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You can try it yourself and see repeating your words won’t work. If anything, She got more fluent because *she disclosed*. His mirror talk is backwards too. You should look at yourself in mirror a...
When I was in my teens and early twenties I’d often go into Manhattan, and sometimes I’d need directions, so I’d ask some stranger. Mostly I’d ask a person who was coming toward me, and I’d l...
Being able to train your brain to stop anticipating a fear is *very* challenging for some. When someone gives that advice, have you asked how it has helped them? (It’s possible they are giving advi...
If you look into the research/advice of SLP’s who *specialize in dysfluency*, you’ll see that most of them basically give this advice. Another way to do this that has been very helpful for many is ...
Yes it definitely does for me. However I have to practice consistently, i.e. taking a break for two or more days has immediately a negative impact on my speech....
Since Stuttering is so individualized, for me, I practiced saying my name every day for half a year in front of my bathroom mirror. I desensitized myself from the fear and anxiety so now my name ju...
I'm sorry to hear that but by skipping the icebreaker you are just enabling your fear and not really going to get better by avoiding the situation. I would stutter during the icebreakers, and during m...
I had to find good therapy. Nothing that focused on fluency or taught techniques or any of that stuff. I lad to work to undo a lot of my bad avoiding habits and learn to become comfortable with the so...
Hi Distinct-Heat6488, Big question, and here's what helped me: I went out on a few dozen first dates... most never made it to a second date, but the important part for me was to gain experience as qu...
Blocking is actually a more “severe” form of stuttering. It happens bc you are so fearful of ppl hearing your repetitions, you try very hard (too hard!) to hide them. That causes the block. Terms...
It might come in time, but my experience was that I needed more specific knowledge/tools. You are 100% right that The more you try to not stutter (repetitions/prolongations) , the more you stutter ...
You have some interesting insights and have clearly done a ton of work! Also, I’d like you and others to know there are SLPs who specialize in dysfluency who have helped many people become more comfo...
basically, everyone has occasional repetitions/prolongations, even more as young children. If someone gave you the impression that your repetitions were an issue, and you wanted to do better, you ma...
Backing out of a stutter, allowing it to come and go. [I'm off this whole week so I churned out a good couple of video's, I'll take a break after this one, lol]
Backing out of a stutter, allowing it to come and go. [I'm off this whole week so I churned out a good couple of video's, I'll take a break after this one, lol] [deleted]...
>I just wish there was something I could do about these speech blocks I can recommend to test out different things to make: 'breathing out or moving articulators', a habit during a speech block: ...
I have the same problem. I kind of have the same story, actually. I had been stuttering since I can remember, as a form of the regular stuttering (That you repeat the words, Ba-Ba-Banana). But then af...
Per professionals w training in dysfluency who have helped themselves and many many others, you are asking the right question! You have to add these other steps in to move past the blocks. We block ...
I ran out of thoughts to face the stutter
I ran out of thoughts to face the stutter What happens when I'm aware I'll stutter no matter what I do? What happens when I'm no longer trying to not stutter, but to stutter a little less? What happen...
\+1 for this. To add on to this, exposure to situations that make you stutter can lessen the problem....
Unfortunately, the best thing is going to sound contradictory, but it’s what’s suggested by SLPs who specialize in dysfluency, or are PWS also. Let people know you stutter. Bad blocks happen becaus...