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Interesting! I've thought about practising yoga before actually. The yoga instructor who runs a local tv show actually has a stutter, but he's so chill, when he blocks he just like wooshes past it. I ...

I don't know what you mean by practice lol. My speech is awful, so I guess if you wanna chat to someone and not care; I'm down. PM me your skype info and I'll add you dude. ;)...

Well I don't think that the belief cannot be overcome - I think people overcome limiting beliefs all of the time. And I don't think it is the matter of flicking a switch and turning off a limiting bel...

You're trying as hard as you can to say the words but you're trying equally as hard to make sure you don't show any stuttering. The result of these two counter forces pushing on each other is you get ...

Overkilling feared words and sounds. This means using the technique on sounds and words that are trouble for you. You do this by doing phone contacts, street contacts etc. Over time of getting used to...

Thank you for answering. I was just wondering: How do you overcome the fear of stuttering with the McGuire Programme? Just like when you know that you're going to stutter on a certain word. ...

I'm really happy this came up. --- I did the programme 6 months ago, so I'm fairly new off the course. As the other comment has said, it takes a HUGE amount of effort, but has improved my life great...

Use notecards with key points and you'll remember everything else. Its also about trying to desensitize yourself to situations like this. The more you do it, the easier it becomes....

i've heard the startle "theory" before too. I've also heard of silent therapy where you dont talk for 3 weeks, then you can whisper for the next 2, then you can talk in a few words only the following ...

I've managed to my control my stutter. But instead of being *fluent*, I'm Eloquent. That's the key word. I've been on the McGuire programme and there I've learned a new way of breathing, speaking and ...

Stuttering isn't something to feel ashamed about. Not saying that you are, that's just what I take from your comment here. Trying to make yourself not stutter internally, by whatever means, is not goi...

Trying things like meditation in the morning is never bad, but it's difficult to just make yourself relax, and nearly impossible in the moment of panic. So you might just have to learn how to work thr...

That is really awesome! You chose to do it because its what you're passionate about. You accepted the fact that you stutter and you do what you love. Is it hard sometimes? Probably, but you'll look ba...

I'm going to warn you about the click thing. You're developing a secondary behavior (or maybe it's already developed). I know when you're feeling the panic it's hard not to do what you instinctively d...

Good question. I've seen a lot of people comment on the fact that voluntarily stuttering more seems counter-intuitive. This is solely my own experience; I know nothing about how you stutter or you a...

People's experience with advertising their stuttering

People's experience with advertising their stuttering Hey there, I'm new here and somewhat new to speech therapy in general. My therapist recently brought up the concept of "advertising" your stutter...

I can see what you mean. I don't really advertise, though if I'm talking to someone and I block really badly I'll just make a laughing joke about me stuttering unless they're having a very negative re...

The comments here treat this as a trick, but what you possibly could be using is the costal diaphragm to speak. There's a theory that stuttering is caused by the restriction of airflow. When you feel...

>It's a self-fulfilling prophecy; I'm afraid the word won't come out, which makes me anxious, which makes it impossible to get the word out. Ha, this is so true. I mean, a block is going to happen...

The fear of not being able to get the word out, is the fear of stuttering. Stuttering isn't only repetitions like b-b-b-ball. When we get hard blocks, we are holding back from making sound because we ...