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commentr/StutterNov 23, 2025
3 points

There are lots of actors that stutter. Look up some of them and see how they helped themselves. As an example, James Earl Jones said he read his scripts tons of times to help him be fluent during hi...

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commentr/StutterNov 22, 2025
2 points

I don’t stutter, but my friend’s a speech pathologist. She told me that it helps to stutter on purpose a little, as that moves the stutter under your control. Since you are using your agency, it also ...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
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commentr/StutterNov 22, 2025
3 points

OP this is awesome to hear. Happy that it is working for you! Keep up the good work you are doing putting forth on your speech. Maybe offer one suggestion. Look into the group TOASTMASTERS. A lot of P...

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commentr/StutterNov 21, 2025
2 points

Thank you! >why does this professor not follow the accommodations you have been allowed? I never spoke to this professor before as i was hesitant to do so, because I thought since I’d only be prese...

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commentr/StutterNov 21, 2025
2 points

i just do a lot of rehearsals and practices over and over again until u can close ur eyes and say the whole thing without looking. that will boost ur confidence and reduce stutter significantly. trust...

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commentr/StutterNov 21, 2025
1 points

This is me too. It's funny because I often see people give advice that they practice until they have things memorized. I learned in college that that did not work for me lol. Note cards with bullet ...

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commentr/StutterNov 20, 2025
2 points

I’ve been stuttering since I could talk. I even stutter when I’m alone talking to my self. I don’t really have any advice besides rehearsing your speech & try to build up some confidence. I wish you l...

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commentr/StutterNov 20, 2025
1 points

Honestly, just showing up and doing it despite the fear is already a win. One thing that helped me was making my slides super clean and easy to follow — took pressure off me to say everything perfectl...

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commentr/StutterNov 19, 2025
12 points

Ahhh it feels like I have written this! Fellow covert over here! So I had to present recently to a very senior board at work. It’s all I thought about for weeks. So I feel your pain. As a covert, ...

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commentr/StutterNov 19, 2025
5 points

I practice every single day for 2 weeks before the presentation and I practice at the venue/room where its held so when I have to do it, its very familiar to me. I do box breathing and then count dow...

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commentr/StutterNov 15, 2025
3 points

I've tried a few things with the name: I have changed my name but I eventually stutter on my new name as well. I've also done things where I preface saying my name by saying 'I actually stutter pretty...

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commentr/StutterNov 10, 2025
1 points

1. As everyone else says, she is well aware. 2. Really depends on person to person and the best thing to do is ask! I was just at a stuttering conference and one talk specifically mentioned a survey d...

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commentr/StutterNov 10, 2025
1 points

yea sounds like me as well. I just get really excited 😭 and want to share my experiences / knowledge hahah...

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commentr/StutterNov 9, 2025
2 points

i use chatgpt.. tell him abt the nature of the job n ask him to give me interview questions related to the job.. i then answer those questions in front of the mirror to practice my conversational skil...

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commentr/StutterNov 8, 2025
1 points

using sentence markers system such as "beginning of sentence. \[...\] mid-sentence \[...\] mid-sentence \[...\] second sentence beginning. \[...\] last sentence beginning. \[...\] end of sentence" it'...

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commentr/StutterNov 8, 2025
2 points

Make a list of some bullet points for each “slide” of your presentation. Don’t make a script to read from word for word, I find a script makes me stammer more. Then talk around each of the bullet po...

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postr/StutterNov 7, 2025
3 points

Presentations

Presentations Hi! I have a presentation next week, and I wonder how you get ready for it? What are some tips and tricks that you use to have good presentation? Thanks for all the help. ...

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postr/StutterNov 1, 2025
28 points

Wedding Speech

Wedding Speech Just wanted to say that public speaking is not lost on us! I recently was tasked with giving a best man speech at my friend’s wedding. I was nervous as shit and was honestly contemplati...

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postr/StutterNov 1, 2025
13 points

Presentation coming up any advice?

Presentation coming up any advice? I have a big history presentation coming up any tips or advice? I haven’t done a presentation in a long time because I’ve been avoiding them, I told my teacher I hav...

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postr/StutterNov 1, 2025
8 points

Becoming a group leader of semester project

Becoming a group leader of semester project Hello guys, i just started my First semester of university, and i want to become confident and get rid of the Fear of Stuttering and not feel embarrassed ab...

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