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commentr/StutterMay 28, 2025
7 points

You should absolutely go. At some point in life, you’re going to have to introduce yourself. Look at it as a great opportunity to practice that interaction! Write down your introduction: “hi my name i...

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commentr/StutterMay 28, 2025
3 points

Thank you for this comment I appreciate it! You're right. I have no clue what my life would be like if I didn't have a stutter. I'll look more into speech therapy again. Wasn't successful in the pas...

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commentr/StutterMay 28, 2025
3 points

>I feel like if I didn't have this stutter I would be in a better position in my life. That's a counter factual fallacy. You have no idea what your life would be like if you had lived a different lif...

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commentr/StutterMay 27, 2025
2 points

>*"Stuttering onset due to trauma from being mauled by a dog at age 3. Master's in engineering.* ***Philosophy:*** *The brain is lazy and will default to old patterns. Speech is a skill, not a persona...

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commentr/StutterMay 27, 2025
1 points

What could be practical (concrete) interventions? like, compassion and kindness are abstract terms, could you please provide more concrete examples regarding how to weaken the link between the freeze ...

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commentr/StutterMay 27, 2025
1 points

>*"Because people that have stammered for their entire life have a large neurological component"* Thanks for your input.. and you're absolutely right that stuttering has a strong neurological basis. ...

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commentr/StutterMay 27, 2025
1 points

Anything that helps you get very relaxed will help. I would offer you videos but people tend to over complicate things. Just get started...

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commentr/StutterMay 27, 2025
2 points

Haha, I'm actually not related to Lee at all and actually have a lot of very strong disagreements with him and his program. Like Ferris, they both promise that you can stop stuttering if you just "tra...

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commentr/StutterMay 27, 2025
2 points

Yea. I was just going to say his book is a carbon copy of Lovetts. I think Lee actually helped me him stop stuttering too and I guess he went on to create his own book and program. As for Lee’s progr...

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commentr/StutterMay 27, 2025
2 points

Probably because people that have stammered for their entire life have a large neurological component involved in their brain as to why they stammer. So for many, stammering is their ‘normal’ way of t...

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commentr/StutterMay 26, 2025
1 points

Interesting. I have heard about "reading 1hr" everyday for decade now, but never thought it as serious solution, because it's awkward to do in front of my family. But will try it. Can you please shar...

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commentr/StutterMay 26, 2025
1 points

Just take the paper in hand and memorize the words thoroughly and understand the meaning completely. Talk with stubborn voice and after 5 mins, you will get normal in talk and presentation will be ove...

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commentr/StutterMay 26, 2025
1 points

Reading out loud for a minimum 1 hr everyday followed by 2x 20mins for self hypnosis treatments with positive affirmations...

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commentr/StutterMay 25, 2025
2 points

I was in therapy off and on through well my elementary and HS. It wasn’t until college that it helped. I learned the “ease into the sound” technique, and a muscle-relaxation method that I still use t...

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postr/StutterMay 25, 2025
4 points

I created a list of INTERVENTIONS to improve stuttering. Remember, what works for one might not work for others

I created a list of INTERVENTIONS to improve stuttering. Remember, what works for one might not work for others **Tips to improve stuttering:** *My personal interventions:* Reduce excessively high p...

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commentr/StutterMay 25, 2025
1 points

You begin a word or phrase with saying the first syllables slowly – you start with no sound but just breath, and then add voice in gradually...

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commentr/StutterMay 25, 2025
2 points

gave a huge presentation just yesterday (which went surprisingly well) and here are some tips that might help you based on my own experience: 1) prepare as much as you can. you don't need to memorize...

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commentr/StutterMay 25, 2025
3 points

Speech therapy was good for me. I had about two years of it, from age 19 to 21. You just have to go in knowing that you’re there to be *treated* and *improve*, not be *cured* (Reminder: There is no cu...

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commentr/StutterMay 25, 2025
4 points

I had speech therapy in middle and high school. It didn’t make it go away but it did help. It gave me some strategies to prevent my stutter like taking a breath at every punctuation, don’t pause your ...

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commentr/StutterMay 25, 2025
3 points

Just stop where u fill like it and take a deep breath. You have all the time in the world...

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