Hi Daniel

You seem to be working on the symptoms rather than the cause and that may be the reason for lack of progress.

Stuttering normally occurs because of a few reasons - feeling insecure about our own abilty to express ourselves, a fear of expressing ourselves and the inabilty to cry are common.

Do you recall as a child being shut up when you wanted to speak up for yourself? Or perhaps there were family members who you were fearful of speaking up against? Were you allowed to communicate your anger? Do you recall any beliefs thrown at you about "boy's don't/shouldn't cry"? Were there family beliefs about sexuality not being allowed to be expressed by children?

Stuttering is fear localised in the throat, it also connects to your own personal fears about speaking of things that have been pushed down into your unconscious, so it's a type of self defense mechanism on your part, because you are afraid of what might come up ... the stuttering is just an expression of your inhibition to speak out about what comes to mind without thinking.

I hope that helps serve you on releasing the need to stutter.

Tap on the emotions, not on the symptoms.

Love
Maya

It is understood that stuttering could be connected with some event in childhood... At three years old it could very hard to remember such an event. It could very well be connected with something in past life. In either case, this may be difficult to remember to help in resolving the stuttering problem.

You may want to look at your dreams as a way of remembering such events.
Many times dreams are a way for the unconscious mind to try to bring deeply seated trama events to their natural conclusion. Even those events that you may not consciously be able to recall. Dreams that are repeated usually are the ones that have such a relevance.

So, try keeping a journal of your dreams next to you bed. At moments of waking, before the dreams have completely dissolved away, start to write down what was last remembered in the dream state. It works in this way: Your dream is like a white elephant, if you can catch the tail of the elephant, then the rest of the elephant comes along with it...

There is also the tendency of putting too much tension on trying to not stutter. Like what invincible says: it is basically a way the body-bind mechanism has for protecting itself... an attempt to try to prevent harm from coming due to some event that it had experienced in the past. It is natural. And it is good that the body is moving to protest itself. There is nothing wrong in it. It is a survival mechanism.

So, to not fight with the body-mind with this, try to practice stuttering (instead of not stuttering) try to consciously stutter. Practice in becoming the best stutter-er that you can possibly be. Make it a play and not a work. Try to trip over each and every word. Set a timer and do it for 10-15 minutes first thing in the morning. After the buzzer goes off then sit and enjoy just sitting, watching your breath, listen to the sounds and just enjoy this moment of aloneness. And watch whatever comes up in the mind without making a judgement. Just be a witness for another 10-15 minutes.

Try this for a few weeks to see what comes out of this.

Best regards and peace to you.
turiya

I have a few questions. Have you ever seen a speech therapist?-
or in your school when you were growing up?

I did, the result were 2 fold to breath in a different pace or manner L's killed me when I had to speak in front of the class!

If inhaling before starting, as one normally would, still produces the inability to produce the desired sound try an exhale instead. Center yourself before speaking before a group

Let the breath flow smoothly

Know your material, it will help with confidence

Are you in college? They will have programs for you is so.

I was put into speech class, where you give a speech ever 1-2 weeks based on your own creativity-Mr Stein- He loved me and I loved him.

He felt so inspired by my "recovery" and blossoming in his class, he called my mom and told her how talented I was...hehe

I continued in speech until the debate team in high school and after debate I went on to drama and more creative art. Oh yes, and song, singing helps strengthen the solar plexus and get breathing in a stylistic approach to the lyrics (words)

I love giving plays and being in plays- I suggest the problem can become your area of creativity-your wellspring

Thats a lot to do all in one swoop

If you have insurance or can afford it speech therapy
Public speaking,
Is there a toastmasters group in your area? You might call and see

If you are a student speech therapy may be free or nominal
you can be "cured"

I know you can do it but it will require some research and creativity

You are a great orator just waiting to bloom