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Does anyone else have physical pain due to their stutter?

Does anyone else have physical pain due to their stutter? From my experience my jaw, mouth, neck and throat are constantly hurting, sometimes badly because of how I need to physically strain myself to...

Disclosure is an empowering method of reducing the shame someone is *already* feeling. Disclosing is also a message that “I am/have overcome a challenge.”...

You have to do things that address the actual problem. Silent blocking and fear have nothing to do with being able to articulate the word. It’s based in shame of others hearing your repetitions, so ...

Same thing happened to me. After he made fun I just told him straight up it's the one thing for me that crosses the line. I'm too insecure about it. Thankfully I have good friends who respect that...

I had a similar situation where I had to do training (actually it was training to eventually train others) over a call with multiple people all who were also doing the training. It was where we had to...

Wow.. Brute force I like it. I do agree that it won't affect much but I do wish I didn't have to embarrass myself every time I have to make a call...

Finding a job

Finding a job I am currently an engineering student,I took an academic leave last month due to the huge fee arrears that had piled over time and now things seems very bad.I have been looking for jobs...

Stuttering with an accent

Stuttering with an accent Hey!! Does anyone else hate their accent to? I have a regional British accent I feel like having a strong accent and a stutter is probably the worst combination. Like people...

I am terrified of getting a job

I am terrified of getting a job I (20F) have never had a job before. I've done volunteer work but never held a "normal" paying job. I've overcome a lot of fears, like presenting, and I enjoy talking ...

I’ve considered that as well! Anything to help her. I am worried about self esteem and bullying. The last time it had gone away for a whole year so I know she was disappointed it returned. Thanks so m...

It’s killing me

It’s killing me So it’s been since my young age that I still hang out with the same few friends (only 2) and now we’re getting older we just joined university so both of them are starting to have a n...

I will share two things. For reference, I feel my stutter is improving and becoming moderate. I have a blocking stutter. My insecurity about talking has driven me to work harder and be better than my...

Because that would be fucking weird 🤣🤣 Imagine as a cashier singing everyone their total..At that point it’s better to stutter. At least MOST will recognize a stutter as a disability and won’t ju...

"The way she wants to speak" you think she's choosing to speak like that seriously? And BTW it's not funny to us. Because you are laughing at us not with us. It's horribly frustrating of course she is...

I never understood why people say this. Singing everything would be much more embarrassed than stuttering. Most people know what it is to have a stutter and are nice about it, but if I sang everything...

Practicing on a word that I stutter on makes me tired mentally

Practicing on a word that I stutter on makes me tired mentally Thinking that techniques like opening my mouth bigger etc just makes the fear worse. Practicing on difficult words makes me feel so tir...

I definitely think stutters (me included) notice it so much more. Many people I have met and hung out with for a while have said they didn’t notice until I told them. I have a radio show/podcast and...

Thank you, I often feel sad about how my friends were able to express what they want but I can't, when my professors ask me questions l, even though I know the answer I would say I don't know, because...

I think I'm gonna give up my dreams

I think I'm gonna give up my dreams Growing up my family didn't have a lot of money, so education was my only hope. I was bullied and laughed at because of my stutter in highschool, I thought universi...

I'm think about going to speech therapy

I'm think about going to speech therapy Hi everyone, I am a stutter and I am thinking about going to therapy. My stutter is not extremely serious, like I think I stutter at most on 30% of all of the w...