by other people who may be judging you and what you're telling them. You tense up because of this pressure, and I'd assume because of this you put more ...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/FlightPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterMar 9, 2024
1 points

My hypothesis is that the abs are not engaged well during the production of these sounds. Keep your belly reasonably expanded (after you inhale) as you say those sounds. And make sure it really does s...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterMar 9, 2024
6 points

At a time when my stammer was severe, I had very fluent conversations with a deaf colleague. She relied on lipreading so if I spoke with my face contorting the way it did she wouldn't be able to under...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesAvoidance & SubstitutionPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterMar 9, 2024
2 points

It didn't do much for my actual stutter one way or the other but it did help me get rid of some of the physical manifestations of it like head jerking and eye rolling....

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Physical TensionAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterMar 8, 2024
7 points

In primary school, I always stuttered severely when I was speaking alone. In this context, "my own judgement" might have been a trigger as a young child (or maybe not, but at least "my own voice" (aka...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Experiential AssociationPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterMar 8, 2024
6 points

>*"Why we don't stutter when we are alone and why we do stutter when with other people? "* I believe it's likely the same answer to the question, why don't we stutter when silent mouthing a word (ak...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Anxiety & Social JudgmentAuthenticity vs. MaskingPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterMar 8, 2024
2 points

You will be able to speak at your natural pace. You set aside 15 mins during the day to practice the metronome pace. The rest of the day you can speak normally. In the video, he also mentioned addin...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentAuthenticity vs. Masking+2 more
commentr/StutterMar 8, 2024
1 points

I was freezing up in the weirdest way with my friend in an obnoxiously loud restaurant. I beating my thoughts of being nervous but I felt u was more so fighting myself physically to get words out to...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency+2 more
commentr/StutterMar 8, 2024
2 points

My stutter gets worse with the feedback loop of how I perceive my speech at the moment. If I have to speak loudly, I guess I can notice my voice shaking or breaking, or the blocks becoming more pronou...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterMar 6, 2024
2 points

Stuttering affected me, a woman, for 30 years of my life and I'm in my 30s. Lots of pain and isolation my whole life. People called me stupid and bullied me. I had tics along with stuttering but was ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & BullyingPhysical Tension+3 more
commentr/StutterMar 5, 2024
2 points

I also suspect that the two are related. Like they're sister disorders or cousins. Question for you, when you say the words won't come out, describe that experience more. Does it happen on particula...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & StoppagesPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterMar 3, 2024
5 points

I have a stutter that comes and goes, and it was worse when I was a kid. It's taken years of therapy and different techniques, and it's gotten better, but I still have trouble with blocked words. Once...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationFeared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterMar 2, 2024
1 points

your results are amazing... I have been studying his books and working out for a total of 6 months, but I didn't have any significant results in the first week, I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I'm ...

Speech & StutteringTherapy & Professional
Blocks & StoppagesPhysical TensionSeeking Therapy
commentr/StutterMar 1, 2024
3 points

Glad to see I’m helping people! Here’s my explanation. For the loose tongue part: Try to consciously push your tongue against the roof of your mouth THEN releasing that upward tension. When you feel...

Speech & StutteringCoping & Advocacy
Blocks & StoppagesPhysical TensionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterMar 1, 2024
2 points

No problem! Here’s my explanation for my advice: For the loose tongue part: Try to consciously push your tongue against the roof of your mouth THEN releasing that upward tension. When you feel that ...

Speech & StutteringCoping & Advocacy
Blocks & StoppagesPhysical TensionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterMar 1, 2024
2 points

Alright here’s my best attempt at this. For the loose tongue part: Try to consciously push your tongue against the roof of your mouth THEN releasing that upward tension. When you feel that upward te...

Speech & StutteringCoping & Advocacy
Blocks & StoppagesPhysical TensionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterMar 1, 2024
1 points

Oh okay, so in fact keep jaw dropped and relaxed and keep toungue loose. What does a loose toungue look like?...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & StoppagesPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterMar 1, 2024
1 points

First of all I want to make something clear! What I meant is that you SHOULD keep your tongue loose and you SHOULD keep your jaw dropped. Not the other way around!...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & StoppagesPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterMar 1, 2024
5 points

Trust me that I’m VERY aware of the trite similarity in these “similar things”. That’s why I took it on myself to investigate the issue. This is not an advice to “take a deep breath” or “to just be re...

Speech & StutteringCoping & Advocacy
Blocks & StoppagesPhysical TensionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterMar 1, 2024
1 points

Is there like a visual i can see for not keeping jaw dropped and relaxed as you advised, and then not keeping the toungue loose? Im trying to imagine in my head lol...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & StoppagesPhysical Tension