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Thank for the answers! I want to tell people about my stuttering, and i have tried for so long but i just cant. But in the future, i will do it. I just feel that i need a reason to do it for some reas...

I don't have a problem with my name - first name is one syllable and I always have to spell my last name. However, for thirteen years, I lived on a street with 4 syllables and a lot of Rs. That was ...

Reflections on my less than fluent youth.

Reflections on my less than fluent youth. This is not to say my stutter has completely gone now, because the truth is, it's still the same as it always was. The only difference is the lack of forced p...

I have been stuttering since I was like... can't even remember, my mother said she noticed it when I was 4. I have a diagnosed depression and a social anxiety disorder, I'm pretty sure both of those s...

Thank you for sharing and pouring out your heart and feelings here. I just turned 30 this year and I similarly have a blocking stutter, which I've had for as long as I can remember too. It's been ext...

Nervous for first meeting tomorrow?

Nervous for first meeting tomorrow? Hi! So right now I am interning in a lab and have to present the experiments/research I have done in the past few weeks for my first lab meeting. I just needed some...

No, I meant that anxiety exacerbates stuttering. That's not exactly a huge mystery. High emotions of any sort exacerbate stuttering. But peoples' chronic disfluencies aren't caused by cowardice or a f...

I shared this because it matched my personal experience. So...you say it's an offensive stereotype that people who stutter are afraid of rejection...but you also say that fear of rejection contribute...

Uh... not really. I hate this stereotype of stutterers--that we're all just frightened, quiet, socially diminutive people. It is largely inaccurate. If you ask, a lot of stutters will say their disf...

Just started as job where I have to talk to people on the phone. I need some advice

Just started as job where I have to talk to people on the phone. I need some advice Some background information: I'm 17 and have a job at my uncles company now for the next 6 weeks. A big part of the ...

Advice on talking to my parents/doctor about anxiety medication

Advice on talking to my parents/doctor about anxiety medication I have stuttered all my life and mostly struggle with my name, ordering food, speaking on the phone, etc. Now that I am in college, I f...

I stutter more around kids too. Probably because I am trying too hard not to stutter, trying to look "cool uncle" around them....

I had this same problem until I stopped thinking about saying my name. When the time came to introduce myself, I didn't get worked up, I just said it. Sometimes I stuttered, other times not. This erod...

i dont think that girl had a stutter maybe she was just an air head? idk, my hands were getting sweaty just watching that :(...

I'm starting to realize it's much deeper than just lack of confidence and belief in what I'm saying, at least for me. That's just a symptom of sorts. Ultimately, at what seems to be the center, is im...

Those casual conversations are the hardest for me too. When I have something I need to ask or i'm in a position of authority (i.e. a customer asking a salesperson something), I can kind of compartment...

Stuttering more when in casual conversations with people you aren't super close to?

Stuttering more when in casual conversations with people you aren't super close to? I've noticed after this weekend that I have waaaaaaay more blocks when I'm talking about casual things with people l...

is there any related between sutter and ocd(Obsessive–compulsive disorder)?

is there any related between sutter and ocd(Obsessive–compulsive disorder)? now i m not only sutter but also ocd mental patient...

Has anybody here ever pursued discrimination litigation against a company because of their stutter?

Has anybody here ever pursued discrimination litigation against a company because of their stutter? Was wondering if anyone here has ever pursued legal litigation against a company for workplace discr...

At the risk of sound discouraging, there is the very real fact that you might not do well, but of course I'm sure you are well aware of that. Few things can be more discouraging than completely fuckin...