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commentr/StutterMar 21, 2025
7 points

You also mentioned: >*"Fluency doesn’t exert any muscular effort—it happens effortlessly, without any control. They compromise this coordination."* I fully agree with this. If someone uses a compens...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Fluency TechniquesAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterMar 21, 2025
2 points

I like the theory, it provides interesting explanations for why we stutter more than the world population, but I wondered if this theory was verified, if it could not therefore offer a way to deconstr...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Fluency TechniquesVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureHope & Motivation
postr/StutterMar 21, 2025
9 points

NEED A PRACTICE PARTNER

NEED A PRACTICE PARTNER I've been taking my speech improvement really seriously recently and I've been making so much progress. If you asked me last year to go up and have a conversation with a girl i...

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Fluency TechniquesDating & RomanceAdvice Requests
postr/StutterMar 21, 2025
1 points

NEED A PRACTICE PARTNER

NEED A PRACTICE PARTNER I've been taking my speech improvement really seriously recently and I've been making so much progress. If you asked me last year to go up and have a conversation with a girl i...

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Fluency TechniquesDating & RomanceAdvice Requests
commentr/StutterMar 21, 2025
1 points

For specific letters i struggle with i repeat them over and over then i search online for words beginning with them and say them all out loud. You can also find tongue twisters that have them....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Feared Words & NamesFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterMar 21, 2025
1 points

It’s ok to feel what you’re feeling. I stutter during my presentations too. Something I began asking professors is if I could record my presentations instead of having to physically speak in front of ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacySchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionPreparation & RehearsalFluency Techniques+2 more
commentr/StutterMar 21, 2025
2 points

I didn't answer my phone for about 4 years. My solution was to force myself to use the phone. I called shops to ask when they would close. I would ask when my energy deal ended. I would say i had a st...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentFluency TechniquesHope & Motivation+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 20, 2025
2 points

You have to find a speech therapist and start working on your fluency. The key to improving is to do something about your speech everyday. Good Luck!...

Therapy & ProfessionalCoping & Advocacy
Seeking TherapyFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterMar 20, 2025
3 points

because the emotional aspect is the main trigger for stuttering to emerge in early childhood development. A child is born with a genetic predisposition for speech disintegration to occur more frequent...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & StutteringCoping & Advocacy
Stress & Fight/FlightTrauma & PsychologicalPhysical Tension+2 more
commentr/StutterMar 20, 2025
1 points

That's awesome and really great of you to share. I spent a long time working on exercises from the 3rd edition which really helped me to eliminate most blocks from my speech, and also inspired me to c...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterMar 20, 2025
1 points

it requires a ton of work and time spent practicing, but over the last few years I've put together something like that and made it free - check it out: [https://easyonset.com/](https://easyonset.com/)...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterMar 20, 2025
0 points

Great post! Avoiding eye contact by looking down/away is one of those gross motor movements that reinforces the fear response in the moment. For many, after practicing alone and with safe people, s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & StutteringCoping & Advocacy
Hiding & ConcealmentPhysical TensionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterMar 20, 2025
1 points

My stutter has been worse too. I think it’s due to my mental health also being worse and lack of sleep. I plan to make changes though gradually by using a technique from speech therapy more often. I t...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentEnergy & Biological Rhythms+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 20, 2025
1 points

Anything by Claire Weekes and check out the book, "Feel the fear and do it anyway" and see if that may interest you....

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterMar 20, 2025
2 points

I really think it’s hormones and the effects of the stressful teen years and all that encompasses is to blame. I witnessed it with my son. He’s done so well with speech therapy that he’s now graduatin...

Causes & VariabilityTherapy & ProfessionalCoping & Advocacy
Energy & Biological RhythmsStress & Fight/FlightSeeking Therapy+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 20, 2025
1 points

You might want to have a look at [https://easyonset.com](https://easyonset.com), this is a 100% free tool for practicing speaking techniques that might really help. It was created by myself, and is ba...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterMar 20, 2025
1 points

I also say uhh and um a lot. What worked for me was taking a breath in and speaking on the exhale. And I try to talk slow as well or prolong a word so I don’t stutter on the next one. For example if I...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency TechniquesStress & Fight/Flight+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 19, 2025
3 points

My sons stutter started at 4, got Speech therapy and it was great and we stopped after a few years. Came back in 6th. I think hormones stress of school or newness brought it back, we got speech agai...

Parent & CaregiverTherapy & ProfessionalSchool & Work
Early Concern & OnsetSeeking TherapySchool & Academic Life+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 19, 2025
1 points

Yeah no problem. Basically there are physical (costal breathing amongst a few others) and psychological techniques. These techniques only become solid through practice, so essentially it’s just contin...

Therapy & ProfessionalCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Therapy ExperiencesFluency TechniquesHope & Motivation+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 19, 2025
2 points

The good thing about Hirevue is that they usually give you multiple takes to record. I’d use the first couple to practice and “workshop” your answer. I operate best with a framework and the one I use...

Social & RelationshipsAnticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Disclosure & Telling OthersAvoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques