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I Live NYC btw And I never new that stutter was considered a disability imma check that out thank you I am currently in mental health therapy for a year and half now Speech therapy I only did for ...

No Fap if you have a porn addiction. Masturbation is a healthy natural part of life but as with everything too much of something is bad. If you cannot control yourself to the point that you have to in...

All of that tightness comes from trying to not stutter. If you weren't trying to be fluent all the time you couldn't be blocking and you wouldn't have tightness. Of course this is easier said than don...

Yep, it was a real specialist in stuttering where I did speech therapy. I am going to see my doctor, he can also help me a little with this. The constant muscle tightness I can’t really say a lot abou...

What therapy have you tried? Was it with a Speech Language Pathologist who specializes in stuttering? Many times speech therapy is attempted by psychologists who are not trained in the field. This i...

>*"I am 20 and have started with a new speech therapist over the course of the last year and throughout sessions I get reminded continuously fluency should not be the goal and things similar to tha...

Thanks for sharing. You make a good point about the pandemic. For me I wonder if stress and grief has made mine worse. I need to start speech therapy again. Sigh ...I also deal with fears of what othe...

I feel you on this. I've gotten paid dramatically less then those who had far less experience then me. Even tho I had to fix there fuck ups, they were getting paid more then me cause more social. I ha...

Lol I am in speech therapy I knew one of the "you're still young" comments were coming let's say I'm 30 and I am in the same position what will you say then? you can't use the "you're still young" ...

You're still very early stage in your life. I wish, I have gone to speech therapy at that age. I know you feel miss out on life. In retrospect you have. But you do have your twenties to look forward t...

What helped for me was going to speech therapy for a while (a couple of years) AND learning to not care about my stutter. To truly adopt the attitude of “If I stutter then it’s no big deal,” Much easi...

I'm 20, living with my parents. I have decent savings but could have more. I have had a great job for close to two years and will be going into another one hopefully soon. I may also go to uni or col...

I tried hypnotherapy! It definitely helped me in introducing myself, but didn’t eliminate the problem. It helped me remove a layer of anxiety in meeting new people when I have to say my name, but I st...

May I ask? What treatments have you tried to achieve fluency? ​ Rule 3: Posts promoting the treatment must include research or evidence based practice. No cures. There is no known cure fo...

I admire your tenacity and confidence. You might consider discussing with a speech therapist first to make sure this approach aligns with your goals and current circumstances, and to make sure you hav...

For other people who stutter, if you also want to simulate Exposure Therapy (which is a form of psychotherapy) but without having a therapist yourself. Then self-therapy (according to [researchers](ht...

This is exactly what good stuttering therapy can help with. You're correct in identifying the reason for your trouble with eye contact: shame. I don't know how long this has been a problem but it migh...

IME it's fear. You may want to seek psychotherapy and maybe you and a therapist can figure out a way to tackle it. Try not to lose hope. It's hard trying to reverse decade(s) of behavior!...

I decided a year ago to put myself out there more. I can only speak for myself, and I am very conscious that other people have unfortunately made the same decision as me and gone on to have negative ...

It's called exposure therapy. Keen on doing it, especially with the help of a professional and you may go a long way...