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I’ve wondered if people do this. It seems like it could be very helpful for severe blocks....

As an adult, I've only ever come across one person who laughed at my stutter, I then proceeded to call him a "c-c-cunt" (obviously stuttering intentionally). We're now good friends...

Desejo a você toda sorte do mundo, sinceramente. Agora estou tentando passar pelo processo de gaguejar na frente de estranhos, porque cheguei a um ponto em que não gaguejo na frente de pessoas não con...

As part of an exercise my hypnotherapist put me through, I had to try and voluntarily stutter, but I couldn't do it. When I tried, it just sounded odd and disingenuous, like I was pretending....

I'd recommend checking out 'open stutter' on YouTube and also look into avoidance reduction therapy for stuttering (ARTS) - it's about letting go of struggle and avoidance associated with a stuttering...

“th” sounds require precise tongue placement at the front of the mouth, and that can increase tension, especially when you’re anticipating a block. For “th,” thinking more about reducing overall arti...

The character porky pig has a stutter. In a lot of speech therapy the upside down iceberg refers to all the visible stuff happening while stuttering with way more mental stuff taking place beneath the...

I feel everything you just said PERFECTLY. I couldn’t have described it better. Just one thing: you have to talk more openly about your stutter and risk the harmless jokes. I mean it. It is a vicious...

Do you think that practicing in a low stress environment will train my brain to learn that the blocked word is safe to say?

Do you think that practicing in a low stress environment will train my brain to learn that the blocked word is safe to say? I get that my brain is trying to protect me so my brain almost hurts to say...

technique - visualization (with love) for desensitization

technique - visualization (with love) for desensitization This is something I’ve been doing lately that has been helping to make blocks less severe. I’ve never heard it discussed online before, althou...

Seems like you started doing voluntary stuttering well… voluntarily. Seriously though, I think voluntary stuttering is a pretty cool thing… I’ve never really been able to make it work for me, becaus...

It’s called deliberate disfluency, it’s a common technique used by the McGuire Programme. It helps you take control back....

Question about "Forcing a Stutter"

Question about "Forcing a Stutter" So I've a stutter too, depends on the day but it can be severe to non existant, but sometimes I play around with my friends making my stutter more severe than it act...

Using AI in Stuttering Therapy

Using AI in Stuttering Therapy I wrote about how AI could be used for low-stakes practice for those wanting to stutter openly, rather than avoid stuttering. Of course, it’s just a tool, not a replacem...

Own it?

Own it? I can't own it. I just can't. Ive tried. Ive spoken to a lot of strangers and even did a speech at school to 700 students and teachers. But am still still uncomfortable whenever i sound like a...

It actually happened to a friend of mine! We were in the same friend group, where 2 people had a stutter (including me). And she started to stutter as well sometimes. But we had a chat about it and sh...

Not being able to say your own name.

Not being able to say your own name. So yep as the title says this happened, I was at the garage getting my car booked in for some work, all was going well talking fine like a normal person. And then ...

can anybody relate to my case

can anybody relate to my case I feel like I have a unique case of stuttering. I stutter with certain letters and phrases which result in long blocks, this happens whether I am talking to myself or to...

Actually you may joke but when I asked a highly respected speech therapist what she thought was THE most effective exercise for a PWS she said the same thing. Cancellation. This was back in London in ...

working on your stutter is simply allowing it to run its course. stop fighting, stop trying to come up with ways around it and or hiding from it. Accept it as it is, allow people to think or laugh or ...