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Help please! I've been stuttering all my life. However, I'm 18 and realized that it has gotten worse this year. I have always had my stutter under control but recently it's been too much to manage and it has caused me so much anxiety, it is all I think about 24/7. For more context, I'm very active at school. I just graduated and was president of several clubs and enjoyed interacting with people up until January. I have found it hard to accept my stutter because I know I am capable of fluency. I'm starting college this fall and want to be more involved as ever, I even want to run as freshman president. However, in the moment, I don't even want to go to college anymore because I'm afraid my stutter might make me depressed which is really sad because I'm going to a really good school. My stutter seems to be genetic and stress/anxiety induced and I just started speech therapy with better speech but I don't know if that will help. I need advice, what do I do to regain the confidence I used to have. How do I reduce my stutter. Please share tips/methods that have helped.