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postr/StopStutterApr 10, 2025
1 points

Three Ways to Overcome Stuttering

Three Ways to Overcome Stuttering **1. Read aloud for one hour a day.** This helps you consistently hear your voice at its best. 95% of PWS face no difficulty when speaking or reading aloud alone. **...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesPreparation & RehearsalMindset shift
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2025
1 points

In response to your edit, Little_Acanthaceae87 documents a lot of therapies (can't say cures because there is no known cure) and different ways of dealing and understanding it.  I can tell you what I ...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionSituational VariabilityFluency Techniques+1 more
postr/StutterApr 9, 2025
5 points

does talking to your self in front of a mirror help with your stutter

does talking to your self in front of a mirror help with your stutter hello everyone before i start of my talking to myself in front of a mirror journey i wanted to see if it really helps. a little bi...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesAnticipating Stuttering
commentr/StutterApr 9, 2025
3 points

I agree. I’m sick and tired of embracing and accepting it. I recently downloaded an app called StopStutter and joined their weekly community and finally I found a group in which they say it can be sto...

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Fluency TechniquesCure Claims / Alt-Treats
commentr/StutterApr 8, 2025
1 points

just first of all do u like music well if you do rap helps most ppl bc u can pronounce the words fast and practice like that but start off rlly small instead of ordering on uber eats go to the drive t...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency TechniquesRecreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 8, 2025
1 points

Speech therapy does work.  Pausing before talking reduces the pressure of the situation and gets you more comfortable with silences. It primes you for success. Talking slowly gives you more contro...

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postr/StutterApr 8, 2025
8 points

Anyone gotten better with their stuttering? What did y’all do?

Anyone gotten better with their stuttering? What did y’all do? My stutter is mild and it’s more of a stammer where the words can’t come out “mmmmm” “sssss”. I heard reading out loud and talking slowly...

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Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & Fluctuation+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 8, 2025
10 points

I’m an SLP and my own 2 year old started stuttering recently (which is pretty common around this age). There is a lot of cognitive and skills based development happening around the 2-3 age range, whic...

Coping & AdvocacyParent & CaregiverSpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesMindfulness & BreathingHome Support+3 more
commentr/StutterApr 8, 2025
3 points

Well u literally explained my situation...like 99.99% i am 24 now i am still facing the same issue till now....but little do i know that i can say my name easily now.. I think the main thing is our b...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesMindfulness & BreathingBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterApr 7, 2025
1 points

omg I think that’s def right. cuz it’s just I don’t try to speak out loud by using all the air from stomach and that’s how I barely stutter. It sounds like a technique to avoid having a stutter as wel...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterApr 7, 2025
1 points

you'll not, to become better you got to put effort to it, I lost my stutter after 10 years of effort...

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commentr/StutterApr 7, 2025
1 points

I started reading it, and I can agree with some of the points. I definitely think too much about how I control my speech and the reality is, most people don’t even have to think about stuff like takin...

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Overthinking & MonitoringFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterApr 6, 2025
4 points

You won't be able to stop stuttering in time for your assembly speech. But you can create a shorter version, use words that you have fewer problems with, and memorise enough to trigger a sort of musc...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesAnticipating StutteringAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterApr 6, 2025
1 points

I know this isn't what you were hoping for, but ultimately what you're doing is what would be taught to you in speech therapy. You already figured out a technique to physically help you, which is not ...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Fluency TechniquesAcceptance & PrideShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterApr 6, 2025
3 points

Sure. Basically it helped me change my vision I had with speech and understand that speech happens naturally like a river and tge more I try to fix it the less I speak well. The more I let it go and...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Fluency TechniquesAcceptance & Pride
postr/StutterApr 5, 2025
5 points

Success

Success Can anyone share an publicly available programs or methodologies practiced by speech pathologists that have worked for adult stutterers? Like many adult stutterers, I’ve learned many technique...

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commentr/StutterApr 5, 2025
2 points

You got this! I met with my college speech professor before I had any speeches and told him about my stutter. He didn’t take any points off of my speeches for going over time. He basically said he onl...

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Fluency TechniquesAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterApr 5, 2025
3 points

**TL;DR summary**: (of the post) Stuttering likely has neurological roots, but many of the behaviors we associate with it — especially blocks and secondaries — are learned responses to the experience...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Neurological & BrainOverthinking & MonitoringBlocks & Stoppages+3 more
postr/StutterApr 5, 2025
5 points

Stutter theory from a Speech-language pathologist who stutters. Is curing stuttering possible? Are speech blocks "learned"? Do techniques actually help?

Stutter theory from a Speech-language pathologist who stutters. Is curing stuttering possible? Are speech blocks "learned"? Do techniques actually help? As an SLP, he has worked with many stutterers t...

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Neurological & BrainPropositionality & WeightFluency Techniques+3 more
commentr/StutterApr 5, 2025
1 points

I get a little frustrated when people say that using techniques only entrenches and enforces a stammer. If this were true there wouldn't be thousands of stammerers who happy say that they control thei...

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