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What are some analogies you use to try to explain how stuttering feels?

What are some analogies you use to try to explain how stuttering feels? I've always described it as trying my best to keep my head above water when I dont know how to swim. Sometimes I'm just under wa...

I feel worthless and unlovable

I feel worthless and unlovable I’ve always found it so hard to cultivate friendships, much less romantic relationships. I met my crush on vacation, and we hung out for two days. I'm a socially anxious...

Yes, it does. Doesn’t matter how confident or masochistic your approach is to stuttering as a whole. You always have to deal with external problems.....

What you said is not wrong, but on the other hand let's say I'm 100% positive that I have the stuttering genes and decided to have a baby wouldn't that be injustice to that child? I know he will stutt...

A curse, but sometimes I think a blessing.

A curse, but sometimes I think a blessing. I've been stuttering all my life, and hated every bit of it. And get so angry sometimes if I can't get a specific word out that I needed for a sentence, that...

If I asked you how you ”unlearned” such a critical skill in the first place, you probably wouldn’t have a good answer. I think a more likely situation is that it’s a complex handicap affected by a la...

any doctors here who stutter?

any doctors here who stutter? Hey, I am a 3rd year medical student about to start rotations. I stutter pretty " well" and consider my stutter moderate-severe . for lack of a better way of saying it I ...

My uncle has a severe stutter and is almost a depressed recluse because of it. I've said to him more than once, if I was in his position, I would learn sign language and just pretend I couldn't sp...

No, what you'll find is regret that you didn't stand up for yourself. You'll replay that moment in your head over and over again. You'll think about what you wish you had said or done. And it will con...

I feel cursed and helpless

I feel cursed and helpless There is not a single day that I don't think about my condition and how it makes my life so miserable. Everything started when I was a little kid, a different kid that didn'...

I have brought out this same topic in many past stutter message boards!!! We could be responsible for someone living or dying...imagine if a totally severe stutter person had to call 911 for someone...

Same here! For very short times it’s so mild I completely forget about it, other times it takes over my mind/life day and night....

I went through this process in a different way, I have anxiety like a lot here and having to talk to somebody I didn't know/go out often brought me to tears but I got depressed and planned to die in a...

Are we an easier target for bullies since we can’t defend ourselves?

Are we an easier target for bullies since we can’t defend ourselves? Are we an easier target for bullies, not because we stutter, but because we can’t (or can hardly) defend ourselves? Let’s say your ...

Think of something you dont need to speak while doing it I have the same issue not even with a severe stutter and i still feel i dont get the recognition i deserved or that i was looking for because o...

Yeah man exactly. I've been through that all my life also, and have had horrendous experiences..but at my age even though I'm younger than you by almost 20 years I'm burnt out and done with life.. I u...

That's true. In the past people have thought I was having a stroke or some kind of manic attack because my blocks are so severe & sometimes I start spitting even. It's horrendous. So you think I sho...

Your 100% right brother. Everybody should ask for help and accept themselves. But for me & the masculinity thing it doesn't make sense ill admit. But it's still another thing that makes me feel innept...

Thank you! And glad to hear you are in a better place now Unfortunately there isn’t a support group nearby and as i mentioned in the post i rarely have time to go out and meet people. All i want is t...

I can’t take it anymore

I can’t take it anymore I have a severe stutter and I am becoming 99% nonverbal because of panic and severe anxiety. I know at this point it’s not the stuttering itself; it’s the trauma building up...