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I feel like my ability to effectively communicate is worsening day by day and I'm becoming Anti-Social, I don't feel like talking in front of strangers. Will speech therapy help?

I feel like my ability to effectively communicate is worsening day by day and I'm becoming Anti-Social, I don't feel like talking in front of strangers. Will speech therapy help? Stutter was moderate ...

I get that. I’m actually suspected of selective mutism caused by severe anxiety around stuttering. When I was 13-15 I didn’t talk at all unless I was completely alone, and now I only say responses con...

When I was a teen, I stopped talking at school. Think about selective mutism, but voluntary. Retrospectively, it could be one of the factors why I went fluent — no speech = no stutter reinforcement...

No, what held me back was thinking fluency was the goal, and that achieving fluency would solve all of my problems. This mindset is very dangerous, because it automatically sets you up for failure or,...

Acceptance is actually not that hard, and it's a better alternative to spending the rest of your life hiding your stutter or exhausting yourself every time you talk by having to constantly focus on us...

Social life

Social life I'm miles away from home, and finding it tough to make and maintain new friends. I guess most people who stutter have a similar experience. Talking is mentally and physically so exhausting...

Exactly! If you have blocks when talking to people and the only thing causing the problem is fear of others judging you, practicing by yourself will have no positive impact....

No, they generally know nothing about the stuttering condition. Childhood onset fluency disorder is primarly a psychological disorder—not a speaking one. If you are looking for help, I highly recommen...

Is speech therapy worth it? Worth the cost?

Is speech therapy worth it? Worth the cost? I'm almost nearing my 30s/F and I have never been to speech therapy. I don't speak in English to my parents but rather in Vietnamese and I definitely feel ...

How do I have un-awkward conversations

How do I have un-awkward conversations Every single conversation i have has to be awkward obv bcs i stutter. How do i have normal conversations despite stuttering coz am done with this....

I’ve known multiple SLP’s who had no idea my hard silent blocks and awkward word avoidances were because I’m a covert stutterer. We cannot expect strangers on the street to know. But there absolu...

expressing myself on blocks

expressing myself on blocks I’m already depressed and speech block lowers my self esteem even more. When I look back, all I see are missed opportunities and hiding from the real world. I am 23 now, r...

Emotions from childhood and stuttering

Emotions from childhood and stuttering Hey all, I had a few behaviour patterns in my childhood, which I think are linked to stuttering. I was really afraid of people. And not only afraid, I had a re...

Love this post, thank you for sharing! I had a similar idea a few times, like should I just let it go and let repetitions happen? But I must admit I always chicken out when it comes to actually doing...

Everyone speaker has repetitions and prolongations. Some people have more. Some people develop anxiety about others hearing them, and then develop a sophisticated system of avoidance behaviors ...

Every aspect of your story is extremely common and it’s called a Covert Stutter , and that’s good news because it means there are actually way for you to be able to speak your own name. The most he...

Why don't I stutter when feeling confident or if I know that no one's judging me?

Why don't I stutter when feeling confident or if I know that no one's judging me? For context. I'm 19M, finished high school. when I hit 11, I began to stutter suddenly. i had never stuttered before t...

I hate the fact that out of all my siblings I am the one stuck suttering.

I hate the fact that out of all my siblings I am the one stuck suttering. I (15 f) have 4 siblings. And for some reason I had to be the one stuck with the stutter. I already have trouble pronouncing ...

Looking for helpful tips

Looking for helpful tips Let me start off by saying that i am a seasoned stutterer. I am 34 and i have had this thing since i could talk. When i was younger, it never registered to me that having diff...

Never going to get a job

Never going to get a job I can't do this anymore. I just bombed another phone interview. I graduated two years ago, and I'm still jobless. I can't seem to get past the initial phone screening interv...