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Same, in my writing I "sound" literate, when I speak I either mix up a lot of words because I wanna avoid blocks or I stutter...

I feel that I write a lot, I keep a lil notebook and I write a lot. I think it helps me say my words back to myself as a means of self reflection. Like when you speak about yourself to another person,...

Same here! My stutter is AWFUL, so I often say the bare minimum I need to and I don't often let my personality through to avoid stuttering as much as possible. However, I'm very expressive and talkati...

Does anyone else feel like their writing self is completely different from their speaking selves?

Does anyone else feel like their writing self is completely different from their speaking selves? Whenever I'm trying in vain to have a conversation with someone, they're probably thinking who's this ...

Dude. I’m just going to skip to the harsh truth. YOU are the one reacting to your stutter. Not them. You say you can “see the twitch” and so on. Yes, I understand, they are surprised. Most people do...

Maybe in a different life

Maybe in a different life I'm about to finish my degree, 3 years, and I can remember all of it. Every single person, every single sentence uttered or just barely spoken, every missed opportunity, ever...

Well, for starters, I would lose all the excess weight. That in itself will go a long ways in helping get your confidence and self esteem back, which will in turn make it easier for you to socialize. ...

You have a very classic covert stutter which is ultimately fear-based, and you are clearly describing the PTSD element involved for many covert stutterers. Check out my profile for a post on this su...

The reason is because blocking is a fear-based maladaptive attempt to not let others hear your repetitions. Once you let others hhhhear them, the panic/pressure dramatically drops....

im gonna kill myself bc of this fucking stutter.

im gonna kill myself bc of this fucking stutter. i cant take it anymore everyday this demon called stutter makes my life even worser and worser my friends laugh at me cuz they are lucky to dont have ...

I'm someone who usually cannot pass as fluent for more than a few sentences, but a while back I did an intensive speech therapy that left me much more fluent for a pretty long time (not perfectly so, ...

Yeah, that's definitely a good idea that I've done on occasion, but the problem is that I don't make the conventional stuttering noise of elongating sounds. I experience blocks where no noise comes ou...

I just started a new job yesterday, and I had to meet so many new people, which unfortunately brought up the dreaded question of what's your name? I had about 40% success, meaning that it only took 1 ...

I know exactly how you feel, I have had a stammer all my life. I have learned to hide it well but it puts a great strain on you and people do not understand how much of a disability it is. All you sai...

Tricks that really work for me

Tricks that really work for me 1) if you know that you will likely block severely in the middle of a sentence, fake-stutter at the beginning of the sentence. For some reason this prevents the block, ...

I agree! Before I go out I always try to say Bye Mom or Bye Dad, but no matter how much I tried I couldn’t say the B word first. So now I say Dad bye mom bye. To other people it must be unnoticeable b...

Yeah, not having to hide it around people definitely helps to stop the pressure of not getting certain words and phrases out. Thanks for the advice....

Yeah, I know that feeling of finally getting it out when you're too far away all too well 😂😂. Getting it out is at least a victory anyway in my eyes (even if it is too far away or too late 😂)....

Thanks for the advice, I usually nod my head to people because it's common in British culture, but today was weird because I got so caught up trying to say thank you that I couldn't think about anythi...

I've never thought of the mouthing technique before. Thanks for the advice. Stuttering allows all of us to become very crafty at creating techniques to try and manage it. It's something that fluent sp...