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commentr/StutterFeb 5, 2025
1 points

Actually… acting, voice acting, singing, performing each change the prosody of speech. When prosody is altered stuttering often gets better. People who stuttered like Isaac Newton, Marilyn Monroe, Cha...

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commentr/StutterFeb 4, 2025
5 points

I love this! I always felt sad that I didn't go into acting because of my stutter ☺️ do it for the rest of us!...

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postr/StutterFeb 4, 2025
23 points

I am a voice actor with a stutter... sort of

I am a voice actor with a stutter... sort of I have always liked the idea of acting and later voice acting growing up. I was decent at it given my limitations with a stutter etc, but It could be nothi...

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commentr/StutterJan 27, 2025
2 points

I found that lyrics are unimportant. You can si g anything as long as you follow rhythm and intonation. However what's really interesting: there are definitely some actors or singers whos speaking or...

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commentr/StutterJan 26, 2025
1 points

I don't get it. So you have some singing skill, enough for you to perform live. So why can't you use it to develop such a way of speaking that would be similar to your brain singing activity and yet...

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commentr/StutterJan 26, 2025
3 points

I haven’t tried singing or rapping in real live conversations, because to me it’s a non serious solution. But I am an artist, and when I sing, rap, or perform live, I don’t stutter at all. I also do...

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commentr/StutterJan 22, 2025
2 points

I love what you said.. Heck yeah mindfulness and BELIEVING, not like that little engine “I Think I Can.” We are all perfectly imperfect; and as stutterer’s we are actually given an opportunity of a li...

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commentr/StutterJan 20, 2025
1 points

Changes in prosody often improve fluency. Lots of ways to change prosody that include accents, singing, rhythm, whispering, prolonging vowels, inflection, and more....

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commentr/StutterJan 20, 2025
3 points

Sure thing. I've stuttered since I could start talking. Also a former drug addict and then became a professional wrestler and it forced me to find way around my stutter while doing promos....

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commentr/StutterJan 20, 2025
3 points

Jail is truly were I became FEARLESS.. I always loved to rap and rap battle something about the melody and beat I stay on point. In jail I had to rap battle to eat I had no support outside the walls a...

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commentr/StutterJan 20, 2025
3 points

What time zone do you live in? So we can set up meeting and everybody who wants can join and also tell about themselves...

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commentr/StutterJan 19, 2025
1 points

Don’t think as crazy about it!! Try not to have that anxiety and fear of letters, consonants, and words.. For real my speech can be terrible I was born with a block and a stutter.. I was diagnosed epi...

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commentr/StutterJan 19, 2025
8 points

Many actors who stutter alter their voices slightly for roles, so this checks out. Singing also incorporate stuttering for me....

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commentr/StutterJan 19, 2025
13 points

I can relate. I also stutter less when I shout. In addition I've found out I stutter less when speaking with an accent. No stuttering when singing, so I think strong accent is like halfway there. I ...

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commentr/StutterJan 16, 2025
1 points

Interesting, thanks for the advice! I haven’t thought of changing the tone of my voice. I’m not much of an actor, but maybe it’s worth a shot...

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commentr/StutterJan 16, 2025
4 points

My name's Dylan too. I can't say my name either lol. What I've found somewhat easier for me is saying a whole sentence, with my name being at the very end. Sometimes it works, other times it doesn't. ...

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commentr/StutterJan 9, 2025
1 points

Agreed! This might also explain why "acting in a different voice" improves fluency for some PWS but not for others—myself included. For someone like Emily Blunt, it’s possible that her sub-personaliti...

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commentr/StutterJan 9, 2025
2 points

It explains why some PWS can act without stuttering. Because they assume different (sub?) personality when impersonate somebody. It is well known fact. Example: movie “Shakespeare in love”....

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commentr/StutterDec 22, 2024
3 points

No worries. Drive safe and laugh when you can. I have some amazing stories about my stutter. Got to be a ball boy at a Man Utd game as they thought I had special needs when I really just turned my stu...

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postr/StutterDec 22, 2024
4 points

Cheat code

Cheat code I stutter quite often, but it’s more manageable than others. Anyways I found a technique that I can use that helps eliminate my stutter. Let me first of say that I can speak German, my fam...

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