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commentr/StutterJul 10, 2025
12 points

If she feels good and her stuttering is not bothering her, don't push techniques on her. It's much better to stutter freely without pressure than always focusing on techniques against your will. Paren...

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commentr/StutterJul 10, 2025
1 points

Do you believe we should be helping clients become more fluent, more accepting of their stutter, or both? How do you balance these? Dr McCool, GP from Ireland...

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commentr/StutterJul 10, 2025
1 points

does anyone lke start the sentence with a slight melodic tone they planned in their head and it automatically comes out easier (sometimes) lmao i used to do this since grade 8...

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commentr/StutterJul 10, 2025
7 points

You can be the difference in your childrens lives that you never had. 54m, I have stuttered my entire life. Met my first stutterer when in high school, and before that I thought I would be alone in ...

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commentr/StutterJul 10, 2025
1 points

Yes—I believe at times I had absolutely none. Then, I have to admit a part of me rebelled always: there is so much more to me than stuttering, and those parts called for recognition. It’s so hard, and...

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commentr/StutterJul 9, 2025
2 points

What exactly are you looking for here? Gaining fluency, gaining confidence, and reversing your avoidance of certain sounds are all very different things that will have very different advice, in my opi...

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commentr/StutterJul 9, 2025
3 points

1. The easy onset technique often helps. 2. My daughter, also a stutterer, taught me this one: during a block, slide your hand across something—-a podium, the side of your leg, whatever. The physical ...

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commentr/StutterJul 9, 2025
1 points

I don’t. Mines worse on consonants but I try to take a deep breath before saying them and it helps...

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commentr/StutterJul 9, 2025
2 points

I guess we have similar pattern a bit on stuttering. Well, I always wonder what life would have been if we didn't have stutter. I am working to become fluent as maximum as possible....

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commentr/StutterJul 9, 2025
2 points

I'm 17M and I can relate to this very well. I My advice is make your own little tweaks to how you speak with the help of speech therapy. I mean learning to calm yourself, noticing when you stutter(for...

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commentr/StutterJul 8, 2025
1 points

Different people obviously have different things that work for them. Some people prefer techniques, and others prefer to let go of the physical and mental struggle and accept it in order to stammer wi...

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commentr/StutterJul 8, 2025
2 points

Yeah I have seen those jokes a lot. I hate how they act like stuttering is caused by anxiety. When I was a little kid I stuttered without any anxiety. The anxiety comes from people’s reactions and how...

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commentr/StutterJul 8, 2025
2 points

Thank you for sharing your experience. I believe stuttering varies from person to person, so there’s no one size fits all. Recently, I started a new therapy that focuses on stretching the first sylla...

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commentr/StutterJul 7, 2025
7 points

Yes I do. Sometimes I add a hard h before it, it helps sometimes but not every-time. Like: UHmerica, re-UHlection. It’s hard to explain, but it’s like forcing a bit of breath before the vowel to stop ...

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commentr/StutterJul 6, 2025
1 points

yeah you are right, i was wondering if its worth it. I've read Lee Lovett book "How to stop stuttering and love speaking" wherein he talks about methods similar to yours like doing voluntary repetitio...

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Fluency TechniquesMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterJul 6, 2025
6 points

Just to tag onto this, taking a year off to improve your mental health will only help if you REALLY throw yourself into improving your mental health. Get into speech therapy and don't miss a session, ...

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commentr/StutterJul 5, 2025
1 points

Get into practice man. Find patterns why do you stutter, does speaking slow will help you speak even a little. or just try different techniques. You can even go to a speech therapy. Ive had it for a ...

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commentr/StutterJul 5, 2025
1 points

I read his book which included a hexagon type thing in which he said stuttering is caused by those six things but i did try what he said but no success. is there any other particular book which center...

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Fluency TechniquesMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterJul 5, 2025
1 points

It treated all people that were seriously working on themselves because it is proven , just give him a try he knows what he is talking about and he is good and he treated himself from his own severe s...

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commentr/StutterJul 5, 2025
1 points

Seek professional help to lessen the stuttering and be confident...

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