postr/StutterJune 7, 2025

Is this known or a new thing?

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Is this known or a new thing? I've been trying new things to "cure" my stutter for the past couple of years. Some didn't work at all, some worked but not fully. Recently I've been trying to emulate "normal speak", specifically "thoughts+intentionality=speech", basically I used to manually control my mouth and speech manually to talk, instead of relying on subconscious processes, which massively increased cognitive load and had frequent errors, stuttering. It does need some time to get used to, like trusting that you "know" the right pronunciation, but it's still way more reliable. To practice you just need to think of a sentence you want to say, then focus on not controlling your mouth at all when talking, eventually you should get used to this manner of speech.

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Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering

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Anticipating StutteringFluency TechniquesLoss of Control