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i hate this 😬 im a 17 y/o female and ive been stuttering since i was 9 or so. i had a hard time accepting that i stutter (i was in denial ig) but im finally accepting it now. im not sure about u guys but my stutter got worse during the pandemic, and im worried because im graduating this year and ill be in a totally new school environment next year. im worried about making friends and im worried about not being able to find a partner who loves me despite my flaws (stuttering in this context). i tried tips ive seen online and from fellow stutterers like talking slowly, using "uh, um, ah" to join words and so on. but as a fast talker (even though i stutter, im naturally a fast talker), i find myself speaking and sounding awkward when i had to slow down my speech so that i dont humiliate myself. do u guys have any other tips to avoid stuttering? (some additional stuff that i want to talk about) im grateful for my current group of friends! idk if they know i stutter or not but they definitely know i have some sort of speech impediment. sometimes when i feel a stutter coming on, i would stop talking immediately and pretend that i forgot what i wanted to say/pretend that im thinking about something. but they never made fun of me and they always encourage me to continue talking 🥰 im still trying to cope with stuttering and i really, really hope it doesnt get worse in future edit: i should stop going to my favourite bubble tea store because the drink names are lowkey complex and i almost always stutter (or more like keeping silent because i feel a stutter coming on) while ordering. i almost humiliated myself today,, i was ordering with my aunt and the dude (who looked irritated probably because it was morning and he was the only one in that shift) kept glaring at me while i was trying to say my order to him ugh