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Ideas that people gave to treat stuttering in my childhood.

Ideas that people gave to treat stuttering in my childhood. People don’t have a clue about stuttering, so they gave stupid ideas to my parents and me with their lack of knowledge as shown below. 1. M...

I stutter when I expect people expect me to stutter - Any tips on dealing with this?

I stutter when I expect people expect me to stutter - Any tips on dealing with this? I've noticed a theme and psychological aspect of my stutter. As most stutterers, my stutter comes and goes in wave...

I don't but I do stutter with Speech to Text technologies like Alexa because they do not understand what I'm saying some times and then I get conscious and try hard...

Stuck With Stuttering

Stuck With Stuttering I normally don't complain but I have a question attached that may give me some insight on my problem. I've been to 3 Speech Therapists over the years and they have all told me I ...

The realization that I don’t stutter when I’m talking to myself alone was a big deal for me. It showed me that my stutter was rooted in my sense of self, specifically how I appear to others, and what ...

Use synchronized hand gestures/movements and practice using your hands while speaking

Use synchronized hand gestures/movements and practice using your hands while speaking This is the only thing that's consistently working for me. And it has a clear neurological basis (not a placebo). ...

Great question and amazing answers on this thread. Adding a few more (some may be redundant): 1. Believe that you belong in the room AND bring value to share 2. Accept that YOU have the story to shar...

Absolutely not, I try not to worry about my speech that much because I find that obsessing over it just makes everything worse, worse speech, confidence and worse self esteem. I notice there are perio...

Think every person sitting infront of you as less superior than you. Think they're less knowledgeable than you. It'll work....

Focus on the content and remember: you feel your stutter, they don't feel it. They hear just a hickup every now and then (or a lot of hickups). Your stutter is not their problem, it's yours. So...if y...

I was afraid too my friend. Each second that passes towards my turn. My heart beat would increase. No matter how much you overthink or underthink. U will stutter. Best thing I can suggest for you, is ...

Make sure you know the material. Trying to bullshit your way through an unprepared presentation as a person who stutters is bad, bad news. If you know your stuff, you'll feel more confident and be abl...

Get access to the room ahead of time. Practice in the empty room. Get comfortable there. Use the space. You'll notice how teachers and presenters don't stand rooted to a position? Why should you? As...

That makes sense, but that's also because a lot of people don't understand where the struggle exactly comes from. The struggle is often not from stuttering itself, but from trying not to stutter. That...

It’s so infuriating that folks seem unable to comprehend how much mental work goes into fluent speech when fluency isn’t natural. The on the go thinking and work required for fluent sounding speech in...

right? the purposefully slow speech when tired, the thoughtful word choice, he was doing textbook speech therapy tricks to avoid stuttering. it absolutely felt (and still feels) like being called inco...

Thanks. Getting a GP appointment where I am feels less likely than winning the lottery sometimes but I'm going to be trying as often as I can. Just to clarify, it wasn't something I noticed immediatel...

Mmmm...probably psychological (you stumble, notice it, become aware of it, give it too much attention and there you are: total mind f*ck). But...32...that's unusual. Maybe for that last reason reach o...

Developing a stutter at 32

Developing a stutter at 32 I've never had any issues with speech or stuttering. I've spent half my life working in customer facing roles including sales and complaints and never struggled. Over the pa...

Anyone has positive experience with the method of repeating self-talk for a month or more?

Anyone has positive experience with the method of repeating self-talk for a month or more? For example to repeat the sentence “I am confident and am a fluent speaker” a few times per day, for a month ...