postr/StutterJuly 16, 2017

Any tips to help every day stuttering? It's getting worse and worse.

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Any tips to help every day stuttering? It's getting worse and worse. Hello Reddit, first post here. I am 24 years old and I have a bad stuttering problem. It's not with certain words or letters; to my knowledge, it's random. When I knew my dad a little bit before he passed away, he had it pretty bad as well, so it's definitely in my genetics from him. Problem wasn't that bad as a younger kid. However, it is increasingly getting so bad, I had to leave college because I just couldn't talk right. One full sentence felt like a big black cloud in my head and I couldn't think of any words or letters or how to say them without almost passing out. It's embarrassing to the extreme but I'm done feeling sorry for myself like I have in the past. Anyway, I'm looking to conquer my fears in talking to people. So any tips are much appreciated and thank you for taking time to reply. With family, my stutter is pretty bad, but with strangers or in class or even work.... good gosh, it's a shit show honestly. Now, I have learned to laugh at myself so it's not so embarrassing, but I'm still looking to get over that fear and any tips or personal stories would be great to hear and much appreciated. I have never gone to a speech therapy class or anything of the extent. Some people have mentioned singing; it helps a little but it's like my brain can't process the words ( even if I know the song 100% ) and I still have to pause and the stuttering still exists. I've accepted who I am - it could be so much worse, right?! - but I also am trying to improve myself and my speech is a big outlier in not being confident out in public. It just makes my every day life very stressful so I'm trying to get better a day at a time. Any tips or insight would be great and I am thankful. Thanks Reddit!

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