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Yep, exactly the same here. When I'm with family or friends and I'm feeling comfortable and relaxed, I don't stutter. On the phone or talking to strangers in person? Horribly bad stutter...

I'll be honest, I was not able to get through your article at the moment because I'm on vacation with family and chasing my 1 year old around. What I did read of it I liked though. It's very thoughtfu...

Yeah, I always stutter a lot more when I'm nervous or I'm reading something scripted....

giving oral presentations is a skill regardless of whether one stutters or not. The best way to learn to manage stuttering while giving oral presentations is to give oral presentations. There is not...

Yeah its completely normal. When your hanging with friends you don't care if you stutter, versus at work you might care it will effect your job performance or something....

Pretty much the same for me. When I am able to speak without stuttering it happens by accident. If I concentrate on my speech I am more likely to stutter. If I'm with friends feeling relaxed I quite r...

Dropping out of university for fear of oral presentations seems a bit extreme to me. Taking some time to get perspective might be good. Perhaps you should email the professor to find out the requireme...

I just about froze up completely during a presentation in English. My friends knew what was up. They didn't give me a hard time about it and by tomorrow, it may as well have been forgotten. ...

I work at a McAlisters Deli as a cashier and i know exactly what you mean and feel. I have this one older guy that comes in like every day that has a stutter too we love how irritated people get when ...

dropping out is probably only going to make things a lot worse, including your fear. What I hear a lot of professionals who stutter tell me what helps them is they practice like crazy and really make...

I'm in the same boat brother, I was always the one who would sit at the back of the class (in the corner) and try hide behind the people in front of me so I would not get asked a question. I always dr...

Check this thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/1pzmdw/to_those_of_you_who_stutter_what_is_the_ideal_way/ my reply to your question is posted in there if you want to look. But it sounds l...

Yes i am having this exact problem. I've been stuttering since i was a kid but only recently have i started to have major problems with saying my own name. I have avoided introducing myself to people ...

Just plow through it head on. I'm exactly where you are. Maybe we're suckers for punishment, but I too have purposely found jobs where communication is important. I used to work as a journalist; imag...

Yes a new job brings out the worst of my stutter that's for sure. How to deal with it? That's a tough one and I'm still trying to work this out myself. The phone is an absolute killer for me. You shou...

Oh man I wish that was the case but I do work in fast food and people do get pissed :( I've had to deal with really rude customers telling me all kinds of things about my stuttering! ...

Answering the phone, interrupting people, bringing up a new topic of conversation, or, strangely enough, talking to Siri or Google Now. Basically, if I have to start a dialogue it's difficult (but not...

I don't know enough about you to speculate on why it's happening to you specifically, but a lot of factors can increase a disfluency, such as stress or anxiety or insecurity. For what it's worth, I ...

Yes, everyone knows my stutter I have the option just to do backline away from people or talking but I feel like I'm jut hiding from my problems so I force myself into the other positions. How come I ...

Thanks for both of your comments. I guess acceptance has to happen on several levels; let's say, we can accept that there is little we can do but embrace ourselves with our broken speech, and thus n...