Does anyone else...act? And find that they do not stutter?
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Does anyone else...act? And find that they do not stutter? I have a someone severe stutter. Very often times I get blocks where I just can't spit the word out, and if I do get it out, I repeat it about 2-3 times. It affected my social life, my self esteem, everything. This was in high school. I came into college wanting to change, not wanting to let anyone know I stuttered. a couple years ago I saw the video of [ted williams](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaGLDKBE8Ho) the homeless guy that became a voice actor. Seeing him so suddenly switch up his tone, his cadence sorta made me *get* something. So, first week of college I did not say one word normally. after my parent dropped me off at my dorm, the first person I saw I talked too as if it was a radio announcer...it wasn't too bad. I sounded odd, but I didn't stutter I just came off as a fucking weirdo. But over time, I refined my impression and now it just sounds like I talk really deeply and really forcefully with purpose. I have a lot of inflections in my voice a lot of people tell me I sound "fake" but I **don't stutter anymore**. I still block a little bit, but I just make it seem as if I was going pause there anyway, sort of intellectually. I found now that if I act as if I am talking to an audience, like I'm a shakespearian singer on stage I don't stutter. I just *act*. It's hard to explain. My stutter completely dissapears and I seem like an asshole with a disgusting level of confidence...something I don't have...but it works. when im in a situation where I know I'm going to block and I know im going to stutter, I watch a few youtube videos of people in that situation and sorta create a fake actor for my self. for instance, I had an interview last week for a technical position, and I watched a really overconfident guy on youtube give an interview. So when my interview came around, I pretended to be him, immitating his mannerisms, his way of speech, and waving my arms and gesturing excessivly when I wanted to make a point. I also spoke really slow and really loudly. I thought I came across as being overconfident and an asshole, but I just learned that I got the job! I think this may be it. I think i'm going to learn as many personas as I possibly can, and somehow in a couple months or years, change them slowly to me "mine". Does anyone else find that acting or "faking" gets rid of their stutter?