How to cure stammering/stuttering?

[Spacer]

I get picked in school because i stutter a lot, and i don't talk much because of it, it is so annoying. speech therapists don't work, they just want money. Is there any other cure/treatment for it?

[Billy]

Look up online remedies

[arjunarao]

Arjun

[doctormcgoveran]

breathe slowly focus on that 24/7 speak slowly. try to slow down every thing.

[Barry]

One speech therapist advises that slowing your speech is not the solution, but, for those who can't access therapy: Try deliberately slowing your speech, as per: http://www.wikihow.com/Control-Stuttering You could try several different talking speeds: 85%, 90%, 95%, and 100% Consider your current rate of speech as being 105%; a rate at which you stutter frequently. Go back to 85%, then slowly increase, in stages, until you begin to stutter noticeably: then go back to 85%, and work your way up to the rate before you began stuttering at a rate that you find unacceptable. Keep at that rate, for a good while, maybe later, risking stepping it up one more notch; confident that you can always work your way back up from 85% again.

Think of it in terms of modem speeds on your computer: if that speed is set too high for the connection to the ISP, there will be problems. You may well be currently "overclocking" your speech modem: the difference between your brain speed, and the rate at which you are able to speak clearly and distinctly, without stuttering markedly, is the issue. Stammering may be a symptom of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) which can be diagnosed and treated by a clinical psychologist, or psychiatrist. In the meantime, I have heard that if you start to breath out just before you begin vibrating your vocal cords to make sound, that establishes momentum that helps reduce stammering. It may be worth trying. View http://www.stammering.ch/

See http://www.stuttering.org/bsrp.html

It may also be helpful to visit http://www.emofree.com, saying/subvocalising to yourself something like: "Even though I may sometimes stutter/stammer, I deeply and completely accept myself". Stuttering is thought to involve more than speech, but also to involve your breathing pattern, and feelings. It may always be with you, to some extent, but the idea is to minimise it, and not let it hold you back in life.

Read: Self-Therapy for the Stutterer by Malcolm Fraser, & Stuttering : An Integrated Approach to Its Nature and Treatment/ Edition 3, by Barry Guitar, & Stuttering : Its Nature, Diagnosis and Treatment/ Edition 3, by Edward Conture, & Stuttering : Foundations and Clinical Applications
by Ehud Yairi , Carol H. Seery, & Yoga for Stuttering: Unifying the Voice, Breath, Mind & Body to Achieve Fluent Speech by J. M. Balakrishnan, from your bookstore, Amazon.com, or BarnesAndNoble.com. Hypnotism is merely a heightened state of suggestibility, in which you are better able to communicate with your subconscious mind. 85% of people are suggestible, to some extent, so preferably consider professional hypnotherapy, or, if not an option hypnosisdownloads.com has one about stuttering, and asktheinternettherapist.com has a similar CD, or try autosuggestion/self hypnosis, as per page O, at 8m.com.

[Josh]

It could be stress, try to exercise like go for a run or life weights.

[P R]

The Stuttering Foundation has free books and online videos to help with stuttering. They are compiled by professionals some of who stuttered themselves! They want to help others, not make money off of your condition. This is a great one http://www.stutteringhelp.org/sites/defa...1th_ed.pdf They can also refer you to a good speech therapist who is trained to work with stuttering.

[Bud B]

Try these resources:
http://www.stutteringhelp.org there are videos online that show speech therapists working with stutterers; watch them and learn some techniques.
http://stutteringselfhelp-stutteringself...gspot.com/
http://stutteringhelp-bud.blogspot.com/
http://notesonstuttering.blogspot.com/
Meet others who stutter here
http://www.stutteringforum.com
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/stutteringchat/
Stuttering Foundation and Stuttering Community on Facebook

"Self Therapy for the Stutterer" published by The Stuttering Foundation worked wonders for my family members who stuttered after working through it step by step. The book can be found here http://www.stutteringhelp.org/sites/defa...1th_ed.pdf
It is great for those who do not have access to speech therapy.

Advice to Those Who Stutter book
http://www.stutteringhelp.org/sites/defa...ay2010.pdf

Great Video Advice for those who stutter http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=...374424394#