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I have a stammer which I think stems from severe social anxiety as a child. I used to be part of speech therapy program that has a similar ethos. 90% of stamm
by pattle 3y ago
I have a stammer which I think stems from severe social anxiety as a child. I used to be part of speech therapy program that has a similar ethos. 90% of stammering if just psychological so they say the only way to beat it is to face your fear e.g stammering on purpose but in a controlled way. Easier said that done though and it's easy to regress.
- toomasb 3y agoI agree, it's a muscle you have to keep training, but it does become easier over time imho :)
- stranded22 3y agoOh, that’s interesting! I had one too - I notice it start to come out when I am very tired/very overly caffeinated or stressed. I think it’s only me that notices just because I am hyper aware (which probably emphasises it more in my head). I slow my speech down too as I found it was my brain running faster than I could talk and I didn’t know how to get the words out.
- hbs18 3y agoA weird thing that worked for me was, after seeing The King's Speech, I experimented with putting chewing gum under my tongue and speaking. To my surprise, could notice a pretty significant improvement.