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Have you ever tried regular therapy? I had one session of speech therapy when I was 8 years old and I hated it. I'm 38 now and I speak fluently 99% of the time. I stumble with some sounds but I don't...

Very interesting! Calming is definitely a big influencer with breaking out of my stutter so nice to see breathing out served more than one purpose....

Actually your technique of breathing out during the block to relax yourself has scientific backing. When we exhale, our parasympathetic nervous system gets activated which calms our nervous system dow...

Hasn’t chewing gum supposedly increased test scores. At least that’s what my teachers told me back in the day. Anyway I imagine it helps with stress kind of like a fidget spinner. If you’re partially ...

nkt sure about the stutter but I always feel more confident when I'm chewing gum!...

It probably has something to do with your brain being more relaxed. Like I remember seeing somewhere being a “life hack” to chew gum when you are anxious because your brain then goes, oh, I’m eating, ...

Here I follow up on the last video, talk about lingering heart palpitations feeling like it just skipped a beat when I stutter or feel I'm about to, more on the techniques I tend to implement that are...

I will have to try some of the meditation exercises, might as well give it a shot to try and prevent this stutter from happening. Thanks for your comment, appreciate it 👍...

**My hypothesis is**: If I instruct to execute motor movements (*during anticipatory anxiety or during the inability to initiate speech movements*) with untensed muscles at the top of my head, then I...

Voluntary stuttering will help you desensitize a stuttering moment like the one you had. For me it prevents me from having those "downward spirals" where I lose control of everything and I am held pr...

I started doing 15 min meditations a few times daily. I focus on slow and controlled breathing and try to loosen all parts of the body, sometimes even i try to voluntarily loosen my rectum muscles. It...

Same man, I too get blocks when caught off guard, but I also get them when i build up tension for what's about to come. Its weird, I have realized its incredibly important to be calm in all situations...

The music tends to put me in a positive mood but a trigger can still be similar as anywhere like if someone asked me to repeat something. But the positive mood might even override such typical trigge...

No need of eye contact if you are not comfortable. Try to convey your information that's all. We shud not think what other person think about us. This can reduce mental stress caused by stuttering &am...

Here’s something that may take just a little Work. Practice laying on your back, place something flat on your stomach, and learn to breathe deeply so that your chest stays still and your stomach rises...

Thank you for your interest! Actually, the purpose of my study is to understand more about trait mindfulness in people who stutter since it's an understudied area overall, not just in people who stutt...

I think, reading out loud may be more effective, if we read while applying a strategy to change habitual perceptions/responses: 1. express ourselves, regardless of embarrassment, fear, errors or anti...

Great post! Since you are researching mindfulness for people who stutter, I would be super interested if you could share literature on how we PWS can practice mindfulness specifically for people who s...

Research Opportunity at Michigan State University

Research Opportunity at Michigan State University This post has been approved by the moderators of this group. How mindful are you? Do you wonder if that impacts your experience of stuttering? Resea...

I have a session with them in a few weeks. To summairse, it is a lot of guided mindfullness sessions and talking through some of the issues. They full explain there methods and theory behind it and ...