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I successfully hid my stutter by giving up talking or flat out lying. (Ordering food I hated, using my middle name, pretending to forget etc) The laughs of others can be legitimate nervous laughter...

For reference, many many SLP do not even know the true depth of a complex dysfluency. I don’t know about you, but I *spent* most of my time trying to hide my stutter. I got very good at this (mostly...

I feel you buddy. I'm 28 and definitely still struggle with the worst blocks. I just launched the first Slack-based stuttering community for professionals who stutter and we have over 150+ members alr...

Hey! I completely understand and feel what you're going through. When we're excited or need to say something important, we seem to stutter the most - it's honestly really frustrating as a person who s...

During presentations in college, I would start with “I stutter, so might as well get comfortable cause this may take a while”.. always lightened up the room and took the edge off even more...

I don't like the phrase "working on" though because it kind of implies if you have a stutter you're just too lazy to fix it....

Hey! We talk about this all the time in the stuttering community I launched just a few months ago. It's the first Slack-based community specifically for professionals who stutter and is totally free t...

This is all very classic impactful dysfluency (blocking, esp on things you have to say, like your name). A hard silent block is based on fear of people hearing your repetitions, imperfections - the ...

I even let them know some of my secondary behaviors. A lot of people know how a typical stutter looks like but they do not know secondary behaviors....

I typically do. I've also never had an issue with employment due to my speech. In college, I always let my professors know and it was registered as a disability with the school as well. Most the time...

disclosing your stutter can help .. most time your audience don't know how to react when you start stuttering. From their perspective, they might be smiling politely, but to the stutterer, it might fe...

This is a very insightful and informed response. Until and unless they know what’s going on, they get the benefit of the doubt. Disclose your stuttering!...

Have you ever said “hey guys, ya know when I have those pauses and repeats? I’m actually just tryna be a DJ.” *after they laugh WITH you* “You guys have always been great, but I do really struggle w...

Two things can be true at the same time 1. It hurts like hell. 2. If we haven’t disclosed in some way, it’s not their fault, or evidence they are laughing at our “disability”/difference. Now, if ...

I think it's quicker and easier to just say a few words that you have said many times before that you know you won't stutter on. I have a hard time with "new" words that I wouldn't normally use in my ...

Some ppl in this sub will tell you to embrace your stutter or just “don’t care what others think”. If you could do that, you would. Others may suggest you make spreadsheets, charts and graphs to an...

Personally, I got off psych meds and after, found a great pOdcast from a SLP/PWS. I learned a few very important things - one was that talking is a fine motor skill, and like them all, gets messier t...

Hi, I stutter (24m) and I’m currently in college and went through this. Tbh I just stuttered and said my name, I didn’t even disclose that I stutter bc honestly they could already tell hahahaha. No on...

You can just say your name and that you don't like talking in public because you have a stutter. As much as you feel comfortable saying. Or even tell the lecturers your feelings and ask them to in...

Depending on what the intros consist of, you can address it (own it) right then and there. _Hi I'm bananalizard. I'm from Walla Walla, I play basketball, I have a stutter._ if you're up to it you can...