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A good speech therapist will work on the mental aspects as well as physical. Acceptance and mindfulness were/are important to helping with your speech....

Hello, I stutter. I think the key to stuttering and fluency us your breathing. It sounds like you are trying to force the words out and you're not taking adequate breaths. The harder you try to f...

I don't get chest pains nor do I get dizzy, but I do experience discomfort. Everything does tense up for me, and I lose my breath a lot faster. I think it has to do with the way we breathe...

Something I learned in speech therapy was that in addition to taking a breath, slowly exhale before speaking and sort of ease into the first sound, especially if it's a hard one. You can almost "soft...

Tai Chi single-handedly cured me of my stutter. It focuses on breathing and calming your mind/relaxing your muscles, so in a stressful situation you can stop and go back to that familiar safe feeling....

Stuttering really needs to be approached holistically. For people who don't stutter when they are by themselves, the issue with stutter comes down to tension from anxiety in social situations and the...

Something worth trying: get a friend to read aloud at the same time as you. It sounds stupid, but when I do this I don't stammer at all. It has something about imitating the other person's breathing p...

Rhythm definitely helps with stutterers. I'm a musician and a singer so I totally get it. It's a fun little phenomena. I was in speech therapy for 14ish years and the only thing that I can suggest: ...

That sounds fair. Maybe you could try eating things and doing activities that lower stress, and see if they have any impact on your fluency? Vitamin rich foods, yoga, meditation, light weight trainin...

Is he in public school? If so, then you may be able to get him tested and into speech therapy if your school district has the resources available. My mother was in the same position as you were (singl...

There can be various habitual movements associated with stutter, yeah. It's one of those things you can work to get rid of, but it's hard. The oxygen thing sounds new to me. But it's not uncommon tha...

Your right, humor does really help. I’ve found I’m less likely to stutter when I’m laughing and more relaxed ...

I’ve talked a fair bit about anxiety, especially social anxiety, with my speech therapist. She told me that about 50% of stutterers develop some social anxiety, some more than others. To address thi...

- Breath in and out slowly, through your stomach (most people breath through their chest) focus on that for a second. - Think about what you’re actually going to say. - Then speak on the breath out....

Just remember this isn't heart surgery and sometimes you just have to jump in feet first. Make sure your shoulders are relaxed and breathe in through your nose. Take your time and smile. I'd even crac...

To specifically answer your last paragraph of should you introduce yourself as a stutterer — yes, I did for a couple years and it helped me a lot. If a gender-nonbinary person wants to be addressed ...

This is so spot on. Once I shifted to a similar mindset with regular meditation my fluency improved so much. ...

We live in such an easier time than previous generations when it comes to dating because there's online dating, Tinder. I've actually met my girlfriend of 2 years on there. She finds it insanely attra...

I think normal diaphragmatic breathing is best. Just try to watch your breath while you speak. If you start to stutter, check if you're breathing shallow and correct it if you are. It takes time but o...

Speaking is an exercise and reading aloud, if done with proper breathing techniques and a good place, is a good work out to build stamina. I personally have seen good results and do it on the regular....