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commentr/StutterNov 26, 2024
1 points

Reverse what you said. I used that concept to dramatically reduce my blocking stutters. In fact, if you can sometimes say those sounds, your articulators are working fine. The problem comes when a...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterNov 25, 2024
1 points

thanks for sharing. One thought that popped into my mind when I viewed this video, is that stutterers involuntarily have their vocal folds or speech articulators lock up when these speech muscles come...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & StoppagesPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterNov 25, 2024
2 points

The only way to get through blocks is to make sound and take a chance of stuttering. It feels involuntary but blocks are something you **do** and are within your control. A good SLP who doesn't do flu...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency TechniquesBlocks & Stoppages
postr/StutterNov 25, 2024
6 points

Help! I stuck on some alphabet like D B

Help! I stuck on some alphabet like D B When i have to speak any word starting with D or B i get stuck badly i feel like i got no air left in my lungs to speak is there any way to fix it ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterNov 24, 2024
3 points

It's been so long I honestly can't remember what I talked about ::blushes:: Yeah that is fascinating and very revealing I think. The anticipation is feeling that stoppage/block before even saying ...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterNov 24, 2024
2 points

Seems to me that the VM during speech is essentially a mini-panic attack due to anticipatory fear of being judged. For me, the absence of a listener means no fear. Also, making eye contact reminds...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Anxiety & Social JudgmentBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterNov 24, 2024
1 points

Interesting perspective that could definitely help many. For me, “blocking” is accurate, but I have now learned habits to allow me to gently move past it, but maybe another word would help others und...

Speech & StutteringCoping & Advocacy
Blocks & StoppagesFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterNov 24, 2024
2 points

You can’t relax or slow down. That’s not how our brains are wired. If I could tell you anything it would be try to figure out what words you know you have trouble with and find words that mean the sam...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionBlocks & Stoppages
postr/StutterNov 24, 2024
6 points

How do I overcome stuttering blocks?

How do I overcome stuttering blocks? I've been stuttering ever since I can remember, I'm 15 now and it seems to progressing and worsening, not so much with mumbling or stammering (sttt-,hooo-) but the...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterNov 23, 2024
4 points

Mine was a war trauma i was traumatised when i was a child by explosion and i started to stutter after it :(...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Trauma & PsychologicalBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterNov 23, 2024
12 points

I've read/and seen posts and website saying that it is rare for trauma to cause stuttering. Personally, I'm not convinced. I started stuttering in 3rd grade as a result of horrible/mean/impatient tr...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Trauma & PsychologicalBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterNov 23, 2024
2 points

As I’ve said before (and as you are experiencing now!), a block is almost always the “worse” version of a repetition. You may think you’ve conquered the repetition, but that block is ultimately an av...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Blocks & StoppagesAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterNov 23, 2024
3 points

Eye contact and slow beginnings, always. However I struggle big time to do the voluntary repetitions as for the last 10 years or so I’ve had a block stutter only...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterNov 23, 2024
1 points

How often do you pair it with - making eye contact, beginning slowly or with a mini-voluntary repetition?...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterNov 23, 2024
3 points

Speaking on the exhale. Been using this for the last 6 months. It’s like I’m still blocking when trying to do this method...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterNov 23, 2024
1 points

As there are dozens of different techniques, only way to answer is if you described the technique, and how long it had been helping you. Also, describe what happens when it doesn’t work....

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterNov 23, 2024
3 points

Repetitions and blocks. After starting b1 it improved 90%, some day I don’t stutter at all. 300 mg per day...

Speech & StutteringMeds & Substances
Repetitions & ProlongationsBlocks & StoppagesHelpful Med Outcomes
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2024
2 points

What type of stutterer you are? Repeats or blocks? How is your stuttering after taking B1? Is it completely gone? How much do you take?...

Speech & StutteringMeds & Substances
Blocks & StoppagesRepetitions & ProlongationsHelpful Med Outcomes
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2024
3 points

I mean, it's not like one chooses how they stutter, so "prefer" is an odd choice of word here. If you mean "which one bothers you less", neither. My stuttering is generally frustrating, mostly consist...

Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterNov 21, 2024
2 points

I prefer to stutter. when i block, people take that as their turn to speak and talk over me. its the absolute worst :/...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Blocks & StoppagesAvoidance & Substitution