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commentr/StutterJul 23, 2015
1 points

> But your new outlook didn't cure your stutter. I don't want to say "cured" but changing my outlook (meaning actually visualizing/practicing validating myself instead of having a "freeze" reacti...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJul 23, 2015
1 points

I don't really understand how reading from a book out loud could possible be helpful. Sure, I guess it strenghtens your vocal muscles and such like, but I mean, it isn't my vocal structure or anything...

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commentr/StutterJul 23, 2015
1 points

I agree that stuttering susceptibility is inherited. I also really don't intend to criticize anyone in any way. I'm trying to say, "have hope and keep experimenting". The brain is weird because it's...

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commentr/StutterJul 22, 2015
0 points

You sound like you have a lot of self hate and self shame. I'd really recommend if you live in the US to go check out the NSA or start listening to www.Stuttertalk.com. The stutterers who don't give a...

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commentr/StutterJul 22, 2015
2 points

Check out the link archive and top-rated posts here. There are 2 approaches that helped me: 1. Fluency Shaping, aka most speech therapy. This helped a lot, especially with reading. Do the speaking e...

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commentr/StutterJul 22, 2015
1 points

Check out the link archive and top-rated posts here. There are 2 approaches that helped me: 1. Fluency Shaping, aka most speech therapy. This helped a lot, especially with reading. Do the speaking e...

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Fluency TechniquesAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 22, 2015
1 points

Check out the link archive and top-rated posts here. There are 2 approaches that helped me: 1. Fluency Shaping, aka most speech therapy. This helped a lot, especially with reading. Do the speaking e...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Fluency TechniquesAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 22, 2015
1 points

What do you want for yourself now? I just read a book on self-acceptance called "There Is Nothing Wrong With You" by Cheri Huber, a Buddhist monk...it's written for inferior-feeling people and doesn'...

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commentr/StutterJul 21, 2015
2 points

stuttering is something that is a part of you. there is no cure. You probably dont want it gone as much as you want to stop suffering because of it. You dont have to suffer with stuttering. I would c...

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commentr/StutterJul 20, 2015
5 points

Hey man, we've all been there. Most people who stutter dont have a problem when we're by ourselves, or talking to children or animals (I still have a problem with children). I dont know a single perso...

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commentr/StutterJul 20, 2015
0 points

If you live in America, the best piece of advice I can give you is to find and attend an NSA support chapter (http://www.westutter.org/find-an-nsa-meeting-near-you/). You'll meet people who stutter an...

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Acceptance & PrideAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJul 19, 2015
2 points

Hello! As a fellow stutterer and hopefully future SLP, I think that fluency shaping techniques can be very helpful in your situation but I have a feeling that you might have to deal with that dark si...

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commentr/StutterJul 18, 2015
2 points

The more concessions I give my stammer the more it grows. I just let whoever cut my hair. If I stutter than so be it. Their problem if they care, not mine....

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commentr/StutterJul 13, 2015
2 points

I searched PubMed for any relevant articles. I only found one article, from 1962, that attempted to measure this. They used some crude statistics and found that children who stuttered were less intell...

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commentr/StutterJul 13, 2015
1 points

sounds like the harshest judgments and differentiating is happening internally, not externally. If you're talking about Nina G, she's a pretty great role model. If you look at her life (lots of friend...

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commentr/StutterJul 13, 2015
2 points

I know a guy who is personally working with Bill and he says it's helping him. That said, even though his methods do acknowledge the importance of a system of influence for stuttering, the method itse...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shiftAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 10, 2015
2 points

nice read and nice story. It sounds really good when you just let the stutters come without trying to control them....

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Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureAcceptance & Pride
postr/StutterJul 10, 2015
6 points

Recorded myself saying the story at the end of "that power" by childish gambino

Recorded myself saying the story at the end of "that power" by childish gambino http://vocaroo.com/i/s175guAN9Gc7 I decided to record myself speaking the 4-5 paragraph story that bino says and the en...

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commentr/StutterJul 9, 2015
1 points

Where are you from? if in America, I really recommend going to westutter.com and seeing if there's a local chapter near you. I know a lot of people who are covert and it just wears them down and they ...

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commentr/StutterJul 9, 2015
2 points

> Ive been working on being more like I am, just with a stutter Good for you! This was the only thing that ever worked for me, as well....

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