Hi....
I'm Gabriel and not a new member here on Nairaland...
My problem right now is i've noticed of late that sometimes when i speak, I stutter or stammer as most people know it as....
Thing is, as a child, I've always been fluent with words.... As a teenager, when i get upset with friends, and we quarrel, during d quarrel somtimes, I stuttered and in the past few weeks now that I'm 24, i started noticing that even when i gist normally with people, I sometimes stutter.... Please I need Candid advice on how to stop this.... It's really getting embarrassing for me and Its making me lose my confidence.....
Thanks for your help as you do so....

Village ppl @work.........hope yu nor insult any grandma or grandpa?

Just pray abt it.

You try to get the words out too fast.

Anytime you get "stuck", take a breath and start again.

Try to be calm when you speck. Speck slowly and don't rush anything. Don't speck when your upset or teased up and avoid explosive situations.

Don't rush
Listen to the words as you speak them word by word.
I believe you can still sing fluently, try singing your sentences and see the difference

Greyworld:
Village ppl @work.........hope yu nor insult any grandma or grandpa?

Just pray abt it.

Lool.

FLYGERIAN91:
Hi....
I'm Gabriel and not a new member here on Nairaland...
My problem right now is i've noticed of late that sometimes when i speak, I stutter or stammer as most people know it as....
Thing is, as a child, I've always been fluent with words.... As a teenager, when i get upset with friends, and we quarrel, during d quarrel somtimes, I stuttered and in the past few weeks now that I'm 24, i started noticing that even when i gist normally with people, I sometimes stutter.... Please I need Candid advice on how to stop this.... It's really getting embarrassing for me and Its making me lose my confidence.....
Thanks for your help as you do so....

Mel Tillis is an old-school American country music singer whose voice flows beautifully in song, but who stutters when he speaks in everyday life. Closer to home in Nigeria, only those close to late business mogul M.K.O Abiola were aware that he spoke with a very pronounced stammer, yet sang like a nightingale, flawlessly in tune like the "Agidigbo" traditional band singer he once was in his poverty-tested youth.

The question of whether or not stammering can be permanently "cured" is still in debate, BUT, you might be able to enjoy increasing lengths of time vocalizing without stuttering if you just sing in your spare time, and by sing I mean croon like Usher or Craig David, and NOT rap like Fiddy Cent.

When commuting in your car, turn up a nice soaring ballad that you first heard on on some golden oldies show, and sing your heart out in the privacy of your ride. This simple vocal exercise costs nothing to try, and MAY enable you to gradually reduce or even eliminate stuttering from your speech. If this technique works for you, my consultancy fee will be an affordable ten thousand naira, per word of advice typed here.

PapiWata:


Mel Tillis is an old-school American country music singer whose voice flows beautifully in song, but who stutters when he speaks in everyday life. Closer to home in Nigeria, only those close to late business mogul M.K.O Abiola were aware that he spoke with a very pronounced stammer, yet sang like a nightingale, flawlessly in tune like the "Agidigbo" traditional band singer he once was in his poverty-tested youth.

The question of whether or not stammering can be permanently "cured" is still in debate, BUT, you might be able to enjoy increasing lengths of time vocalizing without stuttering if you just sing in your spare time, and by sing I mean croon like Usher or Craig David, and NOT rap like Fiddy Cent.

When commuting in your car, turn up a nice soaring ballad that you first heard on on some golden oldies show, and sing your heart out in the privacy of your ride. This simple vocal exercise costs nothing to try, and MAY enable you to gradually reduce or even eliminate stuttering from your speech. If this technique works for you, my consultancy fee will be an affordable ten thousand naira, per word of advice typed here.

LOL at 10k per word..... True enof, i sing fluently even though I'm still tryna work on my voice (lol) and I'm also a rapper... I'm soo into music of all genres especially music that gives me vocal challenges.... Will keep up with the singing as u have adviced lemme c how it works for me.... Thanks soo much..... More tips are welcome from others as well....

FLYGERIAN91:
LOL at 10k per word..... True enof, i sing fluently even though I'm still tryna work on my voice (lol) and I'm also a rapper... I'm soo into music of all genres especially music that gives me vocal challenges.... Will keep up with the singing as u have adviced lemme c how it works for me.... Thanks soo much..... More tips are welcome from others as well....

Hey that is great to hear that you already enjoy singing, Flygerian. Keep it going with a purpose, brother man.

PapiWata:


Hey that is great to hear that you already enjoy singing, Flygerian. Keep it going with a purpose, brother man.

thank mhen.... I really appreciate....

Greyworld:
Village ppl @work.........hope yu nor insult any grandma or grandpa?

Just pray abt it.

lol.... God forbid.... I die before i insult somone older than me.... Thanks anyway....

Mynd44:
You try to get the words out too fast.

Anytime you get "stuck", take a breath and start again.

@Mynd44 tnx.... Will try doin so when I talk....

deuce7:
Try to be calm when you speck. Speck slowly and don't rush anything. Don't speck when your upset or teased up and avoid explosive situations.

Thanx mehn!!!

ITbomb:
Don't rush
Listen to the words as you speak them word by word.
I believe you can still sing fluently, try singing your sentences and see the difference

thanx bruv... I appreciate....

I hear reciting tongue twisters or reading books out loud help. There is a movie on this 'The Kings Speech' something like that. A former King in England had the same issue and did this and it worked.

LizNaira:
I hear reciting tongue twisters or reading books out loud help. There is a movie on this 'The Kings Speech' something like that. A former King in England had the same issue and did this and it worked.

used to love tongue twisters tho..... Bin a while since i last attempted any.... Will try em out again...

If you get stuck, just cough. I know of someone whose stuttering was way outta control but today he doesn't stutter. I just wonder how he did it.

djeezy:
If you get stuck, just cough. I know of someone whose stuttering was way outta control but today he doesn't stutter. I just wonder how he did it.

Hard starting get level bro...

Those ppl wey dey match ground wen 'em wan talk hardly get better.

Tallesty1:
Hard starting get level bro...

Those ppl wey dey match ground wen 'em wan talk hardly get better.

hahaha. This guy am talking about dey match ground. When we were growing up. He would start matching the ground, to ridicule him, we would hold his leg tight to the ground and he would be unable to speak. We would burst into laughter. Just didn't know how the dude stopped as he grew older. There's also a myth that if you drink water from a metal gong that it will stop. Don't know how true that is.

djeezy:
hahaha. This guy am talking about dey match ground. When we were growing up. He would start matching the ground, to ridicule him, we would hold his leg tight to the ground and he would be unable to speak. We would burst into laughter. Just didn't know how the dude stopped as he grew older. There's also a myth that if you drink water from a metal gong that it will stop. Don't know how true that is.

Maybe it was a miracle.

You probably went through something that affected your confidence. I read two very helpful articles on this subject matter.
https://www.bellanaija.com/2016/05/chiomah-momah-let-your-voice-be-heard-5-tips-to-help-you-deal-with-stuttering/

http://www.chiomah.net/2016/05/feel-fear-and-go-ahead.html


The first one especially had some good tips. all the best