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... What if i do stutter when im alone/with friends?...

I went to an SLP and we worked on "d" and "t" a lot. I had a lot of tension with the tongue pushing hard against my teeth/mouth. We worked on a lot of light touch / light contact with the tongue, bu...

In 2016, I participated in eight weeks of inpatient therapy, much of which consisted of confrontation therapy. Talking to people on the street, asking salespeople for advice, making phone calls. The s...

The type of speech therapy I did involved taking a paper clip and conducting fake surveys in a local park. The goal was to purposefully stutter in front of as many people as possible....

Has anyone tried exposure therapy for their stutter and talked to as many people as possible? How did it go?

Has anyone tried exposure therapy for their stutter and talked to as many people as possible? How did it go? ...

Hello carebear. I am a primary coach with the McGuire Program(volunteer) The McGuire program is a worldwide program for stammering people and by stammering people. When I joined I was 35 years old ...

This is my attempt to extract tips from your research study (first link in the post): **Intro:** * The study found that a significant proportion of adults who stutter (**67.9%** in the sample) repor...

Unfortunately, talking to real people is the only way to guarantee an authentic experience to practice. Just talk to people you know, if you can. You don't even have to tell them you're practicing, ju...

How to stop blocking

How to stop blocking I usually don’t stutter when I’m alone but when I’m talking to someone face to face in real life looking into their eyes, there are words that I will block on. But when I’m alone,...

I mostly keep eye contact even when I stutter. If I completely block I will just tell the person that i have a block🤣...

Yes, this is called 'Owning your stutter.' I do it to address the elephant in the room, befire the elephant has a chance to step in. Usually I give a quick explanation about it and say its okay, its n...

You should just let yourself stutter. Some people rejecting you for it is better to rejecting yourself from having a chance. Judge yourself based on your courage to stutter, not the stutter....

Sometimes we can't be effortless. You can't just eliminate all tension or struggle right away. So depending on what you mean by effortless, I'd say we want to start with getting rid of all the things ...

I 100% agree. The posts in this community are pretty damn sad and pathetic sometimes. The only way to get your speaking ability to improve is to put yourself in situations that make you speak. I reali...

What do you think is your biggest challenge when you are speaking and stuttering a lot? Are you taking your time or are you thinking that you need to hurry? Are you feeling each sound as you speak it ...

As a fellow long time stutterer, I am not of agreement with any of that. Fear is not holding me back. Stuttering, on the other hand, is. It is ill advised and detrimental to health to suggest to a "...

Self imposed exposure therapy my man. Start very small. The goal here is to have as many socially positive/neutral experiences as you can to build your social and speech confidence. A simple smile to...

Should say "a kid who stutters". Yes, but not to "explain" his stutter, but just to say that he does. I know it would take a lot of courage, but if his teacher and fellow students are laughing, he...

The only way I know to fix a block is to get yourself to make the sound you're afraid to make. That's why you're blocking....

Paradoxical Intention is a good coping mechanism for sleep, sweating, blushing, stuttering, etc....