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It may be effective for people who stutter (PWS) doing any strategy from any of the 50+ [modalities](https://www.psychology.org.au/getmedia/23c6a11b-2600-4e19-9a1d-6ff9c2f26fae/Evidence-based-psych-in...
I had blocks for 3 decades. Doing voluntary repetitions (and eye contact) made my nearly fluent in 3 weeks. I’m a preschool teacher in a large school so I can talk to 50-100 people every day - defin...
If you've seen it have a positive effect and transfer to the real world then I'm happy, but I am respectfully skeptical. It feels like speech tools; they work great in safe environments but reliably f...
It’s like training wheels. Yes, maybe it’s good to let the kid fall on their face, but some kids aren’t strong enough for that. I regularly see ppl here say they block when they imagine talking to...
If you block when you're by yourself I think it's an amazing opportunity to practice moving to the sound you're afraid to vocalize. For most people this is a vowel sound since those are open sounds an...
Maybe I used "mechanics" incorrectly. I meant the mechanics of moving through a block. If you block talking to yourself in a mirror I can see how it help learn the movements to go from blocking to get...
Definitely! But doing VR in front of a mirror, while making eye contact with yourself, is a great primary accessible intervention for those who have more struggles. If someone doesn’t require this...
You need to work on it dealing with of real blocks. Practicing with voluntary stuttering doesn't make sense since you're not actually blocking. Voluntary stuttering isn't used to work on mechanics....
The safest way to practice this is standing in front of a mirror and doing voluntary repetitions....
Something I’d tell a client to do if this is stressing themselves out is to practice stuttering on purpose with someone you trust. Over explaining kinda kills the magic but stuttering on purpose can g...
Yeah this is it, exposure therapy, people will look at you funny sometimes, once they get to know you, you’ll be fine. Enjoy life it could be worst...
The best thing you can do is just stop giving a shit. And the only way to do that is to just stutter in front of people as often as you can...
To improve execution of your strategy, a general activity I would do is to allow yourself to “fail” at the strategy, and then calmly restart and use it. In a controlled environment (preferably with ...
Voluntary stuttering will help you desensitize a stuttering moment like the one you had. For me it prevents me from having those "downward spirals" where I lose control of everything and I am held pr...
Exposure therapy, And age. I'm old enough and happy enough in my own life that I don't really care what people think of me. I don't avoid anything difficult. I purposely put myself in situations that...
My opinion on stuttering
My opinion on stuttering My opinion on stuttering Stuttering is a vicious cycle there is nothing there to stop you from speaking ,you are a fluent speaker when you speak alone ,sing ,whisper ,saying ...
Might the remedy be not to substitute (thereby not avoiding stuttering but letting yourself stutter as comfortably as you can)? The above is much easier said than done and a high pressure situation s...
It’s a mixture of acceptance and Desensitization It takes time but once you achieve it becomes like a permanent painkiller...
How Ashwagandha and Desensitization Changed My Life
How Ashwagandha and Desensitization Changed My Life I've struggled with severe stuttering for as long as I can remember. My stutter is so severe that I often feel like I may be the worst stutterer in ...
This subreddit is surprisingly devoid of reasonable and scientific information. Childhood onset stuttering doesnt disappear after a certain age. We will always have the “anticipation” or “ feeling” of...