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commentr/StutterNov 22, 2025
2 points

Just try it with a singular word.. "hey, do we need to book the r-restaurant?" Thing is.. most fluent speakers have a certain amount of dysfluency in their everyday speech.. (not to mention a million...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2025
1 points

So does this eventually makes the stuttering less or its just a way to make u cope with it?...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2025
1 points

Ugh that’ll be so tough to do, because basically doing what my brain says not to do. But I might try this within friends and/or family. Then I can MAYBE try outside of my circle, like my job. Thank yo...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2025
3 points

Also known as 'deliberate dysfluency' - basically where you proactively fake stutter to advertise yourself as a person who is not fluent, thus eliminating the pressure to be fluent....

Coping & Advocacy
Voluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2025
3 points

I believe it's true that a big part of stuttering is the fear of stuttering. Voluntarily stuttering can also take a lot of pressure off....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Anticipating StutteringVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2025
1 points

At first it will be like fifty fifty, people see more stuttering but you see more control. Trust me give it a try facing a mirror. It's not speech control it's like being aware of yourself...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2025
3 points

My advice is gonna feel a bit meaningless but can you try to stutter as much as you can while talking to your co-workers. Because you are trying not to stutter which is hard to accomplish but when you...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2025
1 points

I never used his therapy or strategies. I used his research which helped me to find my pathway to fluency. I am a speech pathologist with an expertise in teaching to the brain. I understand the concep...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Neurological & BrainSituational VariabilityVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterNov 21, 2025
1 points

I tried to do voluntary stuttering in public. I was way too embarrassed to do it. I decided to study fluent speakers as to why they do not stutter. I discovered that they do not initiate the Valsalva ...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureNeurological & BrainSituational Variability
postr/StutterNov 20, 2025
12 points

Voluntary Stuttering?

Voluntary Stuttering? So, I have a hard block stutter with elongations and bad secondary behaviors like facial contortions. I think in reality the block type stutter is more so a developed behavior fr...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterNov 17, 2025
2 points

I’ve mentioned Lee’s book. But that was just one of many things I’ve done. I’m not one to just accept a limitation, so worked tirelessly over 20 years to combat it. And my transformation and quality o...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Fluency TechniquesVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 17, 2025
1 points

Tell him that Aristotle, one of the most intelligent men who ever lived, was a stutterer. Then tell him if you pay me I will teach you to stutter...

Community & SupportCoping & Advocacy
Personal StoriesVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterNov 16, 2025
3 points

whatever man it is a good thing, I will also try that and also with voluntaring stuttering....

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterNov 15, 2025
9 points

I’m a lawyer. Law school was rough. One professor told me I should drop out because of my speech. That made me angry enough to keep going—partly just to prove this guy wrong. Things were difficult at ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure+3 more
commentr/StutterNov 14, 2025
2 points

totally. My guess on why this works is that we're taking power away from our stutter, and giving ourselves control over it. This is mostly true for people with situational stutter - it gives us confid...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureHope & MotivationAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterNov 14, 2025
1 points

Do you believe if I say voluntarily stuttering nearly cured me....

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureAcceptance & Pride
postr/StutterNov 14, 2025
3 points

Lighten up

Lighten up Is stuttering funny? I must admit it can make me laugh, at times. And when I'm in that 'mode' of self-parody, the fear, the stress, the stutter, is no more. ...

Community & SupportCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Humor & Community ToneVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterNov 13, 2025
1 points

Give yourself a month and go all in on rejection. Aim to get rejected for a whole month, treat it like a game and give yourself points for getting rejected. The best form of therapy for trusting you...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureHope & MotivationAcceptance & Pride
commentr/Stutter_remissionNov 13, 2025
1 points

**Part #2:** About distraction: I feel it is not promoted by speech language therapists because, as I say in the abstract, distraction is not reliable. But it helps me even now. I do agree that all...

Coping & AdvocacyTherapy & ProfessionalCauses & Variability
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposurePositive Therapy TechniquesNeurological & Brain+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 12, 2025
2 points

Try the hand slide. My daughter learned this from her speech therapist and I’ve used it a lot. When you think you’re going to block, slide your hand across your desk or the side of your leg. Any surfa...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency TechniquesVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure