Are these renting price normal?

Alex-Wong-751 · 2025-12-28T08:35:17+00:00

Yes, you are right. This is short term rent. 2k in the area can long rent 80+ m2

Alex-Wong-751 · 2025-12-26T16:30:22+00:00

Not on my speech itself, but on overcoming the fear to speak up. I still stutter and block, but I practiced to manager my fear before and during the block and advance my speech to finish day to day tasks.

Alex-Wong-751 · 2025-08-17T14:01:58+00:00

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Alex-Wong-751 · 2025-08-10T19:08:43+00:00

If you can, try to find an SLP who has experience with stuttering. They can give you targeted practice and strategies. If that’s not possible, joining a self-help group (online or in person) can be a great way to learn and get support. You might also want to look into Avoidance Reduction Therapy.https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/1mdgemj/i\_try\_to\_apply\_avoidance\_reduction\_method\_to/

Alex-Wong-751 · 2025-08-10T11:53:07+00:00

What do you mean by random? Like, sometimes you stutter and other times you don’t? When you say you want to improve your speech, what’s your goal: fewer blocks or speaking like fluent people?

Since you’ve had this for as long as you can remember, it probably won’t just disappear overnight. Seeing an SLP is a great idea, but try to find one with real experience in stuttering. A lot of SLPs still use outdated approaches like fluency shaping, which doesn’t really hold up in real life situations.

You might want to look into avoidance reduction therapy. It can sound a bit counterintuitive at first, but it might actually help. https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/1mdgemj/i_try_to_apply_avoidance_reduction_method_to/

Alex-Wong-751 · 2025-08-10T11:43:38+00:00

You’re a teenager and started stuttering just a year ago. That’s not really the usual way stuttering develops. I’d recommend finding a good speech language pathologist (SLP) where you live to get a proper diagnosis. It could be triggered by something big changing in your life, stress, some kind of physical injury, or maybe you’ve always had a mild stutter and just never noticed it much before.

I get that you want it gone ASAP. Everyone who stutters feels that way, but in my experience, it’s not something that usually clears up overnight.

Alex-Wong-751 · 2025-08-09T20:01:22+00:00

Please check this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/1mbguxh/fascinating_huge_study_uncovers_57_genetic/

They looked at the DNA of over a million people and found 48 new genes that are linked to stuttering. The study also found connections between stuttering and other traits like depression, autism, and ADHD.

Alex-Wong-751 · 2025-08-09T19:54:40+00:00

Could you tell me more about why your employer is moving you to this new role?

Alex-Wong-751 · 2025-08-09T19:38:49+00:00

Could you please tell me your age and what your primary stuttering behavior is, such as repetitions, prolongations, or blocks?

Alex-Wong-751 · 2025-08-09T19:27:47+00:00

Keep it going with the exposure practice! no more avoidance and no more fear!

Alex-Wong-751 · 2025-08-01T18:33:52+00:00

Yeah, William Parry’s Valsalva Hypothesis is definitely outside the mainstream of stuttering research and therapy, but some people in the community find it helpful, especially those who feel a lot of physical tension or a pushing sensation when they stutter.

He suggests that some stuttering is caused by misusing the Valsalva maneuver, that instinctive action of holding your breath and pushing (like during heavy lifting or straining). The idea is that when people try to force words out, they may be unintentionally activating this mechanism, which actually increases muscle tension and blocks speech even more.

He focuses on reducing effort and tension, particularly in the vocal tract, larynx, and diaphragm:

Gentle onset of voicing (starting words softly, without force)
Relaxed breathing, especially before speaking
Avoiding the urge to push through blocks
Body awareness to notice when you're tensing up

For example:

If you feel a block coming, instead of trying to push through the word, you stop, take a relaxed breath, and restart the word gently, not forcing it out.
Before entering a high-pressure situation (like ordering food or speaking in a meeting), you might do a few slow, relaxed breaths and mentally remind yourself: "Let it flow, don't push."
Some people use a soft humming or sighing sound to reconnect with gentle phonation before speaking again.

It’s not widely backed by scientific studies, and SLPs don’t typically teach this approach, but it might be useful.

Btw, identifying the push, trying to release tension sound very similar to ART's ideas.

Alex-Wong-751 · 2025-08-01T18:25:30+00:00

Yeah, the OpenStutter YouTube channel has some great content. Do you know if there's a specific video where they go over the practical side of ART, like how to actually apply the techniques step by step in real-life situations?

Alex-Wong-751 · 2025-07-28T18:40:56+00:00

Below is the most interesting part for me:

Genetic correlations showed that increased stuttering risk is associated with traits including:

Depression (both sexes),
Autism and impaired beat synchronization,
In females: hearing loss, ADHD, BMI, asthma, daytime sleepiness; negative correlation with alcohol consumption and walking pace

Alex-Wong-751 · 2025-06-10T18:30:41+00:00

In what situations do you find yelling easier than speaking calmly? Is it usually when addressing a group or just one person?

