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commentr/StutterJul 5, 2025
1 points

Softening consonants can help. This was the advice given to me by my speech therapist back when I was 20. It was the single biggest thing that helped....

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Fluency Techniques
postr/StutterJul 4, 2025
0 points

What helped me overcome my stutter (and maybe you, too).

What helped me overcome my stutter (and maybe you, too). Greetings, I used to have a very slight case of stuttering (mostly stammer where the words just didn't come out, less the "s-s-ss-sTutter" its...

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commentr/StutterJul 4, 2025
9 points

I have a mild, mainly anxiety driven and psychological stutter. I have a few tricks. It’s weird because one trick will work great one day and another day it will be useless. So some of the tricks I le...

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commentr/StutterJul 4, 2025
1 points

I've had a similar thing with singing. There was nothing nice about it, and it also got better after practicing it a bit. My voice kind of "stopped" in the beginning of songs....

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commentr/StutterJul 4, 2025
1 points

That's really interesting! I've never had that problem; conversely I tap into the singing part of my brain to keep flow (albeit I suffer more from cluttering than stuttering), and do reading and tong...

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commentr/StutterJul 3, 2025
1 points

Well there is no cure, for stammering I think but as I do more presentation I practice some relaxing breathing before presentation so , i fumbled less now but still sometimes I got stuck at letters...

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commentr/StutterJul 3, 2025
1 points

I started reading ~1 hour a day. And I got some crutches to follow so I'm trying to master those crutches. Apart from these I don't practice anything. If you have any suggestions let me know....

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Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2025
1 points

27(F) here, are you doing anything to practice? You should try Stamurai, they have daily practices with other stutters. Over time you’ll feel more and more comfortable. This is not the end, just breat...

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commentr/StutterJul 2, 2025
3 points

Actual speech therapist here. A couple of cheap tips for you. I work with clients to help them habituate these tricks, but a lot of it oils down to a) try not to stress about stuttering and b) stretch...

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commentr/StutterJul 2, 2025
1 points

If you have time to work on your speech and you need someone to practice your speech with, you could dm me and we could do a few zoom speech practice chats a week....

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Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJul 2, 2025
1 points

Its a technique that won’t let you stutter but it may sound very easy but u need to be realy consistent with the technique. It takes about 7 seconds to say something. Thats why people also give up. Go...

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commentr/StutterJul 1, 2025
1 points

I understand that Michael Ferris [https://www.stuttermind.com/](https://www.stuttermind.com/)was a severe stutterer who now speaks almost fluently. He devised his own exercises. He is not a speech th...

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commentr/StutterJul 1, 2025
1 points

try air flow linking, it helps with vowels [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK3bsB9wGow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK3bsB9wGow) name in some situations are the hardest part for me, but the bi...

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commentr/StutterJul 1, 2025
1 points

Absolutely I grew up in a part of the country where a southern accent doesn't make sense but I have lived with people from Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, and Florida through some conditioning to speak like...

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Fluency TechniquesRoles & PerformanceRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterJul 1, 2025
1 points

It isn't uncommon. It's similarly weird for me. I did speech therapy a while, and literally never stuttered in the speech therapy room. I don't stutter if I don't have time to think about it because I...

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commentr/StutterJun 30, 2025
1 points

I’m in the same boat. I’ve started speech therapy again and I feel like I’m always in fight or flight mode and all the strategies I was taught don’t work...

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commentr/StutterJun 30, 2025
2 points

Hello! I've enjoyed reading your post. I am a 24-year-old woman who has stuttered for all of my talking life (since age 2 or so). It makes a lot of sense that you say anti-stuttering/fluency techni...

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commentr/StutterJun 29, 2025
1 points

Keep us updating!!1 I have a question. English is not my first language, so I don't understand how this test works. I would have to say one syllable at a time, right? But wouldn't it sound a bit fake...

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postr/StutterJun 29, 2025
29 points

I HOPE THIS HELPS

I HOPE THIS HELPS (Apologize for the long post - I feel a majority will get something from my story) For context - I am a United States Marine - went on 2 combat tours in Afghanistan - I currently own...

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commentr/StutterJun 29, 2025
2 points

Hi Ok, this is what has helped me. Whenever you start to stutter stop talking. (Forcing through it never works). Take a breath on the exhale try again. Rinse and repeat. If you’re like me and so...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency TechniquesAuthenticity vs. Masking