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Yes, so for those that don’t understand the Valsalva response, the correction is essentially: - Gentle or continuous airflow onset before phonation (“start speaking on a soft exhale”). - Diaphragmat...

The brain has amazing neuroplasticity and can rewire itself in deficient areas if you practice a LOT! That’s why they say reading aloud along with a metronome every day helps to rewire the speech cen...

Start taking Magnesium, L-Theanine and Vitamin B1 every day. If caffeine & sugar makes you stutter and tense up more, stop drinking it. Replace with a calming tea like lemon balm or chamomile tea inst...

In addition to having a stutter, my girlfriend unfortunately has chronic asthma (although the two rarely overlaps she told me) but in order to control her breath to prevent from any flare ups or at le...

Yes. I have the memory of a panic attack but not the actual panic attack. I feel a lot calmer. Not perfect but it has helped a huge amount. All the best buddy :)...

In a nutshell : Yes it can help, but your strategy can probably be improved. Breathing techniques and jaw exercises could help gaining awareness of your own voice and breath, which can help develop m...

Yes, I have to remind myself to take a deep breath before I speak or to pause mid sentence to take a breath. If I don't actively remind myself, I end up gasping for air when I'm done speaking....

Ensure you take a breath before you start, so you have sufficient air. Start your air before you start your voice. Keep your air flowing while you speak....

Are you able to have some sort of bracelet or fidget with a little indent you can press into your skin to remember to breathe? Or is that also part of the block. I was just wondering if breaking it in...

People are all sorts of ways we wish they weren't, in the same way they assuredly wish some stuff would be different about us. We can acknowledge that while still staying away from judgement that woul...

Ashwagandha everyday in capsule from(2) if I can not get capsules I take the powder form, it has a bitter taste. Probably every 2-3 months I stop for 2 weeks to reset. I could not find l theanine by ...

this is kind of a weird tip but….if you bear down like you’re going #2, you activate your vagus nerve and parasympathetic nervous system. it sends your body’s attention away from the sympathetic nervo...

These SSRI medications take weeks to work on your brain neurotransmitter chemistry. It does NOT WORK after only one week. Prozac/Fluoxetine takes 6-8 weeks to stabilise serotonin and dopamine levels...

Varies from standard breathing exercises, purposeful stuttering, easy onset; which are all standard therapy approaches. But I also take into account the person, the environments they are in, and their...

I too have a severe stutter, or had a severe stutter. I worked to improve it through speech therapy, singing and acting lessons I exercise daily and practice multiple breathing techniques....

If you observe enough, you’ll notice that most people are pretty self-absorbed with their own lives and problems. I say this because it’s often us as people who stutter who end up hyper-focusing on ou...

It do be like that. Find a hobby to get your mind off life. My hobby of choice is mountain biking It's rd to overthink all my previous interactions and what I should have done differently and all th...

Hello 👋🏻 Yes, speech therapy helps. It is like anything else, the more you put into it the more you get out of it. But it has helped a lot of people improve their fluency. For myself, the key to f...

I have gone. There are many ways to approach it. Desensitization (addressing fear), acceptance, changing your mindset in approaching conversation and situations (CBT), addressing how your body react...

It's not easy. It's damn hard. I actively practice stopping negative thought cycles. When I recognize myself dwelling on something, as I used to do with my speech, I tell myself "enough." I consider ...