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I don't mind ordering from places as long as they have combo numbers and I can do it face to face. If I have to order individual items or talk through a speaker, forget it lol...

A smile and a nod usually does the trick in a pinch. Can't really use it to thank your professor for giving you a makeup test though haha (yes I'm speaking from experience here)...

I used to use these a lot because I hated ordering food. But I decided to make it a challenge and order from people, so it's like every time I order food it's a positive form of therapy. It's still ...

Instead of walking through the door. You can stand still by the exit and say thank you(if the block does not last too long), or try shaking their hand. This can seem a little strange, but it is better...

Does this happen to anyone else?

Does this happen to anyone else? Ok, so I have stuttered for as long as I can remember. Even though I do still stutter, 1) it's not nearly as bad as it was when I was a kid, and 2) I've conditioned m...

I don't think I have any lack of ability to express myself through speech, but I also assume the stutter is part of why I developed strong writing skills....

I just go all-out when writing to people I know via email or text in the hope they'll notice I don't actually have the charisma of a potato. That's doubly frustrating when people *do* say they love re...

Well it's not like they'd put me in jail for not saying goodbye. The problem is, everyone else does it and people kinda expect you to do the same for the sake of being polite. I don't want people to ...

This is tough. I used to pick and choose my moments to chime in or wait until I got into flow state and express myself. Now I just kind of talk regardless and if it doesn't come out how I wanted to, I...

How do you compensate for your lack of self-expression through speech?

How do you compensate for your lack of self-expression through speech? With a limited ability to speak, how are you able to express yourself in other ways?...

I feel the same way. My stutter has been passed on from generation to generation going back to my grandfather but my dad and him grew out of it or got it down to where it's super mild. My half siste...

Y'know, saying stuff like "I'm gonna head home guys, thanks for tonight" or even simpler ones like "See you later". It's relevant because people expect you to say those kind of things when leaving so...

On leaving gatherings

On leaving gatherings Do you guys ever find yourself going to social gatherings with the best intentions but end up staying longer than you'd really like because you're worried about having to say pro...

I usually use "word substitution" if I have no patience or time to stutter. ...

I'm young but I work as a finance admin assistant doing filing and sorting for a business's finance department. Every time I go to work I say "Good morning, how are you?" and make sure I have a small ...

I do quite frequently. Sometimes it's really the only way I can speak. I'm often complimented for my large vocabulary. No one really knows it's a defensive mechanism. I don't mind stuttering as much a...

I used to word swap all the time but I felt so dumb. So lately I've just said fuck it and let people wait. They know I stutter, so a small little stutter is the same as a long one....

Covert stuttering is when you hide your stutter so well no one knows you stutter. It's a lot of stress and burden. They do a lot of word substitution. ...

It's not so much "a stutter" as it is "a thing that can be used". It can become part of the stuttering complex, though - constantly dodging problematic words, possibly losing sentence coherence, by ha...

Very common. It's why people think I'm fluent. I've heard it called "covert stuttering" too....