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First of all: congratulations for being brave and calling yourself. Don’t be ashamed, you tried your best. What I find most useful is not having a preset of what I’m about to say in my mind. I just f...

In this big ever expanding universe do you really think someone give a damn about how you talk? If they make fun of you just ignore them, they are not worth your attention, just do what you want to do...

The older I get, the more leeway I tend to give people for being ignorant…it’s not easy and I’m not saying this is what you should do. But if you otherwise like your job and your boss, consider forgiv...

Thats the thing, i'm usually the most upbeat cheefful person you've ever met. Rarely get caught up in the emotional side of stuttering....

I felt like this when I was a teenager and in my younger twenties. The things that helped me was I found that if I cracked a joke on my speech first and made light of it, it took some of the shame out...

This is great advice. I mean, we need to step into our minds and decide what we want to achieve and whether we let stuttering get in our ways or not. The problem is, that is the hardest part for us to...

I agree this one of the most confusing/frustrating things to wrap my head around. Me personally I think of it as having a mental battle with myself. I will say that its like I have to practice myself ...

I know life doesn't owe me anything and I'm really greatful for that which I do have which makes knowing I may need to learn to adjust not feel like such an unfair task....

This is great and I can wholeheartedly relate so much to it. The applied modeling helped me feel grounded many times over when I'd otherwise fall into a helpless pit. It would snap me out of it just...

Thank you for your comment. How would I practice this? Meditation or self talk? How do I use this advice on a daily basis. How is your speech and do you apply these techniques? How does one remov...

>*" Is this a mindset or a physical thing or?"* The tips provided in the research study are mainly focused on adopting a positive mindset to build tolerance against certain emotions, thoughts or b...

Sweet-Holiday, You might be a teenager but you seem wise beyond your age. Do you think our stuttering has caused us to mature faster? I believe, really, what challenges us makes us stronger. Living wi...

I'd like to add with the maturity and emotional intelligence thing, in my experience (working on my PhD now), most people in college simply don't care, either about the stutter or really what another ...

I'm not sure if I can meet your expectations; I'm just a teenager who considers themselves a 'stutterer.' But I can share some thoughts I have regarding all of this. Firstly, I'd like to start with t...

Tips to improve stuttering from the research study "Adopting a helplessness attitude in PWS" (don't apply sympathetic arousal for motor learning; don't adopt helplessness, whereby we give up on instructing motor execution e.g., because we blame low confidence in this ability over lack of effort)

Tips to improve stuttering from the research study "Adopting a helplessness attitude in PWS" (don't apply sympathetic arousal for motor learning; don't adopt helplessness, whereby we give up on instru...

I hate how you have to not go into a certain frame of mind to NOT stutter

I hate how you have to not go into a certain frame of mind to NOT stutter I hate how you have to go into a certain frame of mind to NOT stutter. I've been a long time stutterer, and I know that the ...

It took me 30 years to be confident in my own skin. Shame, hiding behind things, it sucked. I literally flipped a switch in my head and said “F*ck it. I’m me, F*ck you.” Grab life by the horns a...

That is a great quote from Voltaire. I love it too. When ever I´ am in a good row or plan and my mind says to me "Hey maybe you can do it even better" I remind my self of this. I strongly think that ...

Plus, if you accept thanks to therapy that you might not be able to talk fluently, it is less frustrating to stutter. Frustration can make your stutter worse, and the more you're focusing on stutterin...

Embracing Imperfection: Breaking Free from the Perfectionism Trap

Embracing Imperfection: Breaking Free from the Perfectionism Trap Yesterday was a challenging day for my fluency. I realized it as soon as I woke up and sat down at my computer to start the work day. ...