postr/StutterJune 28, 2019

How to fluently speak when about to block

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How to fluently speak when about to block 1) Imagine the word/specific letter you are going to block on, for example "do". 2) (Hypothetical scenario) You go to say "do" and you get to that similar feeling where your mouth is stuck at the "duh" part. Every stutterer "knows", or more so predicts (I want to emphasize on the prediction as it is no guarantee that we will stutter but the guarantee comes from the habit on how we choose to handle it) when they will block and when they will unblock. Most wait until their mouth is stuck that they then try to fully say "do". Let me explain in more detail and explain how I handle these blocks when talking (mainly initiating a sentence). 3) Now go all the way back to when you want to say do. Most people think of the word and wait for a right time to say it,(when they believe they can) for example: Your friends are talking in a room, you think and know what you want to say, and ever so slightly you slowly start charging your vocal cords and adjusting your mouth second by second preparing what you felt like you should've said 10 seconds ago. 4) It is as soon as you start to make the adjustments in your throat that you say the word, this it before it touches your mouth. I've notices the slight changes in my throat when its the first milli seconds of my preparing to say a word, I say it then - if i can. I realised that it's not necessary for me to wait till the sound bl0cks at my mouth and It's stuck there As soon you feel the change in your throat (even before it gets to your mouth) you say "do" or whatever word you are thinking of. You can also do this as you feel your tongue position change in preparation for the word you want to say, go with it then, as you feel your tongue rise to say "d" you are already prepared to say the word. You have all the time to say the word, there's few stages your mouth, vocal cords, etc go through before you encounter the block, act at those times. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE BLOCK TO REACH ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF YOUR MOUTH! 5) You don't have to wait till you're clenching your mouth. If you miss the chance to use the technique and you get to a point where your lips are tightly together and your tongue is on the roof of your mouth anticipating the release of a sound, just start over. Re-apply the technique- I relax, and re-apply what I've explained here. This is in a scenario when you';e just about to initiate the start of a word, For example no one is talking in a room and you want to say something to one particular person but you're predicting a block on the first word. **Additional Info** If you get through the initial word using this, hurray! Then onto the next word, you may stutter again but you'll get into the flow of using this while talking, I think this goes without but you'll improve the more you get used to using it and find blocks easier to deal with (depending on the scenario) the more you use it. ([Another thing which helped me in the past](http://www.stammeringresearch.org/articles/thejump.htm); JUMP Strategy - I don't try to use it now however)

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