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If “not thinking about the thing you are thinking about” seems daunting and unhelpful, then try this - disclose, do a brief voluntary repetition, make eye contact and begin talking on an *exhale*....

Yup. If this sounds terrible, thrn it’s gonna make a huge difference! Keep doing these voluntary repetitions, as often as possible...

I appreciate you timely response. One thing is not clear to me. So should we intentionally stutter on a particular sound looking at ourselves in the mirror?...

Sure :) Choose a sound you can say smoothly and stand in front of mirror, makimg eye contact with yourself and intentionally speak having brief repetitions using that sound. “Today is M-m-Monday. I...

Anticipation (of negative listeners responses)(or that stuttering might happen) often leads to us paralyzing our tongue, jaw or other speech muscles and then it brings about a speech block. In contra...

They laugh bc they have no clue what is going on. There is a way to address the whole problem- disclose, practice voluntary repetitions, and begin talking on an exhale...

* I have met a number of people who found almost 100% fluency in adulthood. One learned to speak to a rhythm he would surreptitiously beat out with his foot. Another left a very dysfunctional home ...

Yes, I find that people with OCD, approach their disorder in a much more effective way and we stutterers can learn from it. A lot of this does boil down to definitions and what we really mean when we ...

I'm the same way. One way I can improve public speech is by talking in the car on the way to work. Just for the recent muscle memory and confidence of hearing yourself fluent that day. Talk all you ca...

I don’t think you necessarily have to accept your stuttering. I think it’s more like, you should divert your attention to the rewards of socializing with other people. Then you won’t be thinking about...

I got a good coach that guided me through exposure challenges designed to incrementally overcome the fear of stuttering (accepting it), and once i overcame the fear, we worked on improving my speech....

> Any recommendations to avoid fight or flight mode? Do the opposite of what the intrusive thoughts/feelings say. In your case, you avoid, hide and change stuttering anticipation. The opposite is ...

Voy a escribir en español porque sí. La forma que he encontrado de “convivir” con el tartamudeo es alimentarte del odio y resentimiento hacia el mundo para formarte como una persona que se sienta lo s...

There are 2 types of stutter - 1. repetitions/prolongations - a less severe/impactful type of dysfluency bc it means you are still talking, you aren’t trying to hide it from shame, and your listener...

Repeated exposure to what frightens you can desensitize you. There is a psychological process to relieve phobias called ‘systematic approximation’. An example is if a person is phobic about bunny rab...

Begin by disclosing, make eye contact, and speak on an EXHALE. Also, practice voluntary repetitions as often as possible....

Any chance your name (or name of something/someone important starts w R)? Voluntary repetitions - actually choosing a sound you do NOT have problem w, so you can j-j-just do a brief repetition and mo...

Thanks, I’ll try that. I definitely want to move toward confronting this stuff instead of running from it. When you say voluntary repetitions (in the mirror), do you mean voluntarily stuttering on p...

That sounds good. To address blocking, practice doing voluntary repetitions in the mirror, thrn on phone, etc...

Begin speaking on a normal exhale, and make eye contact. Disclose and practice voluntary repetitions as much as possible . If your articulators work normally when talking to yourself, they aren’t th...