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Different methods depending on the situation and word. One that often works is the hum/uh method were instead of starting the difficult word, I'll start with 'uh..' and immediately put the word in as...

focus on yourself and being authentic, don’t be afraid to embarrass yourself, if you do embarrass yourself reframe it from ”I should or shouldn’t have done this.” to ”I learned/experienced this.” don’...

I don't have strong feelings about your posts either way, but you're very clearly antagonizing the people in this comment section, and I don't get why you think that would be a positive thing for the ...

Sometime there is none. Lately im trying trying to talk in sing-ing way..that way it easies the notorious blocking letter k,t,ch,pha...

This happens to me mostly on words that start with A,I,M,R, and Y. Something I end up doing, kind of automatically, is swallowing and that flexes the muscles in my throat. Then as those muscles reboun...

Alrighty then…I worked in places where my stutter was present and I used different ways to communicate. But all of that didn’t matter, because they saw me as someone who couldn’t talk “normally” to ke...

Yeah I've always had jobs where I've more or less avoided having to speak, mainly driving jobs, currently I'm a mailman, so been out on my own suits me, it's not the path I would of chose if I d...

I spent my whole childhood in speech therapy. One speech therapist actually suggested I learn sign language because my stutter wasn't getting better. I was laughed at and taunted and socially isolated...

this comment takes the cake, we can give you job ideas that don't require much talking or being social but we wouldn't be helping you.. just find something that you enjoy doing or atleast pays your bi...

This is a poor mindset. You’re running from it. Work hard on the problem to make it manageable and do whatever job makes you happy, not a job that accommodates your low self esteem towards the way you...

Some talking, but enough not to be exhausted. Bookkeeping, Coding, research, etc are careers that doesn’t require talki gn so much. Stuttering is painful, especially in the workplace, where you will...

Name one sentence where I diminished your progress. I have a feeling you know exactly what I’m talking about but you’re purposely misleading my words....

I went through PFSP training sessions four times, once at Hollins, twice with Ross Barrett, and another center in MA. Hollins was a huge success, and I was one of the more dysfluent speakers there. Bu...

I’ve written over 18 notebook in the past 10 years but not entirely as a diary. I think in general just being able to express yourself with language regardless of written or spoken is the first step. ...

If you want to go extremes...go mute and learn how to sign. If it is that hard to communicate verbally, it couldnt be harder to communicate by signs....

I do not have a stutter as bad as yours, but I have struggled with one my entire life. All I can say is that the way you were feeling is never the answer. Stutterers have to be brave to simply perform...

As someone that tried it I wouldn't recommend it for these reasons; 1. Its much harder to kill yourself than you think. Its not like the movies. So many people fail and become disfigured for life. ...

I think either way they’re both coping mechanisms. Toxic positivity is usually a response to that person not being able to allow themselves to feel their emotions, whereas toxic negativity is like a s...

I think historically stuttering was seen purely as "speech impediment" and there were some crazy beliefs flying around about "treatment" which are still prevalent today. E.g. if a kid begins to stut...

No. I hate it when people dismiss the experiences of what stuttering really is and try to make it seem like this easy thing to deal with when it’s not. I also hate when people try to make it seem lik...