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I'm taking therapy and getting positive results, but the anxiety is still crippling me. How do I work past that, especially for public speaking?

I'm taking therapy and getting positive results, but the anxiety is still crippling me. How do I work past that, especially for public speaking? Around two months ago, I started speech therapy. Some p...

Fuck bro! It is as if I wrote your post. I feel exactly the same. I always ask why must I stutter? Why not some other guy. Why the fuck me!? Im not in school anymore though. But school was hell. I nev...

Let me express my sympathy for how you are feeling right now: I have been there, and I know it really, really sucks. I have always stuttered, and still do today. In HS, I was in the same position as y...

Mines pretty bad too, I'm currently 18. I think mine peaked at 16 and has been decreasing more and more. Lots of people will bullshit you and say it'll get better eventually but I know that will only ...

Important internship interview tomorrow.

Important internship interview tomorrow. So tomorrow I have a phone interview for a internship tomorrow that is very difficult to even get this interview. This is the first time I've eve done an inter...

hey, exact same situation! 16 year old junior in HS. Man, I know its rough, not being able to talk in class; being afraid the teacher will call on you to answer or read, never participating. Especiall...

I've been a stutter since I can remember and I am currently a 16 year old junior in highschool, it is really getting to me.

I've been a stutter since I can remember and I am currently a 16 year old junior in highschool, it is really getting to me. It's not fair. It's just not fucking fair. Why am i not allowed to speak lik...

I can kind of understand how you feel. While I don't stutter, I have social anxiety which I believe shares an overlap with some emotional difficulties that PWS experience. (Not saying everybody with e...

Hey, I'm very impressed! It's awesome that you work as a museum guide. God, that would be a nightmare for me ;). But it's cool that you are really seeking these public speaking situations in order to ...

lol dude I'm the exact same as you.. my stutter + social anxiety has ruined my life.. I have no friends.. no job no anything.. A huge part of me doesn't want to exist anymore. Life is fun. -.-...

I'm a 25-year old female medical student with a stutter. Is there any stuttering doctor who can give me some advice?

I'm a 25-year old female medical student with a stutter. Is there any stuttering doctor who can give me some advice? Hi there! I'm a medical student from Germany. Right now I'm in my 5th year of studi...

severe stammerer here need serious help!!

severe stammerer here need serious help!! hi guys how do you deal with speech blocks? i literally block on nearly every sound.. only way is to jerk my head and push it out! i have severe social anxie...

Sometimes it feels like people don't want to talk to me, because of my stutter

Sometimes it feels like people don't want to talk to me, because of my stutter It feels as though I need to initiate conversations far too often. I don't always mind it but every now and then it does ...

Im the same way if a lot of people are there i struggle because i hate being the center of attention thats why i suck at telling stories...

Men are expected to make the first move. Not *sometimes* but almost every time. Even without stuttering, dating is more difficult for men. Women expect men to be funny, confident, and charismatic. If ...

While men are sometimes still expected to make the first move, these days women are perfectly capable of doing so as well. As far as confidence, I'm pretty sure it's tied in with personality -- what...

It's less of a problem because we still live in a culture where males are expected to make the first move. Confidence can be attractive to males, but is in general less important than physical attr...

*"This is less of an issue for female stutterers."* You're kidding me, right? You think the insecurity, anxiety and lack of confidence related to stuttering is somehow less of a problem for female s...

I hate being in a large group and then you have a thought or want to say something and suddenly all eyes on you. I cant even handle it if i'm talking to my coworker and my boss is overhearing. It's li...

Lonely because of too little social interaction, still withdrawing from social events.

Lonely because of too little social interaction, still withdrawing from social events. I have been feeling quite low for the last year. I think it has much to do with seperating from my ex. I also liv...