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I'm definitely someone that goes for the app or face to face because it's easier but I strongly recommend just toughing it out every now and then just so you know you can. That way a dislike doesn't ...

Hey! I tried posting the links but having difficulty doing so. But go to YouTube and look up Chase Gillis, he is a stutter coach and has helped me tremendously! He helps those to overcome their stutte...

I can’t count how many times women told me I was super confident and awesome because I didn’t hide my stuttering. Overt stuttering in a guy or girl is a sign of confidence. Otherwise they’d be hiding ...

>"They also clearly state in the training to talk smoothly and not to stutter which scared me even more" if you don't quit, it would be easier if you allow yourself to sutter a little. The more yo...

Expanding on this- the pain you feel doesn’t and has never come from a stutter itself, has it? Or does it come at night when you replay your day and think of all the opportunities you wanted to say wh...

Can you flip the script? If you're already ok with quitting and it's not a financial issue for you, this is a unique opportunity where you get to practice speech with many different people that you'll...

I’ve been stuttering since 8yrs due to a mild stroke I’m 24 now but the thing I’ve found most helpful (I’ve tried all the things you’ve mentioned as well but it’s escapism in a sense) is easing the te...

I felt the same way back in high school man, that was awful. Honestly though I was hardly able to talk. I think just continuing to push yourself into the more uncomfortable zones help you a lot. I’ve ...

The vicious thing with stuttering is that it is often a self-enforcing loop. When you stutter, you feel bad and can get a little bit insecure. This can lead to more stutters because you feel worse. It...

This is actually very helpful. Once I started noticing the stutters I started talking to myself out loud more and I noticed I only stutter around other people. I think it’s more psychological at this ...

Here's a way to tell whether your stutter is psychological or structural (i.e. a problem in your brain that you can see on imaging): Go some place where no one is around and talk to yourself out loud...

facing the stutter head on has helped me cope too....

First of all, CONGRATULATIONS on the pastry school. Second, YOU ARE GOING TO BE FINE!!!! This is what I did, my first and last name both start with a "P". I practiced saying my name every day for 2 ...

Avoidance is really bad for your stuttering, I 100% agree with you that facing it is the best thing to do...

Own it . Tell them first you stutter then try and say the words . Use the fact that they know your stutter to work on techniques take as long as you need they are giving you an enviorment to practice...

Has anyone else ever laughed in the middle of a bad block or just found a block hilarious for no reason?

Has anyone else ever laughed in the middle of a bad block or just found a block hilarious for no reason? I don’t know if it’s some weird coping mechanism or if COVID has made me crazy, but recently I’...

I would possibly check into trying therapy again! Lots of things have changed in fluency therapy recently. We focus on strategies to enhance fluency and make speaking situations more comfortable, rath...

Has anyone else here pretended to be mute so they don't need to talk?

Has anyone else here pretended to be mute so they don't need to talk? As the title already suggests I do that sometimes. Usually just for buying tickets or ordering food when I am alone. I even played...

Yours might be different to mine. But I most keep me to a mild to moderate stutter by a a mixture of exposure therapy and anxiety reduction. I don't think any stutter is 100% curable. It can reach a ...

Irrelevant, but if you try to stutter then you're not stuttering?...