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this is true, all these filling words dont really help your stuttering in any way, you just prevent it. im using the word "ja" german: yes way to much in my sentences, whenever there is a word which c...

My son is 8 with a stutter and I also worked as a psychotherapist with kids so I've been doing my best to help him through everything. One major thing with him is that he is sort of "afraid" of people...

is all of this because of my stutter?

is all of this because of my stutter? I'm 17 years old, male, i have good friends, i go to parties with some of them, i have good marks in school, i'm pretty handsome, not like dayum but i like the wa...

What are you even so afraid of? probably the same as most of us; stuttering. or having people hear we stutter. worried about what they'll think, especially during med school interviews, yikes! I kno...

Reconditioning your entire method of speech is going to take a lot more than a few months. Don't be discouraged! You're developing some good habits. And yeah the, "You know"s and "Like"s, those are ...

Thought I was making so much progress. Feel like I'm back at square one :(

Thought I was making so much progress. Feel like I'm back at square one :( I am 20 years old and have had a stutter as far as I can remember. A few months back I started seriously working in becoming ...

I hate that when I apply for a job...

I hate that when I apply for a job... I've been applying online and every time I see "great phone skills required" i just click cancel...

"Come on............Eileen!" Trouble with words that start with vowels.

"Come on............Eileen!" Trouble with words that start with vowels. One of my superiors at my job is named Eileen. Every once in a while I have to give her a phone call and its always so hard to s...

I can't say certain words that I need to say for my job and it's really bringing me down

I can't say certain words that I need to say for my job and it's really bringing me down I'm 19 and I work at a small pick up Chinese restaurant. When I first started working here, I could say everyth...

i know this damn restaurant situation. i sometimes read everything just to find a menu which is easier to pronounce FML...

same here. for the lat hslf year i havent talked in class its so much pressure but i need to to overcome the fear...

Cheers for the advice, found out today that the slt centre is very near my town so I'll be ringing them today to arrange an appointment. It's weird that im not nervous about the phone call (I usually ...

I stuttered as a child/YA, but went into "remission" until my late 20's (stress of college, marriage, and being a father caused a relapse). As such I didn't experience the usual shame associated with...

I am in the same situation, when talking to recruiters I am trying to calm myself down but new questions and time constraints are making situation worse. I am thinking to read aloud for 30 min daily a...

Stutter really beginning to get me down

Stutter really beginning to get me down Hi everyone, I've been a stammerer ever since I was a little kid, apparently it was quite bad as a child but seemed to improve through my teenage years, almost ...

I feel you pain. I'm sure we can all sympathize with feeling closed off from the world. Struggling with tasks that come naturally to others is emotionally taxing. Last year I was interviewing for jo...

It seems to me like the interviewer wasn't trying to be rude. I think that he was at first wondering if the stuttering was purely because of stress for the interview and that later he was trying to ma...

Insulted for stuttering during an interview

Insulted for stuttering during an interview I'm a medical student applying for radiology residency. Yesterday, an interviewer interrupted me while speaking and asked if I "normally stuttered." I get o...

You are correct about stuttering falling under the ADA. This can be tricky though, since "talking to people" may reasonably be considered an "essential job function" (depends on the job), in which cas...

Speaking fluently at medical school interviews. Weird situation!

Speaking fluently at medical school interviews. Weird situation! A little about me. I'm in my late 20s. I have always had a stutter as a child. It went away in high school when I had lots of friends a...