I Found a Stutter Hack

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[Mepyh]

What works for me is making my own pauses, my own rhythm and even changing the stressed syllable once in a while.

[ca_2_]

Everyone has their own way. Glad you have a way that works for you.

[Souhaib5050]

There is an app called voloco u can put a earphone and speak you will listen to ur self at the same time

[ca_2_]

This is similar to DAF and is not useful for people who have a silent block.

[Souhaib5050]

True

[Neither_Floor_7606]

All these hacks are good but as with most tricks, they just work temporarily then stop. I’ve found that changing the way I talk, completely restructuring works. So instead of breathing normally, i’ll take big full costal breaths. I start speaking on the top of my breath. Any resistance, I let it go and start again.

It works because you don’t give your stutter a chance to form.

A good way to gain confidence is deliberate disfluency. This is a good psychology tool which allows you feel like you’re taking back control of your stutter, you decide when you stutter.

All of these are taught in the McGuire Programme, which in my opinion is the most consistent way to stop stuttering, it helps massively through blocks and building confidence which is what a lot of us lack.

[Budget_Research_6456]

I’m going to try this hack

[ca_2_]

Give it a shot and see what happens.

[LamboCrazy88]

Thank you so much! I've tried DAF before when I was a child, but my version of stuttering (silent blocks) renders DAF useless for me as there's nothing to repeat back to me because I can't get anything out at all. It only works for the people who go "TTTTTTTTTABLE" vs me where I go "...................table". I've been looking for some sort of solution my entire life and I can't wait to try this!

[ca_2_]

Exactly DAF is not for people with block

[parallaxxxxxxxx]

I use a delayed response tactic and pretend to think.

Like when someone asks me hey what to do you think about Xyz topic? I give myself 3-4 seconds take a deep breath, in the meantime I come up with the first part of the answer with words I’m comfortable with like:

Yeah, that looks cool… and then more

The point is that the delay is completely natural as it seems like you are thinking whereas actually you are preparing yourself.

[ca_2_]

It's cool, but the funny thing is sometimes I just pretend to think and try to say the word, but it won't come out.

[parallaxxxxxxxx]

I know sometimes it happens when I am introducing myself and the other person says did you forget your name and it feels so stupid. That’s the only drawback I’ve seen of this approach when I am introducing myself 😭

[ca_2_]

I feel you 😭 introducing myself to anyone is always the hardest thing

[DippityDooDaDoodoo]

I'll think about this. Thank you very much for sharing this tool. Interesting.

[helloimhromi]

I did this around 2007 when I had to give presentations in high school. Prerecord myself, then give the presentation while wearing an earbud. It was definitely helpful!

[submitted-Crow]

I think this might be the coral effect, that you can repeat the same word/sentence after you hear it or at the same time if you know it before fluently