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It's scary, and even though I have a severe stutter too, everyone is pretty excited and wants to get to know each other. Might sound like stupid advice, but dont put too much pressure on yourself or w...

Question on anticipation

Question on anticipation Hey folks, let me start with some background. I'm 26 and have been seeing an SLP for about a year now. I have much more control, smaller reactions, and much less tension in ...

That's actually a great piece of advice for diffusing the tension at a job interview. I always worry they're staring at me thinking "the hell is wrong with this guy?" and that makes me even more anxio...

Yeah I am really liking this. I am going to be doing some summer sessions as well! Thankfully my school has a Speech Clinic. The part about your break-up hit me a bit...mainly it kind of hit my fear...

Went to a comedy show on Saturday, showed up right as it was starting and the only seats left were.....in the front row. Set started out and opener was engaging the crowd, my nervousness shot up like...

Yeah but, at least from my experience, being told to speak slower actually has an opposite effect. I get more nervous and stutter even more....

From my experience, stuttering is caused by some sort of brain activity that is not letting you think enough about speaking. In my experience, that activity is social anxiety. You probably don't stutt...

Logotherapy and paradoxical intention

Logotherapy and paradoxical intention I have just finished reading Man's Search for Meaning by Victor E. Frankl and at the end is a section about Logotherapy. I wondered whether anyone uses, has heard...

My week went pretty well. Got invited to a huge 3 day event in Miami with very short notice. I almost said no. Had to talk to a lot of people and really "work the room" during the event. My one on o...

I never stutter when talking to myself.. Rarely with friends.. Always with my family/strangers?!

I never stutter when talking to myself.. Rarely with friends.. Always with my family/strangers?! How does this make sense? When i'm talking to myself or whatever, (thinking etc, you get the jist), i n...

Had few good weeks recently but last weekend got into an argument with sister which got me pretty pissed and it went downhill. Funny how such little things as 10 minutes of arguing can affect your sp...

Last night at work, I was serving a gentlemen the main course of the dinner (I'm a 19 year old male college student who works for the university's catering company) and he asked me what my major was. ...

Yeah, I it cost me $100 per hour session... It hurt the bank but taught me some techniques using a computer program that measured your easy onset etc etc while you speak into it. Only problem is I fee...

I just joined reddit itself several days ago hah and I happen to stutter as well. Im 24 and have stuttered my whole life. Up until highschool my stutter didn't really affect me psychologically but now...

Yeah, I never meant to imply that this will work for everybody. That said, if someone stutters and has anxiety, this may be something to ask a doctor about. I wanted to share my experience because I...

Interesting! How frequent is (was) your stutter pre-medication? I am also in my early 30's. I have stuttered all of my life, and although it is much more controlled now, it still inhibits me from smo...

Guanfacine - almost curing my stutter

Guanfacine - almost curing my stutter I'm in my early 30's and have stuttered all my life. I'm also relatively skinny (6'0, 157), which I mention only because Guanfacine is normally prescribed to chil...

So, should I cancel a date?

So, should I cancel a date? Been going thru a rough time, have had a couple of big life changes the last year or so, one is a breakup with my gf since like 5 years. Things been adding up and I have ha...

I know exactly what you mean. I had just joined college and I was giving the first presentation of my life. I had been stressing over it for weeks and I was 100% sure that I would embarrass myself in ...

If I don't care it gets much worse ... If I care then I get caught up and stutter....