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commentr/StutterJun 29, 2025
1 points

One of the reasons people stutter is they think they're going to but they aren't. So they pre form their tounge and get ready to prevent the stuttering but in doing so they make themselves stutter.  ...

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commentr/StutterJun 28, 2025
1 points

For Pro90D, most of the major techniques like modeling (mimicking or imitating someone who speaks well), affirmations, and free flow speaking (take a deep breath, then speak continuously until you run...

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commentr/StutterJun 28, 2025
2 points

Hello just a suggestion it may help..same problem is happening to me as well and its so frustrating but recently i spoke with my brother without giving any tension to my mind my breath..and speaking s...

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commentr/StutterJun 27, 2025
1 points

You're right. Speaking slowly has helped me. I realized it's not just speaking slowly but speaking more consciously as well. You can speak fast as long as you're more conscious about it. I can go on ...

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commentr/StutterJun 27, 2025
1 points

I had one during my teenage years. It did help me. Its not life changing but it allowed me to progress in understanding how I could improve my fluidity by slowing down and deconstructing words before ...

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commentr/StutterJun 27, 2025
1 points

Also, continuous phonation is my favorite technique. Maybe pick one you like and practice that at home and on calls? I know it’s hard emotionally, but what if you gamify this? Best of luck!!...

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Fluency TechniquesHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJun 27, 2025
1 points

Yeah the technique I read online was “Speak at the same rate as you write or type “ Me personally this works for me somewhat, but when my heart starts beating and my nerves come up, the stutter may t...

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commentr/StutterJun 27, 2025
3 points

Wow that comment about your father made me a bit upset, I’m guessing he doesn’t stutter at all but you do? Maybe you’re the only one in the family that does?? So the way how I prepare for presentati...

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commentr/StutterJun 26, 2025
1 points

Heard of it. Mastered the technique. Used it to become nearly 100% fluent for several months. Then old speech patterns started to come back. For me, it seems to be impossible to retain long term. Pers...

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commentr/StutterJun 26, 2025
3 points

Could you make your talk into a Powerpoint presentation? If so, you can record audio for each slide ahead of time. The beauty of this is that, if you stutter on a slide, you just record that slide a...

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commentr/StutterJun 26, 2025
2 points

It means don’t push through. Stop, start again, until you get the word. It’s a common technique used in the McGuire program amongst others. It works best with the help of physical techniques...

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Fluency TechniquesPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterJun 26, 2025
3 points

There is stuttering in the sense of what fluent speakers occasionally do, where they involuntarily stumble on a word that they're otherwise usually capable of saying. And then there's COFD (Childhood...

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commentr/StutterJun 25, 2025
6 points

Alright, disclaimer... Every time I hear people speak of 'mastering techniques,' I cringe. I also feel obligated to share my thoughts on 'techniques.' Techniques alone are not an effective way to im...

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postr/StutterJun 25, 2025
6 points

What does ‘working on your stutter’ even mean?

What does ‘working on your stutter’ even mean? Is it just mastering techniques, and then being able to reduce your anxiety to a point where you can think of and implement those techniques when you nee...

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Overthinking & MonitoringFluency TechniquesAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJun 25, 2025
1 points

Red words.. first I'm hearing this kind of terminology used. Normally I think these are called "problem sounds" because it's really phonetic sound that we block on rather than the whole word. Yea norm...

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commentr/StutterJun 25, 2025
7 points

I had practiced slow prolonged therapy for 6 months, it helped me to recover 70% of my stammering....

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Fluency TechniquesSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterJun 25, 2025
1 points

Is there any way you can script a portion of the phone calls? I worked at a call center for awhile and it was really hard at first, but I found that if I could just read off a script and get into a rh...

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commentr/StutterJun 25, 2025
1 points

I would practice the word ‘cricket’ so I become an expert in pronouncing it. The same way as when practicing an instrument, first very very slowly, then a bit faster and finally try to pronounce it in...

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commentr/StutterJun 24, 2025
1 points

It sounds like you are stuck in a pretty bad spot speech wise and I feel for you. I'm 60. Stuttered since age 4. We each have things we connect with in terms of therapy. Some things help some more t...

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commentr/StutterJun 24, 2025
3 points

I've been to a couple of his workshops and read his book. And have commented about it before on this sub. Search for valsalva or feel free to DM me...

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