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I don't run into a lot of other stutterers. Which like you said it's like putting a mirror in front of yourself and then seeing someone go through that same shame/humiliation is hard to see because I ...

I dunno, the first other stutterer I met was someone at the same age as me. We were at a house party drinking so that probably helped me not mind it so much. Tbh we talked about stuttering differences...

Appreciated, I'll work on it...

Thanks I'll be sure to try this out...

How much contact with other people who stutter do you have in real life? I used to be like that but for the past ten years I met and talked to more than a hundred different people who stutter and beca...

I am a SLP, although I do mostly research now and dont do as much clinical practice...

I know how you feel. When I was young there were 2 other stutterers in my class. I never talked to them. Not even once. Now I feel bad about myself. We could have been best friends. lol...

I thought I was the only one. For the most part, it bothers me because I start feeling the struggle of how hard it can be to get some words out. When I see the physical strain that they are having, I...

It is very uncomfortable to be around other people with a stutter for me, unfortunately. ...

I think it's weird/painful to hear other people stutter because you personally know the struggle and/or other emotion they're going through at that time; be it embarrassment, humiliation, etc....

Yah, like my first reaction is to say, "spit it out". But that would just be wrong and I feel bad...

First time I heard another stutterer was on a stuttering video of sorts and I wad shocked at how hard it was for me to not laugh at the person...I felt so bad......

Hearing other stutterers

Hearing other stutterers I have had my stutter my whole life, and it comes and goes with how hard it is to talk but I just don't know if I am the only one who feels this way... It really bothers me wh...

Gentle onsets really helped me. This is not so much talking slower, as analyzing and practicing each of those starting sounds to break down how they are formed. For example, with the "g", start out ...

I suffer from blocks like this too, but usually on vowels like E. Sometimes focusing on your enunciation can help. Try hardening those sounds, or softening them, like a softer "g" more like a "j". ...

Trouble with some words/letters

Trouble with some words/letters 23 year old male * I had some issues stuttering when young and I saw a speech pathologist a few times at 10-12 years or so. * The problem that has haunted me in the...

I got old. Lol. In my 20s, I obsessed about every word long before I said it. I am now 45 and it is what it is....

I agree with this 100%, I am someone who has social anxiety, and it exists even with my best friends. I never feel fully comfortable talking to anyone and have apprehension before even hanging out wit...

I went and got a bachelors degree in CSD (speech therapy). The class on fluency disorders was vital to my acceptance. Coming to understand he nature of the disability and techniques and theories for f...

Seconded. This has been a topic if multiple discussions, becoming an slp when you're also a pws...