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postr/StutterApr 4, 2025
4 points

What have you actually found helpful?

What have you actually found helpful? What techniques or strategies have actually helped you reduce your stutter or at least feel better about it?...

Community & SupportCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Advice RequestsAdvice OfferedFluency Techniques+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 4, 2025
3 points

I disagree with the doctor’s feedback to you. A speech therapist told me that once too, but I found ways to make my speech more fluid. What’s your speech pattern?...

Therapy & ProfessionalCoping & Advocacy
Unhelpful Therapy TechniquesFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterApr 4, 2025
1 points

I used to practise simply reading like you, with quite low stuttering, but still some. I noticed that slowing down to achieve 100% fluency works much better. Worlds have to naturally flow, like a calm...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesExperiential AssociationVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterApr 3, 2025
4 points

I understand—stuttering is a very frustrating disorder, and those who don't experience it will never truly understand how hard it can be to live with. One thing I've noticed is that the less a person ...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & AdvocacyCommunity & Support
Acceptance & PrideFluency TechniquesPersonal Stories
commentr/StutterApr 3, 2025
1 points

Practising reading alone helps me a lot. But it has to be done correctly How do you do it ?...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Fluency TechniquesGenetic & Family Factors
commentr/StutterApr 3, 2025
5 points

Mostly slowing down my speaking tempo and extending vowels in certain words. Feels a bit off sometimes but helps most of the days....

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesRepetitions & Prolongations
postr/StutterApr 3, 2025
3 points

Spanish practice partner

Spanish practice partner Hey! I'm a Spanish stutter and I'm looking for a Spanish practice partner in order to incorporate my speech techniques (I'm working with a speech therapist). If you speak S...

Coping & AdvocacyTherapy & Professional
Fluency TechniquesSeeking Therapy
commentr/StutterApr 2, 2025
2 points

Nice work. Love the attitude and you're following through with working on your speech. Awesome Job. Keep it up no matter what!!...

Emotional ExperienceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Hope & MotivationFluency TechniquesIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StopStutterApr 2, 2025
2 points

Breaking the Stuttering Habit Chain

Breaking the Stuttering Habit Chain As someone who used to stutter, I’ve realized that it’s often not just about the words we fear saying, but the habit chain we go through. We hesitate, think of the ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency TechniquesMindfulness & Breathing
commentr/StutterApr 2, 2025
5 points

At 40 years old, I still struggle with it. Yes, it is very discouraging, but it has also given me chances to get out of my comfort zone and do things I NEVER would have thought I'd ever do. Such as be...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Severity & FluctuationHope & MotivationEmployment & Career+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 2, 2025
2 points

100% you have to work at it. I always state that I believe the speech therapist is a key part of the process. That I don't believe in techniques to provide fluency. But that I am familiar with what o...

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Therapy ExperiencesFluency TechniquesPositive Therapy Fit
commentr/StutterApr 2, 2025
1 points

I commend you for taking a whole-life approach with stuttering; attempts at speech therapy, what’s going on mentally, your diet, and exercise. Few seem to look at it in this way, and the whole-life ap...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Fluency TechniquesStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+3 more
commentr/StutterApr 2, 2025
2 points

I did. It took years for me to look back and say I transcended it. I'm now 48. 1. I was ready to go all in - really - dealing with all the psychological 2. Found a Adriana Degrande in Boston and c...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Mindfulness & BreathingHope & MotivationSchool & Academic Life+3 more
commentr/stutteringApr 2, 2025
1 points

Sorry to hear that, I also have a stutter since I was a little kid, now turning 27. What worked for me was fluency shaping and modification techniques and a LOT of practice. It's like practicing a spo...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Fluency TechniquesEnergy & Biological RhythmsAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterApr 2, 2025
2 points

And through enough time of strenghing these new fluent patterns my brain will stop fearing speaking completely, thats my approach now. It it works for me, hope I helped...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterApr 1, 2025
1 points

Hi, I completely agree with your perspective. I believe no one is born with a stutter—it’s something that develops over time. It’s also not a speech defect because our articulation is perfectly fine. ...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Medicalization / NeurodiversityHope & MotivationFluency Techniques+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 1, 2025
20 points

Sometimes it’s our own family who hurts us the most. Keep believing in yourself. I struggle with my Speach also, try pause before you say a word, this practice helps me a lot...

Coping & AdvocacySocial & Relationships
Fluency TechniquesFamily Support & Conflict
commentr/StutterApr 1, 2025
3 points

What works for some might not work for others. Not to be negative to others who say to practice, but me PERSONALLY, the more I practice or think too much of what I want to say, I do terrible. Especial...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacySchool & Work
Preparation & RehearsalFluency TechniquesEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterApr 1, 2025
3 points

Practice! Know what you are going to say backwards and forwards. When you have a stutter you do not have the luxury of trying to wing a presentation. Lol I find that if I write what I am going to s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacySchool & Work
Preparation & RehearsalFluency TechniquesSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterMar 31, 2025
2 points

Ive had some success the last few weeks. I’ve uncovered a way to overcome most blocks and stutters. I still have them. But I have come up with a routine where I slow down and reset and try again. This...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency TechniquesHope & Motivation