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postr/StutterFeb 22, 2014
3 points

What technique is used in this video?

What technique is used in this video? > tl;dr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFmu27GM9-k tell me the technique used in this video ___ I have been stuttering from my 6th year. From then i have h...

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commentr/StutterFeb 18, 2014
3 points

I'was always an overt stutterer. I was so severe that there was no way I could hide it. Still I wasn't accepting myself as a stutterer. What I needed the most was a role model who stuttered openly. Th...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
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postr/StutterJan 11, 2014
0 points

Does anybody else stutter on purpose to watch the other person's reaction?

Does anybody else stutter on purpose to watch the other person's reaction? I am a high school senior and i have stuttered by entire life. I have a moderate to severe stutter. Sometimes when i am meet...

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Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterDec 27, 2013
1 points

I had the opposite approach to my stutter. I oftentimes deliberately put myself in situations where I know I'm going to have to talk to people just to prove to myself that it wasn't affecting me. I TA...

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commentr/StutterNov 30, 2013
3 points

i hate to say it but:** THIS** every stutterers main goal should be loosing the fear of stuttering itself. i had this "whoa,dude-event" when my therapist stuttered through a therapy-session in a cro...

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Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureAnxiety & Social JudgmentValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterAug 21, 2013
4 points

A couple things: 1) I know of no studies investigating whether the moment of stuttering is related to sex hormone release (you mention PMS). That being said, given the gender disparity (3M:1F) there'...

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postr/StutterApr 21, 2013
5 points

Okay, I think it's time to try and push this a little bit.

Okay, I think it's time to try and push this a little bit. I've been a moderate stammer right from the beginning. As a child it didn't affect me very much, but as soon as I got into the teenage years ...

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Fluency TechniquesVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureHope & Motivation+2 more
commentr/StutterApr 9, 2013
1 points

I definitely have trouble talking on the phone. What helps me is to be in a room by myself and pacing back and forth. When I did speech therapy they had me make some practice phone calls to clothing s...

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Positive Therapy TechniquesVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureFeared Words & Names
commentr/StutterMar 27, 2013
1 points

practice, practice, and practice. Also you have to throw yourself out there to get better. if you are afraid how they act when you stutter, when you introduce yourself to them throw out a f-f-fake s-...

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Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureHope & Motivation
postr/StutterFeb 15, 2013
2 points

Stuttering & how I think I JUST solved the puzzle.

Stuttering & how I think I JUST solved the puzzle. I created this reddit account just for the sole purpose of posting here. I've been a lurker for what it seems like years. I'm not going to bore ...

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Propositionality & WeightFluency TechniquesVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure+2 more
commentr/StutterJan 23, 2013
3 points

One technique that worked for me is something that speech therapists called catching the block. When a block happens, as opposed to trying to force the word out, simply stop (aka "catch" it), relax, ...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency TechniquesVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterNov 27, 2012
5 points

Something I have found that helps me is to purposefully introduce small stutters into your speech. It tricks the brain into feeling like you have control because you're doing the stutter on purpose. I...

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commentr/StutterOct 23, 2012
2 points

for a realistic experience (damn i just noticed this thread is a month old :/ ... anyway \^\^) try fake stuttering in situations where you *don't* feel confident for example asking a girl/guy out or s...

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Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterAug 29, 2012
2 points

When I was in speech therapy I did something like this with my speech therapist, but we never stuttered; we just asked random people questions on what they knew about stuttering. We made a survey and...

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commentr/StutterJul 23, 2012
2 points

Have you tried advertising your stutter? Like do some fake stutters, then people know right away that you stutter and it isn't surprising when it happens....

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Voluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterJul 17, 2012
3 points

try to analyse your stutter-patterns more.stuttering is never an isolated phenomenon.as long as you are "trapped" in the anticipation/fear of blocks and repetitions, you cannot see and evaluate what t...

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commentr/StutterMar 13, 2012
2 points

Doesn't matter if they are busy or not, impatience is impatience. Something it would be helpful to understand is the loss of control that is associated with struttering. When you fake stutter, or ps...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureBlocks & StoppagesLoss of Control
commentr/StutterMar 9, 2012
3 points

I would say watch a lot of videos to see how it looks and sounds. To see how it feels...that's the fun part. Go out and stutter. Go order some food and stutter to the waitress. Stutter big and stutte...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureBlocks & Stoppages