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I think part of stuttering is all this extra overhead pertaining to our anticipation and perception of words. Many of us are easily able to discern another stutterer (however covert). We pay a lot of ...

The same thing is true for me. Whether I have memorized what is being said or just talking in front of an audience, I speak very fluently. The problem is getting close to people and having individual ...

I work on eliminating avoidance behaviors and on trying to let myself stutter on the sound im afraid of. All that helps reduce the struggle and makes communication smoother and easier....

Nice! I look forward to your vlogs. Yeah the events of today put me in a stuttering "valley". But it's the start of spring break for me so I'll take the day off tomorrow from everything, maybe go for ...

Thanks for your comments! In the past I would ask teachers if I could do verbal/oral assignments 1 on 1 and one time I was allowed to make a documentary (in which I spoke fairly monotonously and tried...

When you go to a restaurant and order the easiest thing to say even though you probably don't want it....

I agree, we shall keep pushing forward. It is really annoying when you have to order something you don't really want....

I usually try not to let myself avoid speaking but sometimes when it's been a hard day things like this are nice :)...

My friends think i really love "apple juice", i don't. In my language saying apple juice is very easy for me, every other drink is hard to say....

You actually bubble in your order with the sharpie - like on a test! -then hand it to server with your name on it. ...

Yes, this happens to me all the time. Usually when ordering food so i end up getting something different than what I wanted. Its very upsetting....

I've lost count how many times I've said I don't know in response to a question I knew the answer to....

Totally agree. I like to tell the bus drivers to have a nice day but I can't so I just say thank you. When they tell me to have a nice day, I can't even say "you too". It kills me every time. ...

Its the little things...

Its the little things... Got a haircut today and the total came to $13.99. When she asked "do you want to close the check at this amount" I felt like a $2.00 tip seemed appropriate. However, I could...

It's the nature of the beast that you don't struggle when talking to yourself in an empty room. I'm a very severe stutterer on bad days, but totally fluent when talking to myself. My advice would be,...

Any tips on getting over my mild stuttering?

Any tips on getting over my mild stuttering? A couple of years ago, my stuttering was kind of bad. However as I grew older, my stuttering naturally went away. Currently, I am a 21 year old guy. Now,...

Keep reading the poems in class! When I was in HS I gave several talks in front of my classroom. The first one was the worst, my knees were shaking, it was hard to start talking, I think that I take ...

That feeling of adrenaline after a presentation is amazing!

That feeling of adrenaline after a presentation is amazing! So I just gave this 5 minute technical presentation for my undergrad engineering course that I've been dreading really badly for a couple we...

Are you in school? High school? College? During high school I avoided presentations at all costs, usually by doing alternative assignments or one-on-one presentations with teachers. In college I didn...

I would recommend not doing this. Sure, it's an attractive option, but sooner or later in life your going to have to present something to someone. Giving presentations in school does seem dreadful, I ...