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commentr/StutterJul 12, 2025
1 points

There's a lot of research on stuttering. We know that it's a neurodevelopmental difference in the way that people's brains process and coordinate speech, which is why it's hard to change or control, a...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & DisabilityTherapy & Professional
Neurological & BrainMedicalization / NeurodiversityTherapy Experiences+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 12, 2025
2 points

You can cure it completely bro same with mine I am am so fluent with my mom and brother and cousins and my friends it's like I am 99.9 percent fleunt, alone I am fully fluent 100 percent natural speak...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Mindset shiftHope & MotivationFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJul 11, 2025
1 points

You need to do some research on the relationship between the Valsalva response as it relates to stuttering. This is what I did. I am now fluent and have never had a relapse. If we are close in time zo...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesOnset & Life-Stage Changes
commentr/StutterJul 11, 2025
2 points

Hi. I had the same issue in uni - public speaking and reading were a nightmare for me (I was getting a bachelor degree in Translation Studies (exactly that)). Remember: most of people concentrate on t...

School & WorkCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
School & Academic LifeFluency TechniquesAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 11, 2025
1 points

I’m glad that was your experience. It isn’t for everyone. There are some things that do come easily and naturally like second nature but a lot of things I have to actively use my strategies for are ...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Fluency TechniquesSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterJul 11, 2025
2 points

I'm happy to see a parent really embracing this view. I have several speech therapy clients who stutter, and I can say it's extremely normal for parents to think of fluency as the goal, at least at fi...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideFluency TechniquesHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJul 11, 2025
1 points

Techniques and strategies are exhausting when you have you to constantly remind yourself to use them. There's times where you feel so drained and discouraged that you can't be bothered to use them....

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterJul 11, 2025
1 points

>It’s exhausting and tiring having to monitor your speech all the time. > With proper speech therapy, fluent speech does not require one to monitor their speech all the time. I very much believe th...

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Fluency TechniquesTherapy Experiences
commentr/StutterJul 11, 2025
1 points

I think my anxiety was mostly about not doing something right, as I thought fluency was the goal according to therapy notes, but this post has made me learn it’s not! If she doesn’t NEED to be applyin...

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Acceptance & PrideFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJul 10, 2025
1 points

I stutter to and ima 16 and my parents took me to a lot of therapy stuff for it etc and I have the strategy’s but I just don’t want to use them like it makes me feel like I am not a normal human since...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Acceptance & PrideFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJul 10, 2025
3 points

I went to school with a kid who had a stutter way worse than mine but literally did not care at all. He never came to any of the speech therapy that our school offered and I was with him from elementa...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Acceptance & PrideFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJul 10, 2025
3 points

I was in speech therapy for almost 17 years in my early years. My Family had this same issue with me. I got burnt out always being told to use my technique I learned in speech therapy. I’m still bur...

Therapy & ProfessionalCoping & Advocacy
Therapy ExperiencesFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJul 10, 2025
3 points

Sadly, stuttering is severely under taught and often misrepresented in grad school for SLPs. Fluency is very heavily pushed and almost as a requirement, especially for therapists that have been practi...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Acceptance & PrideFluency TechniquesSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries
commentr/StutterJul 10, 2025
2 points

Thank you! For her speech therapy, fluency (at least better fluency than she typically has) is almost always the goal, and she’s never quite reached it so I thought I was doing something wrong or not ...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Fluency TechniquesAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 10, 2025
1 points

I now speak fluently. I even have a podcast. I see a lot of discussion here about embracing stuttering as part of your identity—and while confidence and community support are crucial, I worry it’s be...

Coping & AdvocacyTherapy & Professional
Fluency TechniquesSeeking TherapyAssistive Devices
commentr/StutterJul 10, 2025
1 points

Good for you. I see a lot of discussion here about embracing stuttering as part of your identity—and while confidence and community support are crucial, I worry it’s become an excuse to give up on fi...

Coping & AdvocacyTherapy & Professional
Fluency TechniquesSeeking TherapyAssistive Devices
commentr/StutterJul 10, 2025
1 points

I think you have to tenderly approach the situation with parental love. I advise you every now and then encourage the use of strategies, but understand she is still so, so young. 10? Often with stutte...

Coping & AdvocacyCommunity & Support
Fluency TechniquesAdvice OfferedValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterJul 10, 2025
1 points

I see a lot of discussion here about embracing stuttering as part of your identity—and while confidence and community support are crucial, I worry it’s become an excuse to give up on finding a real so...

Coping & AdvocacyTherapy & Professional
Fluency TechniquesSeeking TherapyAssistive Devices
commentr/StutterJul 10, 2025
1 points

I see a lot of discussion here about embracing stuttering as part of your identity—and while confidence and community support are crucial, I worry it’s become an excuse to give up on finding a real so...

Coping & AdvocacyTherapy & Professional
Fluency TechniquesSeeking TherapyAssistive Devices
commentr/StutterJul 10, 2025
1 points

To call it a curse is where the problem starts. My wife and I recently got married and she has been stuttering since she was 5. There are moments where stutter is barely noticeable (like nowadays) an...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Acceptance & PrideGenetic & Family FactorsSituational Variability+1 more