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#####	 ######	 ####	 [**Spotlight effect**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight%20effect): [](#sfw) --- >The __spotlight effect__ is a common form of [social anx...

I'm also 17 and a senior. I can definitely relate to your free. Something that helped me get over it is learning about the spotlight effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_effect The reality...

I'm 20. In University, and studying to be a teacher. I have a pretty outgoing personality and have a stutter. Sometimes I think that was the world's way of keeping me at bay, I probably shouldn't say ...

How can I get over my fear of my stutter?

How can I get over my fear of my stutter? Hi there, I just stumbled upon this subreddit and figured I could ask for advice. I'm 17, a senior in high school and I've been stuttering my whole life. High...

What if your brought in forcefully. Ah here is him! He knows about it! Tell us! I find that I stutter more when Im taken by surprise. ...

I understand where PrinceofTruth is coming from (as you might tell from my own post). I don't like to make assumptions, but here goes (anyone correct me if I'm totally off). It might help in putting P...

I am the exact same way. I have doctor's appointment for my mild-to-moderate stutter and I am going to get anxiety pills as well. I took xanax once to self-medicate and was amazed at how much it helpe...

I've been abusing xanax for years because I believe it greatly lessens my stutter. I wish I could get a prescription but I've never been able to get it. I've had a sever stutter my entire life. The ...

Anyone here any experience with xanex and it's affect, if any, on their stutter?

Anyone here any experience with xanex and it's affect, if any, on their stutter? I've had a mild stutter most of my life but it had gotten quite bad over the past 6 months, mainly due to stress/anxiet...

Obviously depends on the professor, but I would imagine most would be quite understanding of it. I mean I didnt just not have to do it and get 100%, she gave me the option of writing a paper instead ...

Would the prof really let it go because of having a stutter? I'm about go off to college and the whole speech thing scares the shit out of me....

Oh yeah, absolutely. All the bloody time. Sometimes I have a great joke but I am afraid to deliver it because I know I am going to stutter and everyone has to awkwardly laugh even if they didn't under...

I’m kind of the same way. Pretty funny that it should show up in online discussion, where the stutter itself should really have no impact. But when you have a fear that you will be unable to defend y...

Constantly. It also has an impact on my joining online discussions. I think this is self esteem related - I don't want to come across as an idiot. ...

Does your stutter make you hesitate or second guess taking part in a conversation?

Does your stutter make you hesitate or second guess taking part in a conversation? I realized today that the reason I'm a quiet person now (I was a lively person before) is that now I don't really tak...

What do you make of the inner conflicts parts? The pull of wanting to speak against the counterpull of fear/whatever it is for you....

No, I was asking you. If i were in your shoes, i'd try to think calmly but on the inside i would be really anxious....

21/m here stutterer for 12 years. I never really went to a speech therapist, just that one time when I was 13/14. My parents where concerned that sometimes I had blocks and stumbled upon my words. Ba...

Have you always been more afraid of missing out than going through the pain of putting yourself in difficult situations?...

First of all - any sort of communicating and talking about your problem is a ~~good~~ great thing. Even this could be the first step to make your life better. Stuttering is horrible, but isolation i...