Advice for Stuttering

Introduction

• Host: Taya
• Content: Sharing advice gathered from Instagram on overcoming stuttering.

Key Advice and Analysis

1. Take your time speaking, practice exercises, and read out loud

   • Importance of practice to face fears.
   • Practice helps improve stuttering.

2. Be able to laugh at yourself

   • Mixed opinion on this.
   • Laughing can create a positive outlook but might invite others to laugh at the stutter.

3. Have fun when you speak

   • Copy the behavior of fluent speakers or actors.
   • Acting as if you don’t stutter might reduce stuttering.

4. Talk slowly

   • Slower speech helps in using speech techniques effectively.

5. Don’t stress out and just breathe

   • Importance of deep breathing to reduce stress and improve speech.

6. Don’t be afraid

   • Facing fears reduces stress and stuttering over time.

7. Don’t beat yourself up

   • Positivity helps in overcoming negative feelings about stuttering.

Additional Advice

• Practice saying what you want to say beforehand
• Join public speaking
  • Helps in taking control of anxiety and fear.
• Accept your stutter and talk to others who stutter
• Don’t let stuttering define you; always be yourself
• Read movie scripts out loud
• Others don’t notice stuttering as much as you think
• Think before talking
• Learn about your type of stutter and practice daily
• Use hand movements and mannerisms to reduce speech pressure
• Try deliberate stuttering for better speech control
• Prepare conversation content beforehand
• Talk openly about stuttering to relieve pressure
• Train speaking techniques and desensitize against anxiety
• Meditation helps in staying calm and controlled
• Be brave and confident; don’t avoid situations that induce stutter
• Your voice deserves to be heard; stuttering is a strength, not a downfall
• Understand your feelings and emotions
• Learn more about stuttering for better control
• CBD and Lion’s Mane (mushroom) as potential aids for stuttering

Conclusion

• Invites viewers to leave additional advice in the comments.
• Encourages positivity and continuous improvement.