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Its okay, I always talk to my cats/dogs to practice my verbal communication, plus they don’t judge. They just look at me all confused when I have blocks....

" I have to work with all my strength to get rid of this anxiety" If you are bothered by this feeling "stutter fear", then you are putting your attention on the fear in order to anticipate a stutter ...

Letting go of fear doesn't mean to remove stutter fear (or anxiety). Letting go means that the fear is still in your mind and you really experience its discomfort, but you don't care, it doesn't bothe...

"it is a fear of stammering, which makes me stammer ... I have to work with all my strength to get rid of this anxiety" You said you want to get rid of anxiety/fear. First, getting rid of anxiety or ...

Yup, exposure therapy is so helpful. But the key is to proactively put yourself in stressful speaking situations. If you have the mindset of dreading them, you will feel like a victim when you find yo...

"What bothers me most is the anticipatory anxiety that occurs when I have to say a word with which I already know I am stopping." I recommend, observe you anticipatory anxiety "I will stutter" and in...

I've tried hypnose therapy for stuttering with positive results (only temporary). The hypno therapist could aim to replace your discomfortable feeling into a happy feeling (that you had when your brot...

Great insights here! I would also mention, “exposure therapy” helped me a lot. As difficult as it was, I joined Toastmasters and took a Dale Carnegie class and forced myself into uncomfortable speakin...

I stutter on purpose and then tell people I stutter. Then tell them they don’t have to fill in my words for me but they can if they want. That let’s them know I’m independent as a speaker and let’s th...

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today Went to the clinic just now... d4mn I felt dumb as f* bcs the receptionist ask me the same question 3 times, she thought I didn't hear her, it's just that I have a block for a few moment lmao. A...

If you are afraid of having blocks when talking, just exposure therapy and disclosure, in which you just block openly to your audience and disclose you have stuttering. It is pretty normal in PWS' min...

If you cannot follow through w a complicated course, may I suggest something fairly simple? It involves mostly the hard work of doing the total opposite of your current speaking habits. 1. Discl...

To be able to get out of your comfort zone, even a little is a huge success. There are people who are staying inside their confort zone for years. It is big inspriation for me and for many others. Wh...

One of the life lessons that I've learned is that you need to take care of yourself because other people are not reliable. That's to say, I've had a hard time with my stutter/dysfluency and at times I...

Most SLPs actually have no training in dysfluency. They treat it like an articulation disorder. If you can pronounce all sounds, they are more likely to harm you. Actually, there is a lot of proof ...

Beauty! That's how it's done. I don't mind 'fighting' through it during conversation with a real close friend or family member. I'm at my least anxious and able to laugh about it after so why not...

Yea I get what you mean. I mostly improved myself through forceful exposure therapy and still advocate for doing what makes you uncomfortable So a dislike doesn't become a fear or phobia but it would ...

Oh i've read your last post and it is really helpful. I've always wanted to give myself an exposure therapy (talk to strangers) but i'm afraid it would be too much for me. Now I think it'd be best if ...

So choose for stopping compulsion or make a choose-not-compulsion mentality and simulate this feeling or anchor when you stutter...

My advice would be to observe number 3 and 4 (anticipating your name)(building pressure in anticipation) and then learn to not react to it. Just recognize these triggers (which is called acceptance) a...