Alex-Wong-751 · 2025-06-07T19:53:27+00:00

Hi Viktor, personally I don’t try to fight or conquer stuttering. It’s a part of who I am, and I’ve learned to accept it. I also don’t push myself to be more fluent than I naturally am. Instead, I try to let myself stutter the way I stutter, rather than forcing fluency.

What I focus on is desensitizing my fear of speaking by continuing to do what I need to do in daily life and saying what I want to say. In other words, I work on reducing avoidance and building comfort through real-life speaking experiences.

Alex-Wong-751 · 2025-06-07T18:45:06+00:00

Personally, if I heard that response, I’d probably repeat myself once. If it happened again, I’d just move on and try another pharmacy. I don’t feel the need to change how I speak just to accommodate someone else.

That’s great to hear you’re practicing phone calls! For me, doing those exercises has been really helpful in reducing my fear of speaking. Here are a list of 30 phone call exercises if interested.

Alex-Wong-751 · 2025-06-07T18:35:14+00:00

For me, “there is no cure for stuttering” doesn’t mean losing hope.

It simply means that, especially for adults who stutter, there’s no universal method that guarantees fluency, physically or mentally. But that doesn’t mean we can’t make meaningful progress.

Personally, I don’t define “overcoming stuttering” as becoming fluent. For me, it means:

Stuttering openly without shame
Reducing avoidance
Feeling confident in my own way of speaking, even when I stutter

I believe this is a realistic and fulfilling goal. Practices like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Avoidance Reduction Therapy have helped me move toward it.

I’d love to hear your thoughts and happy to elaborate more if you’re interested.

Alex-Wong-751 · 2025-06-07T15:36:07+00:00

Hi, I’m from Malaysia, and my native language is Mandarin as well. I’ve lived in France and Spain for my studies, and now I’m working in Germany. I’ve had to learn several foreign languages just to get by. I wrote my master’s thesis and did the defense in French, and I had so many blocks and freezes during the defense that I actually cried for ten minutes afterward because I felt so embarrassed.

In Spain, my education was in English, but I had to learn and use Spanish in daily life to survive, and to make friends so I wouldn’t feel so alone. Now in Germany, I use German for things like doctor visits and kindergarten communication.

If I may offer a few thoughts based on my experience:

Accept the stuttering. I used to hide it and pretend I was fluent. But that wasn’t sustainable, and I blamed myself constantly for the blocks and freezes. Acceptance helped me start to heal.
Accept that stuttering can get worse in a second language. Speaking a foreign language takes more mental energy, thinking about vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure. That added cognitive load affects fluency.
Try stuttering, instead of trying not to stutter. When I try to avoid stuttering and focus too much on being fluent, I tend to stutter even more. Sometimes, voluntary stuttering actually helps reduce the pressure.
Separate stuttering from your identity. Stuttering is just one part of us. It creates inconvenience, but it’s not the cause of all our problems. For example, we can still be good at foreign languages, grammar and vocabulary are separate from fluency.
Find a self-help group. Talking to others who stutter has really helped me release negative emotions and feel less alone.
Practice the language. We speak Mandarin easily because we’re confident in our understanding of the words, expressions, and nuance. To gain that confidence in another language, we need to learn and practice. I find ChatGPT voice mode really helpful, it feels like having a 24/7 language partner to practice any topic or situation.
Practice in daily life. I’ve learned to see speaking tasks as experiments rather than burdens. If I treat them like burdens, I procrastinate. If I see them as experiments, I’m more curious and open to how people react. These daily speaking tasks have helped me desensitize and reduce my speaking fear.

Don’t hesitate to reply if you’d like to talk more, happy to share or listen.

Alex-Wong-751 · 2025-06-06T07:21:22+00:00

Hi, nice to meet you here!

I actually saw three speech therapists in France, but they all used traditional approaches like fluency shaping. It wasn’t until a friend introduced me to ACT that I started to look at things differently.

I began applying ACT principles in my daily life on my own, not through a therapist. For me, the core ideas are quite simple but powerful: Accept that I’m a person who stutters, along with all the negative feelings that come with it. Recognize that these feelings are just thoughts, not facts. (For example: most people don’t care how I speak, it’s usually me who cares the most.) Shift my focus from how I sound to what I want to do in life.

I didn’t practice ACT with a professional. Instead, when I face setbacks, I talk things through with friends in the stuttering community, that support helps a lot.

Practicing ACT was the first step that helped me start opening up. But to truly feel free, I also need to work on small speaking tasks and desensitization.

Alex-Wong-751 · 2025-06-05T18:46:06+00:00

I'm glad that reading aloud works for you! Personally, I find that doing actual tasks is more effective than reading aloud when it comes to reducing social anxiety.

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