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Lately my stutter has been so bad I don't really even initiate conversation

Lately my stutter has been so bad I don't really even initiate conversation This is completely an issue of how I personally feel about my stutter. I shouldn't feel so defeated. But when there are a lo...

If it's an emergency and I am emotional about it, I have problems. Like if I were to try and call for help and was frantic......

I think you could really benefit from therapy, even if you have had it before. And just because it may have not worked in the past you might have a different attitude and a greater need for it now. F...

Honestly it probably depends on how many women are in the group lol. We have a lot of regulars and whenever someone new comes in we keep it pretty upbeat and are excited to meet them so the environmen...

30/F/Central US/mild to medium stutterer I don't like social media so no Facebook, Twitter, etc. Best to contact me on Reddit. Speech therapy, some hypnotherapy but I think I was too young to take it...

I'm actually a pretty outgoing person....I always get the courage to start a story...it goes smoothly for the first sentence then I think to myself...Wow, I haven't stuttered yet and BAM! Shot down......

Oh gosh, I just saw I forgot to reply to your questions. Sorry about that! Grad school got in the way. Anyway, I don't mind answering your questions publicly. 1.) I think the origin of my anxiety is...

8 days later but I still want to share this. I'm also in college and I have registered with my Office for Students with Disabilities, OSD, and it's been a really big help in terms of social anxiety. T...

It seems to me that you do not stutter that much if someone who you know a bit does not notice that you stutter :D But as an answer I think no one really accepts it. I can tell friends and adults gla...

Try using headphones and keeping the phone away from your face. It helps make it feel less formal like you're just talking to yourself....

There are better ways to solve your problems than running away from them. I have stuttered almost my whole life and get anxious while speaking many times. I mostly do it out of fear that the other per...

Ended up hanging up during a phone interview over phone anxiety, and feel like a total loss

Ended up hanging up during a phone interview over phone anxiety, and feel like a total loss I'm not even sure what do about this anxiety anymore. I'm currently looking for another job and can't, for t...

You don't have to do anything. "Should" is still fear-based thinking. Do you want to? I really struggled with practicing at home (I usually didn't) because everything seemed stupid and/or embarrassing...

It seems like stuttering is really about fear of social rejection, not about speaking in general. I'd be interested to see more research on this....

Hi there, thanks for sharing, I can totally relate to isolating myself, feeling insecure and not wanting to put myself out there because other people might not like me, for what that's worth. What do...

I stuttered through grade school, here's the advice I wish someone had told me 15 years ago

I stuttered through grade school, here's the advice I wish someone had told me 15 years ago I still stutter sometimes but a lot less than I used to. Here's my advice for someone just starting high sch...

I do. I can speak fluently for several months, but some days, when I'm stressed out, it comes back. But there are some words I can't pronounce; therefore I avoid. Like 'atlanta', 'girl'. So weird. ...

It feels good not being alone in the world

It feels good not being alone in the world Sometimes I feel incredibly alone and isolated, I feel sorry for myself, and my hatred towards everybody else grows steadily as I go further and further into...

Exactly what other people are saying, it's the social pressure to fit in that makes you nervous which leads to stuttering. I usually react to such situations by holding my arm. ...

Even that won't help him answer his question. As I kid I stuttered less than I do now and I was more extraverted than introverted. That changed when my stuttering became eorse and I became uncomfortab...