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Wow, thanks for this. Your self-observations were helpful and I can relate to many of them. As I read the point where you say "When...my mind is racing, I get blocks and stutter", I thought to myself,...

I agree with u/ShutupPussy. Meditation, Prayer, Introspection, Yoga... Any of these things can provide a good base for you to build upon. It sounds like you've got a good head on your shoulders, so ba...

well if you want to work on calmness and relaxation i would encourage that. It can't do anything but help. I'd be curious to think about when you are confident and when you arent. is it based on the s...

I am in PhD program and I stutter. I think I enrolled the program inspite of my stutter and because of my stutter. I needed to push boundaries and overcome this anxiety of new people, presentations et...

Guys!!!! I did it. I spoke my seminar fluently,like from begining to end... wooh hooh :' D I had to speak in an auditorium. Before the seminar i had to wait fr like 4 hrs fr my chance. Yes,i experien...

Must admit, that's quite disheartening to hear. I've just started meditating with the intention of improving my anxiety symptoms and hopefully increasing my fluency. Can I ask, what type of meditation...

Welcome! One thing that I always try to do is to keep my body language as normal as possible. It can be tricky to not react to having a disfluency, but it makes a world of difference to me. Also, have...

If your nervous do some breating exercises, helps me a lot of times. out 6 sec, in 7 sec, out 6 sec, in 7 sec ect. Forces the puls down....

I don't specifically meditate with the hope that it will impact my stutter in one way or another. However, sometimes I do let myself think about it while meditating and I've had some good epiphany's ...

I do sometimes yes, but when i do i try to remember my techniques. These techniques being, calming my mind, taking a deep breath, focusing on timing my breaths between words/sentences and thinking to ...

Speech Therapist and person who stutters chiming in here. It is interesting that you correlate masturbation with stuttering. Even more-so with confidence boosting. In general, masturbation is a heal...

Well meditation helps calm me and the calmer I am the easier it is to speak but that doesn't affect my fluency, it affects my tension/anxiety which affects my fluency. Also, have you been regularly...

Meditation, yoga and a healthy diet all are foundations for better fluency. The better I feel the better I speak....

[This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVrnTNpVe5I) Alan Watts recording is the first thing that got me into it. Since then I've tried guided meditation, been to a local Zen temple, but mostly just me...

Been thinking about starting a couple of years now (im 23). Learned about it in my psych bachelor that it have a lot of benefits and shit, and generally a good thing. As far as i know i dont know if ...

Have you considered meditation? What's your morning routine like? I know if I just wake up and roll out of bed then go right into my day my fluency goes down noticeably. EDIT: My mood also goes down ...

How many of you regularly meditate? Does it affect your fluency?

How many of you regularly meditate? Does it affect your fluency? My stutter today is nearly non-existant. I'm trying to figure out how I got to this point. I'm 28 now but in my early 20's I started ta...

Maybe try meditating 10-20 before making your next phone call if your really nervous. It helps calm my system and makes it easier for me to focus on what I need to....

I use a variety of fluency shaping and stuttering modification strategies. I primarily use continuous phonation, easy onset and at times slow my rate of speech so I can control and utilize my techniq...

Master your breathing. It might sound too easy, but speaking mostly while exhaling has really helped me with stuttering. Remember those blocks you get when stressed? Turns out you won't get them(as mu...