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Yes, I agree. I also think that it's most likely best to first become conscious and aware of what we are doing, thinking, feeling, experiencing, and believe that we need to rely on etc. As you point...

Great question. I don't know anyone who has used my personal strategies. As for me, I speak more fluently now, for example, I can often get past a block when I anticipate stuttering. However, I haven'...

Subconscious is a tricky thing. It’s different from your rational mind and contributes to how you automatically react to certain situations. You cannot lie to your rational mind. but your subconscious...

This is not true for all stutterers, some stutters subconsciously so they first have to first become conscious of it, so they can address the underlying issue....

Yes I agree. I think a form of perfectionism could be, 'I need to speak more perfect or error-free' which might increase the defensive mechanism (that prevents or allows thoughts from being spoken). A...

This image visualizes how stuttering anticipation, fear etc can increase stuttering. **But is this actually true? Or were we always mistaken in our belief?** This image aims to illustrate that conc...

Felt this to my core, I can definitely light up a room, but depending on situation and my mental state at the time will determine how well I do. The second I stutter; I become self conscious and proba...

For me if I just say it, I say it nicely all the time but I run it through my mind like do a stutter check that's when the anxiety builds and I decide to stay quite...

Just do your best - try not to overthink it and you’ll probably find that by doing lots of talking, it’s a form of exposure therapy and will reduce your fears and anxiety which will potentially increa...

One point, I think being conscious might be the issue, we're you not conscious and be completely okay with however the speech depending how it feels, it will save alot of thinking and energy...

This is my attempt to explain this more clearly: The goal of this strategy, is unlearning stuttering so that we eventually don't need to implement tricks/techniques or monitoring - to move the speech...

Floodlight attention is an interesting term. I didn't have a word for it. Floodlight attention should be maintained always, not just when the blocks happen. When I practice reading out loud, I practic...

Great response! What is your take on what results in abnormal striatal dopamine release (that can lead to stuttering)? In my viewpoint, I think that people who stutter (PWS) subconsciously perceive a...

As always, you bring up excellent questions!!! >*"If that's the case how can I prevent my defensive mechanism from acting?"* **In my humble opinion:** **Ideas for addressing the high defensive mech...

This has been my experience in the past, when i was practicing using N back to improve my working memory. Which was why i made a post on this here many months ago sharing some studies related to this....

I experience that we (almost) never speak about strategies to unlearn stuttering here on Reddit. But.. Why not? **Confidence and techniques:** I think that the main problem among redditers seems to...

Oh man. I’m 33 now and my fluency comes and goes in waves (which is pretty common). I’m not going to lie, it’s been HARD. I used to avoid situations where I had to speak in public like the plague. I’m...

I have always had terrible memory and since I became bilingual is has gotten worse! This is so interesting and giving me hope it is part of a pattern it can be addressed with my stutter. As others hav...

Comparing to school: If a child in 4th grade sees a small harmless ant (or other insect) in his classroom, then he will most likely stay in the classroom and continue listening to the subject that th...

>Question: how to get rid of the self-imposed rules that I've setup? Answer: I should not feel that I have to reduce or increase certain "technique or emotions" Good question. I think that we should ...