Hello, I will tell you my story. I am 20 years old, a student. I have been stuttering since I can remember.
Although my parents say that I started speaking early and well. I don’t even know at what point everything changed. I probably don’t need to tell you what difficulties a person suffering from this disorder has to face every day.
As a child, I visited various “healers” many times, about whom my parents were told by friends. “- Try going to Baba Masha in the village…”. Probably, many people are familiar with this. Nothing changed. In elementary school, I studied with a speech therapist. It should be honest that I studied for fun. It was faster to finish and run outside. I did not do independent work that was given to me at home. Naturally, there was no effect.
In grade 5-6 I went to some guy who treated stuttering. After the seminar they handed out some sheets of paper and told me to practice every day. After the seminar there was a hypnosis session, although I didn't feel anything, maybe it just doesn't work on me. I practiced for 2-3 days and gave up. I don't think there's any point in talking about the result. In general, I'm not a lazy person, as you might think, I'm quite hardworking. I just tried not to notice this problem, to push it away from me.
Recently I realized that I can't live like this any longer. I need to develop and move forward. But no matter what your intellectual abilities are, the most important thing is speech. Who needs your ideas and projects if you can't talk about them. I dug through a bunch of information on the Internet and realized that you can achieve the desired effect with due persistence. As they write, first you need to learn to breathe.
Here I realized that I absolutely do not know how to breathe correctly. Now I am learning to breathe again. I do not know whether this will completely solve the problem of stuttering, but it will definitely help in the fight against it. As for the medicinal method, I immediately rejected it for myself. It is much better to learn to control your emotions yourself than to swallow "brakes" for the head.
Then there were alternative methods, they attracted me the most. Stuttering is a speech defect. So you need to talk more. I came across several programs that help in the fight against logoneurosis. I downloaded several at once, to be honest, I liked axSoft Speech corrector the most (thanks to the authors).
In this program, you set the delay yourself, which is very important. Having tried several options, I determined the interval of 100-170 ms for myself, but here everything is strictly personal. I study for 30-40 minutes at a time, 1-2 times a day. I can note that after the lesson, speech becomes much more pleasant. Smoothness appears, the tempo normalizes. Of course, after some time, the effect dulls, but here more lessons are needed.
Remember, you won't overcome this illness in 3-4 days. I hope to continue working with axSoft Speech corrector. I hope to get rid of this bad illness, which I wish for you too. P.S. I hope to get access to the program for further treatment.