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Thank you, I really appreciate it. Yes, I am now in a way better place! You're exactly right. The environment matters a lot for us when we are still learning to adopt the new speaking mechanism. I d...

We need to be willing to be less than perfect, to be “bad” at speaking. partly to let the other person know that we stutter (and it’s no big deal) and partly to show to ourselves that it’s n...

Well, I’m pretty confident that you have stumbled upon the solutions! Try doing a voluntary repetition in mirror right now…...

I’ve given exact steps in other recent comments in this sub so poke around there first. Let me know if you can’t find them But You have to be willing to jump off of cliffs every day. That’s really...

Without knowing why, I had been disclosing and doing voluntary repetitions occasionally for about a year. Once I learned why they were important and what else to add, I did it as much as possible. i...

I don’t use the word “cure” bc I still have occasional repetitions, and occasional blocks. But I have the tools to quickly move onto my next sound. I go out of my way to make small talk, easily give...

Actually, there are free, tangible, safe things you can do to achieve this. And it’s super easy! Just kidding! It involves some hard, scary work, but if done, your positive results will last. Loo...

The kid was receiving intensive therapy 4x/week, so it was beyond “being a brat”. I got instantly super fluent and said “I know you wouldn’t say that to another kid”. I basically just did the oppos...

I used to have long silent blocks, multiple in a sentence, when talking to anyone - but get perfectly fluent the moment I was alone. Also, the moment I stopped hiding my stutter and talked about it,...

I’ve had a job working with kids with emotional problems where I took them into the community to “practice skills”. A few kids straight up mocked me (did an exaggerated, snarky repeat). One kid even...

as someone with a stutter as well as rhotacism i kind of have trouble imagining someone intentionally making themselves do that. it’s like setting yourself up to get made fun of worse than you already...

Your welcome. Remember, the way to really make it useful is to watch yourself have voluntary repetitions....

I had this exact same issue.. I was very self conscious of the face I made when stuttering which made me very anxious before any conversation. I basically took a course with stuttering coach who helpe...

have you tried voluntary stuttering? it's supposed to reduce both involuntary stuttering, anxiety and weird faces. In my case, it increases stuttering but I do it because decreasing anxiety and weir...

Laughing at your own stutter is actually very good, I do it sometimes too. It's a positive way to show people that you're not so complexed about your stutter. But laughing at it doesn't mean people c...

if you feel invisible maybe you’re not out there talking enough. I noticed that I was doing most of the talking in class in college and graduate work, so much that eventually I decided I should let ...

To clarify, this is more of a trick* than a method and will result in further reinforcing fear of stutter. The other way to get out is to phonate and make sound and let yourself stutter. It is much sc...

Only a person who has stuttered can help you. A stutterer who has gone through the same embarrassing situations that you have been through and worried about their speech 59 minutes an hour of every da...

> I my opinion, those pricey speech therapy sessions should be replaced by some intensive courses made by people who actually know what stuttering is, with more exposure to real life situations be...

Omg BRAVOOO!!! This document is unbelievably helpful. I always hear tips about reducing stutter but never heard this type of advice (sorry if that doesn’t make sense lol). But like omgggggg, I never t...