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My stutter constantly gets worse. Losing hope

My stutter constantly gets worse. Losing hope Had a stutter since I was a kid. Always had it. Some weeks are good other weeks are bad For the past 3 months my stutter has been severely bad to the po...

Why do I stutter even when I talk alone

Why do I stutter even when I talk alone I've read many reports saying that stuttering is caused by psychological reasons. Even when I talk to myself, I stutter. Is my stuttering caused by neurologica...

Had a embarrassing situation at rehearsal for presentation today

Had a embarrassing situation at rehearsal for presentation today Have you ever heard the quote goes by ***'Public speaking is feared more than death'.*** Today while rehearsing for this week's present...

Appreciate the tip. The thing is, it’s hard to even pause and speak softly. I feel like I’m completely frozen and am unable to do anything. That’s what I’m wondering if therapy would help with - the f...

I can understand this because often I can say the initial part of what I want to say but it sounds complete enough by itself that people move on before I can say the rest!...

Does anybody else find it impossible to call somebody’s attention?

Does anybody else find it impossible to call somebody’s attention? I don’t know if it is just something specific to me or if there is some aspect of this type of interaction that other people would al...

The question “what’s your name?”

The question “what’s your name?” After some incidents of being unable to say my name (in the form of a block) when someone asks, “what’s your name” (or it’s variations), the question is now a trigger ...

POV attempting to say a word, feeling a block coming, then giving up… ...

Cant have conversations anymore!!!

Cant have conversations anymore!!! I'm just gonna vet!!! I went to a myriad of enough therapies that was all temporary band aid approaches!!! The same old stories--temporary improvement followed by ...

Really like this girl

Really like this girl Ok so it’s going to sound really bad but I really like this girl that works at a drive thru at Tim Hortons but my stuttering ass can’t say anything to her expect thank you and t...

I'm 48 and just stuttered in a meeting the other day. Couldn't say agreement and blocked for like 30 seconds. It was really embarrassing. It feels horrible when it happens. The way people look at you ...

My stuttering was also blocks and hard to say my name, even when cell phones came out, I hated that. Had jobs in journalism. Love writing. Sold radio ads, only job I could find. Stay strong. You can d...

I’m done

I’m done I’m 17 and in my senior year of high school. I had to give a 15 minute presentation last week that eventually turned into a complete disaster. My stutter has been unbearably worse this past ...

Idk what to do….(any advice?)

Idk what to do….(any advice?) My stutter is ruining my life. I’m 24F I’ve had a stutter my whole life. It comes form of blocks. I stopped speech therapy at elementary school because the therapist sai...

They laughed at me.

They laughed at me. I was in school waiting outside the classroom for the teacher to open up (she was running late and the class was already waiting outside it). I leaned up against a wall to wait, no...

That is a tough one. When I do that, I realize I'm in panic mode. And at that point, getting a word out will require either completely stopping & rephrasing the sentence... or closing my eyes & using ...

Blocking is when you can't get words out of you. I block frequently enough, but I know what I want to say. No noise, no air, etc. gets out so most people wouldn't even know unless I was in the middl...

Bad interview

Bad interview I had a bad interview yesterday. I stuttered and prolonged my words most of the time 🥲...

Bad experience at drive through

Bad experience at drive through Me and my girlfriend went and ordered at the drive through of a restaurant and i stuttered at the microphone but it went okay. When I got to the window, they had entere...

My stuttering is getting worse day by day what should I do? Please help!!

My stuttering is getting worse day by day what should I do? Please help!! I am 19 M, and undergraduate student of engineering, day by day I am getting stuck at more words, 6 months back I could speak ...