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Just keep talking and making fluid sounds… Try to practice with very simple speech modifications… First, make a breathy sound on every exhale. Extend that sound to a slow whispery, smooth sound. The...

Many SLP’s suggest techniques that are only appropriate to help people with articulation problems (can NEVER EVER say certain sounds). We need to avoid those as they usually make it worse. It’s as d...

I totally agree that the reason for the increase is anxiety. I was simply getting at the idea that once you've progress to that point, the harder you try, the more you end up blocking. ​ ...

When your stuttering changes from repetitions to blocks, does that mean its getting better or worse ?...

Does that mean i have to purposely stutter(repitition)? Because When i talk, i have stage 2 but mostly with hard words, it’s stage 3 (unless if they’re in the middle of a sentence)...

Making eye contact tricks your brain into feeling less shame and shows the listener that you are present and actively saying something. Remember, that forcing words out is what *causes* blocks. Also...

I have students who stutter and it's truly jarring. It's hard to listen to because that's how I sound....

For me it’s having some hard blocks a couple times while speaking. Sometimes I have to stretch out my sounds or just pause and start again slower. It’s no secret that anyone who speaks to me knows I s...

Yea I’ve been like trying to but on phone calls it gets worse. And it sucks cause sometimes the person on the other end thinks like the connection is bad and it makes me tense up even more....

Good point! Here is my attempt to write in a simple structure. I think you misunderstood. What I'm advocating is, our core disorder/problem is not repetitions. In your previous reply you give reasons...

>Listen, you seem to prefer blocks. Personally, I find them terrible because most listeners have no idea what's going on and they are accompanied by fear/stress. > >Mild repetitions are ...

Listen, you seem to prefer blocks. Personally, I find them terrible because most listeners have no idea what's going on and they are accompanied by fear/stress. Mild repetitions are not an issue i...

"Repetitions" A block is the severe form of a repetition. But I think this statement is incomplete. To make this statement more complete: First phase: If we start with stuttering, then we are a ligh...

I do not think the meta is helpful and I think there’s still miscommunication. Work on this instead. Non- smooth verbal utterances (repetition, prolongation, filler word, changing words) should ...

"Our goal should be to become comfortable with regular repetitions (brief, no fear, smoothly transition into next sound)." Yes agree. In another viewpoint: but isn't it better, whenever we are stuck,...

Whatever repetition you do after “taking a breath” fails is not a “regular repetition” - it’s an escape repetition. It’s more like a secondary behavior - where regular repetitions are a regular part ...

There are essentially two types of stutters - repetitions/prolongations and blocks. Most everyone has occasional brief repetitions and it's barely noticeable. When someone becomes conscious/anxious a...

Holy shit. This feels very… relatable. My therapist tells me I speak like I’m a foreigner, and this kind of feels like it? And like? Alex Turner? Kingie! I havent kept up with Arctic Monkeys other t...

>Many stutterers will encounter the block on the repeat, or will just be running out of energy to give a roundup. True, but in that case the listener usually realises that's what's happened and ca...

Anything you do to escape a block becomes a secondary behavior. Every speaker has occasional repetitions, usually initial, but they are hardly noticed because they are not a big deal. The repetition...