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As tough as it sounds, just owning the stutter and doing your best to be yourself is key here. My stutter was awful the year I was graduating high school. I’m a senior in college now and it’s still present, but at some point I learned to just accept it and talk through it when it comes up. Worrying if I was going to stutter definitely made it happen more often. No way to get past that except with becoming more comfortable talking in the first place. It’s a cycle or worry and triumph, but you can and will do it sooner or later. I even met up with an old friend in high school last month and one of the last things she’s said at the end of the week was, “So anon, did you get something to help your stutter? I haven’t heard it at all since I came here.”. I don’t really think much of it, but at some point it just slowly started disappearing in day-to-day conversation as I made new friends and tried new activities. I never picked up any techniques (tried the breathing, slowing down, etc. I feel this frustrates me more than it help me). You just have to give it your best shot and accept that now and then you will stammer. Becoming comfortable in your own skin is key. I still stutter heavily when I’m on the phone or presenting, though I’ve also been complimented plenty on my presentation skills despite being WELL over the allotted time because of the stammer. I’ve rambling on and on (much easier to do in message haha), so I’ll leave it there. If you get technique suggestions from this I hope you get the fix you’re looking for! If nothing else, keep your head held high and just keep being yourself. You’re going to do great things!