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Here's a question I want you to ask yourself: What's more embarassing? Stuttering or speaking slowly? By saying to yourself ''Today I will speak slowly the whole day'' you're setting yourself an unre...

Related to the video: speaking slowly is simple to do, but it's hard (embaressment). To step over the activation threshold, I could make this step easier. Eg. Steps: 1. Testing to reallife: - I c...

By blocking, do you mean essentially coming to a "road block". Like the word you're trying to say won't come out? I have that occasionally but I use a lot of "bridge" words to get me through. The bes...

Thank you for your insight. Sounds like you are doing very well! That's awesome. Being open about that would probably help me too. I often tell myself to now introduce myself as a stutterer to all ne...

I did one at end of bachelors, end of masters and now frequently during my PhD. People know I stutter but it isn't that bad in general (have bad days though). For my bachelor's I didn't mention it to ...

I don't stutter at all when talking to myself, makes these exercises that SLTs suggest kinda ineffective. Probs some subconscious performance anxiety/ the need to project your voice/ time pressure t...

Do you stutter less when you're by yourself?

Do you stutter less when you're by yourself? I was wondering, why is it that when I'm by myself I stutter significantly less? Like when I order food at a drive thru i'll stutter, but as soon as I dri...

Well that's a question I ask myself often actually! I'd love to be more open about it but couldn't make the jump yet. Was even thinking of a tattoo on my handshaking-arm to just force it lol To be cle...

Ah, well what I mean is that it's not something that's willingly chosen to do. Like another user responded, "coping mechanism" is a better way to put it. I know I shouldn't worry about it tho. Blockin...

Do you think blocking is a learned behavior?

Do you think blocking is a learned behavior? Lately I've been paying close attention to how I stutter and block on words. Blocking is considered a primary stuttering behavior but I was thinking to mys...

With stuttering, it’s very hard to tell jokes or stories because blocks can kill the momentum. This can be very frustrating with it happening repeatedly. I experience this when I’m in class and want t...

Keep in mind they can afford a quality speech therapist every single day and on call 24/7. Doesn't sound that amazing. I have a stutter but only my family/close friends know I have it. I speak to like...

Very good insight and thank you, brethren. This may sound crazy but when I started working for this company, I had a warehouse gig and there were something like 20 or so employees. That was in 2010 an...

woah, we are brothers from another mother! i am also 30, male, life-long stutterer, and i started a new job in june. boy, it was (is) tough -- meeting tons of new people, new environment, my blocking...

I feel your pain. I like to let out a deep sigh when something like that happens and I just try to forget about it. Think about it. How many memories of stuttering can you think of in the past couple ...

Social anxiety and stutter getting worse

Social anxiety and stutter getting worse First time posting in this sub so howdy everyone. 30 year old male and I've stuttered all my life. I never really cared about it up until when adulthood real...

I use avoidance strategies too. It's not that I do this constantly, but everytime when I am under pressure it becomes more natural to substitute words. Maybe I judge my friend to much, because I am mo...

I also use the avoidance strategies when I need to give presentations for class or need to talk in a more stressful/important situation. With my friends I guess I started putting less effort into it b...

One of my childhood *friends* and classmate was a stutterer aswell (though less severe than mine). We never talked about it, as we were kids at the time. As we got older, he ended up bullying me (not ...

A friend I have known for 20 years stutters. I have blockage and his is more of a repetitive stammer. It’s nice to vent with someone in real life. I can hide my stutter if I am really selective abo...