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commentr/StutterJul 29, 2024
3 points

Yay.. looks like you’ve found something about your stutter that you can try experimenting with during conversations. This is the first step of awareness … most pws try to run away from their stutterin...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesOverthinking & MonitoringMindset shift
commentr/StutterJul 29, 2024
1 points

But how can I make the fear and pressure gone? I trying to think that way but that just doesn’t leave my mind, and I feel that I thought about that so much so I will stutter a lot, on the first time I...

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commentr/StutterJul 29, 2024
3 points

Yes i had, mostly those come at the end of your breathing, but try the put yourself into a relax state of mind, and breathe out your first word in the beginning of your sentence, when you exhale, not ...

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commentr/StutterJul 29, 2024
4 points

Yes :) I've been stuttering since around 12 years old until 20, and came back a little bit around 3 years ago for 2 years. I'm 28 now. I used of course many techniques, but didn't learned from books n...

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commentr/StutterJul 29, 2024
1 points

When it come,s to breathing techniques it helped me a lot during phone calls and word stretch + over Articulation with normal conversation for example infront of a Supermarket Shopkeeper...

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commentr/StutterJul 29, 2024
3 points

Clarity. Memory is tricky. It can exaggerate events over time. Journaling also can help you recognize patterns that you might not notice in the moment....

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commentr/StutterJul 29, 2024
2 points

To add onto my original post, I also forgot way too much stuff that I had to ask or asked incomplete questions because I was way too tensed because I started to stutter when I attended the call....

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commentr/StutterJul 29, 2024
5 points

I Stutter on words that Start with T . In my country people speak Urdu similar to arabic and hindi and its words that start T are very hard to say for me And i searched all words with T started to p...

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commentr/StutterJul 29, 2024
4 points

Don't let it rattle around in your head. Dwelling on it serves no purpose other than to reinforce negative feelings your associating with your fluency. It's not easy letting go of these instances. No...

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commentr/StutterJul 28, 2024
3 points

That's exactly what I meant when I said: "Then, in attempts to break this vicious cycle we are trying to correct those involuntary physiological responses, e.g, relax the muscles, change the breath, w...

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commentr/StutterJul 28, 2024
2 points

I noticed that the less I cared about how i speak the less I stutter. Its like when I concentrate so much on presentation or when I try to deep talk about a topic, my stutter become less prevalent. I ...

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commentr/StutterJul 27, 2024
3 points

Tl:dr The post discusses the author's personal views and experiences on stuttering recovery, emphasizing the concept of subconscious fluency over controlled fluency. Drawing on a theory by Usler, Ph...

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commentr/StutterJul 27, 2024
1 points

Hello I’m (35F) and yes I go through this often it’s almost like a block I’m having while trying to speak. I’ve been in speech therapy (didn’t really help) I honestly think it’s anxiety or the over th...

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commentr/StutterJul 27, 2024
5 points

I think, that multiple psychological reasons cause the blocking, like fear, stress, past memory, fixation on certain syllables, etc. All of this leads to physiological responses, like muscle spasms,...

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commentr/StutterJul 27, 2024
5 points

IMO, block is the result of internal speech executive error. Somehow, we feel that our apparatus isn't ready to execute fluently, and, therefore, subconsciously stop it. It needs repetitive attemp...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Overthinking & MonitoringBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterJul 27, 2024
2 points

As the question above. But let's assume that we are not using a technique/trick. And assume that nothing 'seemingly' has changed. So why do we eventually get past a speech block? Should I ask the qu...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Overthinking & MonitoringBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterJul 26, 2024
9 points

Definitely wait. It always frustrated me growing up when people tried to say it because I would still either need to say it myself to continue or it'd just move the block to the next word, and most ti...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterJul 26, 2024
4 points

 *“ my lips know how to finish the word. Just do it “* This is great advice! I think by telling ourselves that our lips know how to finish the word. We reduce cognitive conflict or avoidance-motivat...

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commentr/StutterJul 26, 2024
4 points

I think if there is a feeling of anticipation it stops the talking in the middle of the sentence. And brain doesn’t know what to do. Then I tell to myself “ my lips know how to finish the word. Just d...

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postr/StutterJul 26, 2024
9 points

Can we achieve stuttering RECOVERY eventually? These are my ideas and perspectives!

Can we achieve stuttering RECOVERY eventually? These are my ideas and perspectives! I'm a person who stutters. I'm not a researcher or speech therapist. My goal is to find a way to put my own stutter...

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