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My top advice is that if you are really bothered or worried about your stutter, there are brilliant specialist Speech and Language Pathologists out there that can help you gain confidence and become m...

Calm breathing definitely helps with speech fluency so fast, shallow breathing after a workout doesn't help your speech. I would wait with speaking until your breathing calms down....

Yes, there is a definite and well documented link between anxiety and stuttering. Up to 60% of people who stutter suffer from social anxiety. The good news is that people who stutter respond very well...

As I explained below in my answer to a comment, stuttering is a neurodevelopmental disorder so it can't have started because your uncle "cursed" you. It is more likely that you have a genetic predispo...

There’s debate about how a stutter comes to be. And as there’s no sound evidence that points to cause .. I imagine debate will continue. Some argue that it is a result of injury, some suggest it’s her...

I saw a hypnotherapist and it helped me a great deal. I am also getting into meditation and yoga. The more I learn to just relax and be in the moment, the less my stutter. If not, then I don't giv...

For me it was really meditation that did the trick. I used to think that I was rubbish at it because I couldn't stop thinking and then I realised that it was ok to think as long as I slowly learned to...

Thanks for the THOUGHT -> FEELING -> ACTION cycle explanation. It makes sense. Being conscious of your thoughts is also something I read about it vipassana meditation technique. You develop a se...

Started anxiety counseling and exploring the relationship between my severe anxiety and stutter

Started anxiety counseling and exploring the relationship between my severe anxiety and stutter I tried listening to relaxation scripts every night before bed, suggested by my counselor last week. As ...

Right! I think its to do with the valsalva maneuver.. which diaphragmatic breathing is essentially the opposite of. Very interesting to think that one might be able to change their breathing habit to ...

I’ve had a lot of success with diaphragmatic breathing as well!! You’re right, though, you have to constantly work at it, I haven’t been really good at that. But I would imagine it would become natura...

I graduated college in 2006. Yeah, fucking exhausting... Asking to go first is a great idea, I frequently volunteered to go first. Thoughts that come to mind are to try to not focus on the upcoming...

Mines completely tied to stress and tension. The more relaxed and confident I am the better my stutter is. If I'm having a bad patch. I often go though a week or 3 where my stutter is a lot worse then...

I guess the idea behind this is same as stretching the vowels technique. When you talk in a normal speed you tend to stutter, that's why most speech therapy classes across the globe advocate stretchin...

I’ve been taking 150mg per day. I swear it’s working for me too— I’ve been more fluent since I started taking it than I’ve been before. I hope this keeps up and I hope I’m not just imagining shit only...

What techniques/tips do u use to control your speech impediment?

What techniques/tips do u use to control your speech impediment? My speech issue includes speaking very fast and rushing through where people can't understand, disfluency where parts of what I'm sayin...

I learned diaphragmatic breathing. The technique is you inhale and when you exhale, you begin to speak. You may sound robotic but after LOTS of practice, you can go to your ",normal" voice/tone...

Similar to what others say, my speech therapist also put emphasis in breathing. She noted that my interruptions between sentences, or my repetitions of the same sound, were in part because I wasn't ta...

I studied music theory in college (beats having to talk). I thought solfege (do re mi...) was really helpful for my breathing. If you have a little keyboard or GarageBand, you play along to what you s...

does anyone have breathing tips for reducing stutter? I can’t see a speech therapist at this point in my life and I’m wondering if any of you picked up some effective breathing exercises from attending speech therapy. Just curious bc my stutter acts up horribly when I’m talking to my best friend.

does anyone have breathing tips for reducing stutter? I can’t see a speech therapist at this point in my life and I’m wondering if any of you picked up some effective breathing exercises from attendin...