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Talking on the phone exacerbates my stutter tenfold

Talking on the phone exacerbates my stutter tenfold Hi all, I’ve stuttered since childhood and am in my early 20’s now. I have managed my stutter to a point where it’s mostly mild and isn’t severely ...

does any other stutterer suffer from depression?

does any other stutterer suffer from depression? it really is the worst combination. i feel mentally exhausted all the time, which makes my speech even worse. i've always stuttered but it's the worst ...

For what it’s worth I’ve had my stutter since that age, and now people are shocked when I tell them I have a stutter because I so rarely do it, and because I’ve learned to work my way around it. ...

No, they're not "true" or "at the core". That's why they're annoying! Stutter is complex, and what you shared does not make proper sense in that regard. Don't share things you don't mean! :P...

"Talk slower", "breathe", "think about what you want to say", "calm down" - these are just things typically said by people who don't know much about stutter. That's why I don't like seeing them. I es...

But wouldnt your stutter get worse after years of not speaking or interacting with anyone ? Mine does , if i dont step out of my comfort zones and gake the initiative in conversation for a long time...

It's costal. And medically speaking, "costal breathing" isn't really a thing, as conscious respiration can only be done though the diaphragm and abdominal muscles. You can't control the intercostals, ...

I try to pretend I’m talking to myself rather than somebody else. It helps me a lot when I’m having a rough patch....

Ughh why did she do it that way?! That’s so frustrating. My first name is Alex which is extremely hard to say on the spot, so i sometimes say my last name, which starts with an “Sw”. None the less, it...

Yeah it’s so frustrating... I have been doing this since the beginning of 2017 to get through blocks. How can It be unlearned ?...

It has taken it’s toil on me

It has taken it’s toil on me Usually Im not so pessimistic about my stuttering, but tonight I was really bothered by it. I was at the pub with a friend of mine and in the beginning I was so fluent tha...

Because mental health is the #1 issue with stutterers. (My opinion) I'm almost 40 and have been word-replacing for too long. I avoid my stutter so much I scramble in search of words that will leave m...

> 2. If I get stuck on a word, try to replace it with some other word I thought the modern view was don't replace words -- stutter it out....

Looking back, the best support I received was from my parents. I remember my parents telling me, 1. Talk slowly 2. If I get stuck on a word, try to replace it with some other word 3. Always smiling t...

My Dad had a severe stutter but he just kept talking everybody's ear off. As a teen with a moderate stutter I felt embarrassed for him as I tried to hide mine by never talking. Now that I'm older I ca...

Ive been able to mask it with a short period of silence before speaking. It comes off as a pregnant pause before jumping into the spinning record groove. ...

It's definitely possible to start stuttering in puberty, but it's rare. I started stuttering about age 14 and I still do (I'm 21). If it developed without any trauma or head injury, then they call it ...

This. I lost the number of times I say something completely different than what I meant simply because I had to change the word or I would stutter. If only people knew how tiresome it can be to talk w...

yeah, I had that happen to me before i had therapy. Sometimes I would worry so much about a word I knew was coming up that by the time I had to speak the word, I either completely shut down or I would...

Well, it differs a lot per individual. What i can do is tell you what happened with me and draw your own conclusions. ​ Long ago, when I was still young, I would never really talk. I star...