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commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2026
1 points

Unfortunately stuttering can be a lifelong ailment, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a social life!! I am fortunate enough to not have a stutter, but I’m studying speech therapy. My professor, who...

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commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2026
2 points

NGL I think youre overthinking the gatekeeping part - if you stutter then you belong here period. but about the ASL thing, i'd actually push back on that a bit. learning it could be useful sure but tb...

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commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2026
3 points

people are just uncomfortable with silence and bail instead of waiting, which is shitty but predictable. Better Speech or local slp groups can help with techniques...

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commentr/StutterFeb 22, 2026
2 points

Depending on the situation, this technique sometimes works for me. If I take a mental step back, really focus on what I'm saying and my breathing, i'm almost always nearly perfectly fluent. ...

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commentr/StutterFeb 22, 2026
1 points

the phone thing is brutal and it doesn't really get easier just by forcing yourself through it over and over, so I get the frustration. I went down a bit of a rabbit hole on this a while back because ...

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commentr/StutterFeb 20, 2026
1 points

Slowly. Kind of 4-5 words per breath. Focus on the blockage words more while reading....

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commentr/StutterFeb 20, 2026
10 points

Keep doing it man. Fk everyone who mocks. Just don't care. Side by side everyday practice reading aloud especially your blockage words, practice breathing and always keep your head held high....

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commentr/StutterFeb 20, 2026
-2 points

One thing I’d like to say. If you’re so muc insecure, then you should I try and fix your stutter. And not in a fantas way, but with proper speech therapy and a lot of effort. I did it with years of pr...

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commentr/StutterFeb 19, 2026
1 points

Hey! 21M here, i also have stuttering issues but i found some useful tricks, can i DM to share...

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postr/StutterFeb 19, 2026
25 points

Amazing day!

Amazing day! I just did my first session with a speech therapist. It was really the best! And I 100% will recommend to every single one. Just listening to general people or getting tips from reddit or...

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commentr/StutterFeb 18, 2026
3 points

Ugh. Blocks are the worst. For so many years I struggled on names, places, numbers, you name it. I find saying ugh or ums before a blocked word helped me get through them, but now I learned about maki...

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commentr/StutterFeb 17, 2026
2 points

Yes, a few times over the decades. Certainly helped me learn the strategies, but without daily focus and practice you relapse into old habits. I still use the techniques learnt in high stress speaki...

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commentr/StutterFeb 17, 2026
13 points

Hey, I feel for you so much. I'm 33, and my worst block was when I was 21. I had a job interview where I couldn't speak at all for 40 minutes. Honestly, the worst day of my life. Now, I'm 95% fluent. ...

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commentr/StutterFeb 17, 2026
3 points

First of all, CONGRATULATIONS! Second, practice, practice, practice! Go to the physical site of the presentation and just practice. Walk around, familiarity with the site actually helps. Lastly,...

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commentr/StutterFeb 17, 2026
2 points

Definitely reading aloud massively. There’s a scene in the movie the Notebook where the main actor is reading aloud to his father and his father says it helps him because when he was younger he stutte...

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commentr/StutterFeb 16, 2026
8 points

Slow down your rate of speech and read aloud every day at a slow rate. Breathe in, gentle breathe out and gentle insert into the sentence, whilst linking it words. Try stretching out the vowels too. ...

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postr/StutterFeb 16, 2026
7 points

Best Strategy/Techniques To Reduce Or Control My Stutter?

Best Strategy/Techniques To Reduce Or Control My Stutter? I am 13M and want to learn a good strategy to control my stutter. ...

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commentr/StutterFeb 16, 2026
1 points

I'm now 61. Stuttered since I was about 4. 90 percent fluent in some situations and only 10 percent fluent in others, with the odd nightmare thrown in every month of total disfluency. It was like this...

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postr/StutterFeb 16, 2026
20 points

I stutter too — building a free app for people who stutter. Need your input.

I stutter too — building a free app for people who stutter. Need your input. Hi everyone, I’m 24 years old and I stutter (mild, but very real). It mostly happens in **pressure situations**—for exam...

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commentr/StutterFeb 15, 2026
1 points

I'm 23 male too. There are some fluency shaping techniques, like easy onset, light contact, slow rate, cancellations, etc. I think its worth a try practicing these. you probably dont want to actively ...

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