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I think we all stutter on our names.. it's one of the very few words that you can't substitute another word for and it causes speaking stress and anxiety and almost guarantees a block. I've read A...

Had this happen one too many times lol. I usually say “Hello my name is ____” usually gives me time and I don’t think about the name as much. Another technique I use is to say my nickname, I know it’s...

Is your name "related" to your problematic letters/syllables?

Is your name "related" to your problematic letters/syllables? Everyone has their different letters/syllables that create problems or blocks. Some people stutter on vowels, so a-e-i-o-u, I stutter on l...

Once in a while I will still block on it, but if I do, I can always get around it by saying "My name is \_\_\_\_\_\_."...

Fortunately, I almost never block on my name anymore. When I used to, people asked me if I forgot my name....

Ice breakers are my sworn enemy for this reason. I’m a lawyer so I clearly have to be SOMEWHAT smart but when it comes to an introduction I sound like a dithering idiot....

Same. When someone asks me my kid’s name I’m like oh god I look like I forgot it because I block completely at times....

I use to have a problem on my last name. So on the occasion when someone asked me my last name, I would say my first and my last name. Weird workarounds....

Me: "okay, time to introduce myself and make a good first impression" My stutter: "yo name, I'm really happy for you, Imma let you finish b-b-b-but"...

I changed my name by deed poll when I was 18, just for this very reason, bit desperate but it worked, Ive never blocked on the name I changed it to...

For me there was never “feared words” as much as sound combinations that I could feeling coming from a block away. And I could feel them but I’m not sure I knew enough to fear them in any organized wa...

I wonder why it's so common among us? I just use my alt name whenever I feel a block...

I want to agree with you, but I can't. Well not fully. I feel that we fear those words because they have been historically difficult for us to say. "remember" is one for me....

Totally get this. My name, the names of my kids and husband… sometimes I act like I didn’t hear them asking lol...

It’s always the name. It’s the one thing we cannot find a workaround, lol. Stuttering is so insidious. ‘My name is .. ‘ helps for me, to give some runway. Or just say it with eye contact....

It sucks that I stutter on my name

It sucks that I stutter on my name So I'm part of a local community group and we have monthly meetings. At each meeting we have been introducing ourselves. It's stressful for me but I've pushed myself...

Calls are my nightmare

Calls are my nightmare When I get calls I have in my mind what to say but then I can’t say anything because oh wait my brain holds me hostage and so it’s crickets in the call.I feel like an asshole be...

What should I do?

What should I do? This is my first year in community college and I have majority of college classes online but only have one in person at 10AM and the teacher expects us to be sociable and always want...

Yes, I just can’t physically start off with the ‘G’… I think my brain thinks that when I say the ‘G’, I’ll block on TT. Idk what to do.. Sadly everyone in the lab here says GTT, so I don’t think have...

I’m in the medical field also (nurse practitioner). Yes, I struggle also. Have you considered making a hybrid of the words? Example glucose tt. Is it “hard” first part that is hard for you?...