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Exactly. I never allowed myself to repeat, as I hated the idea of others hearing me repeat. So I was blocking aaallllll the time. Then one day, a few years ago, I told my wife I was going to stutter f...

Blocks, in my humble opinion, are a result of resistance towards your "authentic" stutter - the classical repetition stuff. When we resist stuttering, a sort of bodily panic response happens, causing ...

Speech Therapist seeking input

Speech Therapist seeking input Hello! I am a speech therapist who really enjoys working with people who stutter, and I want your input on what has and hasn't been helpful for you. In grad school, my...

I read that if your type of stuttering is psychological, the most likely scenario is that you get very anxious when your speaking, because you think about stuttering. Talking and stuttering on purpose...

I have a question. Do you think talking to an Ai and stuttering on purpose is helpful, so that you don't fear stuttering, since our brain doesn't really distinguish between talking to real people and ...

I think the more you focus about other things, the more you find out that it actually doesn't matter that much. I wish there was an app where i can talk and stutter on purpose...

Mine got better during the pandemic because I was always on Instagram live and videocall apps everyday. It was exposure therapy in a way but now everyone wants to become a streamer and put your video ...

For one month try not to think about your stutter no matter what

For one month try not to think about your stutter no matter what Don't think about it before, not after, and not during. Think of something else. Just try it, how ever hard it feels. Just force this...

if you have the type of stuttering that only happens around people but not when you’re alone…

if you have the type of stuttering that only happens around people but not when you’re alone… Or say if you stutter less when talking to very close people or yourself as opposed to when meeting new pe...

Take the little wins

Take the little wins Hi guys, hope you’re all doing well. Having a stutter since I was kid, now 31, the rollercoaster ride of getting to this point hasn’t been easy. And I’m sure for most of, if not ...

I have done the same in college. Stutter your way through, don’t make it worse in your head than it is. True strength is showing your weakness openly instead of hiding from it. Everyone in the audienc...

I was going to say the same thing - taking on a challenge like this will help to desensitize you to freaking out when you have to do public speaking. As JackStraw mentioned, even fluent people hate p...

Exposure was the only way out for me. Presenting scared the hell out of me but in high school forced myself to take a presentation class where every student had to give a speech a few times a week. It...

I’ve decided to live with my stutter in order to heal from it.

I’ve decided to live with my stutter in order to heal from it. Hi, I hope you’re all doing well and holding on, I’m going to talk a lot, but it’s worth it, trust me read it 😂 It’s been 1 month and 1 ...

I stutter even when Im alone and relaxed. But I know my stutter is physical. I have a brain tumor interrupting my speech. But I agree with Mobile_Nerve that exposure is best, that way you start to rel...

Haha great, answering the spam calls are an awesome idea. Have you tried the stuttering support group discord?...

That's a great idea! I haven't tried online chat rooms but I think that would be a good next step up the escalation list....

Going to chat roulette or Omegle. Though even that could be a bit scary sometimes even if I can always bail. Has anybody else tried online video chat rooms?...

I sometimes call the ChatGPT number and talk to it. I also will actively talk to Siri instead of manually doing it. So “Siri call x” “Siri play x song” I also used to answer random spam calls to get t...

Exposure Therapy Ideas

Exposure Therapy Ideas Right now, to work on my stutter, I’ve been using ChatGPT and it’s been very helpful. I have it generate a list of hotels in a city along with their phone numbers, then I call t...