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commentr/StutterDec 28, 2020
3 points

Thank you for your support. I agree with you. The last big improvement was when I started the abdominal breathing + mindfulness. But I am not dedicated as before. And the presentation last time kind ...

Coping & Advocacy
Mindfulness & BreathingVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterDec 28, 2020
2 points

First of all, thank you for sharing your story. Second, I began mindful meditation two years ago and I've seen a significant improvement. Many people who stutter are chasing the 'fluency gods' but s...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindfulness & BreathingAcceptance & PrideAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterDec 28, 2020
3 points

I want to reduce spending time in playing computer games and listening too much music, for I feel I have not much energy for other activities. New habits: speaking more in public, more physical activ...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindfulness & BreathingFluency TechniquesVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 28, 2020
1 points

Probably not the blockage affects the breathing, but the breathing causes the blockage. Probaby you try to tell everything in one breath but noone tries to talk like that. Or you just want to tell eve...

Coping & Advocacy
Mindfulness & BreathingFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterDec 28, 2020
1 points

You can try it for a week or more just to test in a long term how it will affect you. Some other things you can try is : Don't fight the stuttering, just relax. The fight, the resistence themselves c...

Coping & Advocacy
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureMindfulness & BreathingMindset shift
commentr/StutterDec 28, 2020
3 points

What works for me is abdominal breathing (for example 10-20 minutes just laying on my back 1 hand on the belly and the other one on the chest and breathing only with the diaphragm - hand on belly go...

Coping & Advocacy
Mindfulness & BreathingFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterDec 25, 2020
1 points

Gotcha. When I started diaphragmatic breathing, something that helped me do it correctly was when my therapist told me to focus on my stomach, and think of it as a balloon. When you breathe in, push ...

Coping & Advocacy
Mindfulness & BreathingFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterDec 25, 2020
1 points

Have you tried self hypnosis? It sounds to me that it would help you significantly. You can go on YouTube and there is some on stuttering on there. I meditate for 20 minutes 3 times a day saying 10 af...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindfulness & BreathingIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterDec 25, 2020
1 points

I don't think it's happening because of the exercises. Probably you started paying more attention to the stuttering itself because of the exercise? Or you expect results because of the exercises and...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindfulness & BreathingAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterDec 25, 2020
2 points

Yes. It sounds like your speech therapist is asking you to use the diaphragmatic breathing and passive airflow techniques. I have been practicing both of those techniques for speech therapy, under the...

Coping & Advocacy
Mindfulness & BreathingFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterDec 25, 2020
3 points

for example to breathe through the mouth and release it through the nose or to breathe only through the nose and release it through the nose, also to make vowels for example A aaaaa or E eeeeeee Do u ...

Coping & Advocacy
Mindfulness & Breathing
commentr/StutterDec 25, 2020
3 points

I'm pretty sure you misunderstood what u/ShutupPussy meant. I'm pretty sure they're referring to breathing exercises in terms of specific speech therapeutical techniques - and I'm pretty sure you're r...

Coping & Advocacy
Mindfulness & Breathing
commentr/StutterDec 25, 2020
6 points

Not at all. When a lot of us stutter, we get out of breath trying to push us through the block. Breathing exercises keep our breathing calm, as we're able to control our breathing more. Stuttering mo...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Mindfulness & BreathingPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterDec 25, 2020
2 points

for example to breathe through the mouth and release it through the nose or to breathe only through the nose and release it through the nose, also to make vowels for example A aaaaa or E eeeeeee Do u ...

Coping & Advocacy
Mindfulness & Breathing
commentr/StutterDec 25, 2020
3 points

no no i meant what was the breathing exercise your speech therapist told you to do, like could you explain what were supposed to do, if you dont mind...

Coping & Advocacy
Mindfulness & Breathing
commentr/StutterDec 25, 2020
6 points

Been using breathing exercises the last five years every morning and it definitely helps me keep centered and more calm, so please do not listen to u/shututpussy’s comment. Stuttering does however sti...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Mindfulness & BreathingStress & Fight/Flight
postr/StutterDec 25, 2020
13 points

Hey Guys I noticed when I was doing the breathing exercises that my therapist gave me I was noticing that I was stuttering more, do you think it is happening because of the exercises??

Hey Guys I noticed when I was doing the breathing exercises that my therapist gave me I was noticing that I was stuttering more, do you think it is happening because of the exercises?? ...

Coping & AdvocacyMeds & Substances
Mindfulness & BreathingHelpful Med Outcomes
commentr/StutterDec 24, 2020
2 points

I really undesrand you. I feel like the stuttering closed many doors for me. It kind of ruined my life between 12-18 years old.But soon I found a little life hack which works for me: abdominal breathi...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindfulness & BreathingAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterDec 24, 2020
1 points

You are not alone ! Maybe the agents are stutterers or they have child who stutters. You don't have to care about the oppinions of others (in our case of stutterers often what we think the others t...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Acceptance & PrideAuthenticity vs. MaskingMindfulness & Breathing
commentr/StutterDec 17, 2020
4 points

If you overthink, write it out. I can’t tell you how have a journal has improved my anxiety about my stutter and life in general....

Emotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Anxiety & Social JudgmentMindfulness & Breathing