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Go see a qualified stammering therapist. Also take it from someone who knows, don't substitute words. You're forming bad habits you'll eventually have to unlearn and it's hard to unlearn something in...

>I can't get my words out so I change the word into something else That's a common avoidance/dodging tactic, yeah. It's not a sure shot, though, since you might end up stuttering on the word you'r...

Advice Please

Advice Please I have had a on and off stammer for a few years, sometimes it can be gone for 5 months and sometimes it will stay for the same amount of time (I'm 16). It's not really a stammer it's jus...

I think it’s also a bit of the pressure of feeling judged that you can’t even say your name. For me I definitely feel like the more I try not to stutter. The worse I do stutter. Then of course when I...

You don’t want to start avoiding things because of your stammer, that’s just a slippery slope. You can’t let it beat you. Try to get some speech therapy as early as possible, the younger the better, a...

If it's a tool on a path to being comfortable with speaking, that's one thing. But I know a lot of teen stutterers who'd take that control and abuse it to avoid all public speaking situations. And tha...

I wouldn’t say avoidance is the goal...but instead of causing anxiety because the student has no choice but to do a speech I think it’s beneficial to give some control to the student. I started by giv...

I had a mild stutter throughout high school and even now in college. If it was a class that required speaking often or was talkative in nature, I would tell your teachers. In highschool, I usually on...

You should know all of this is completely normal. Most stutterers have physical manifestations, and eyes closing/twitching is probably the most common. I agree with natabean that disclosing your stutt...

Need tips and advice

Need tips and advice I’m currently 12 with a stutter. I suddenly started to stutter back in fifth grade. I was reading to the whole class and all of a sudden I was starting to stammer and stutter. My ...

Sorry, but what did you want to hear? That it's completely our faults that we stutter and we're basically choosing this life? Yes, stuttering sucks. So does Tourette's and any other incurable proble...

One of my favorite definitions is: Stuttering is what you do when you try not to stutter. ...

Thanks for asking, I love this! At this very moment I'm studying in Edinburgh for a semester (but that's already over in about a week) so I've had plenty of time to figure that out. For the first thr...

Yeah you’re right, all eyes on you! My name also starts with an S, and I learned that if I am going to stutter on a word, I should ease into it. Like hi I’m Ssssssssteven. I guess S is one of the lett...

Yes! I’ve always spoken with my hands but since I started working at a desk and talking one on one with customers I’ve started doing it more frequently, as i feel that it helps me get through the conv...

My 'strategy' I've been using for quite some time now: be very open about your stuttering!

My 'strategy' I've been using for quite some time now: be very open about your stuttering! I'm 22 now and I've been stuttering for pretty much my entire life, but my 'level' of stuttering has always f...

The 'level' of my stuttering fluctuates over weeks/months/years but no matter how little I stutter, saying my name is the hardest thing to do. Also, my name is Steven and that's just sadistic for some...

Yeah I’ve tried a number of different approaches. I don’t stutter on any of the other words leading up to my name, just my name. ...

Does it make a difference how you phrase the greeting? Like, "hi, I'm" or "hi, my name is" or "hello - [name]" \*extends hand*... you know, variations in approach?...

Does talking with your hands help you?

Does talking with your hands help you? I started working recently and my job requires me to be speaking constantly (I know yikes lmao), but what I noticed helps keeps my speech flowing and reduces stu...