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What's worse: A lisp or a stutter?

What's worse: A lisp or a stutter? I have a lisp and you guys can't imagine how bad it is, I can't even make a joke without sounding stupid and I've basically never insulted or even friendly roasted s...

Update about my Romeo and Juliey

Update about my Romeo and Juliey Hello everyone! I just have to thank you guys for such sweet comments and that I read every single one and took all of the advice. It really helped me today and I appr...

My almost 3 year old was diagnosed with a neurological stutter.

My almost 3 year old was diagnosed with a neurological stutter. My almost 3 yr old daughter was diagnosed today. She began stuttering not even two weeks ago and it has become severe in just 12 days. S...

Wow, this is interesting. Personally my stutter only occurs when the thought becomes a word, or tries to. But in the past my stuttering has carried over into my piano practice. Sometimes when I would ...

Are you feeling out of breath? How many words can you speak on one breath?

Are you feeling out of breath? How many words can you speak on one breath? I do and I see many people speaking many words in a sentence without problem. When I try to do that I get out of breath and c...

Forcing myself to stutter when I block on a letter or a word.

Forcing myself to stutter when I block on a letter or a word. My speech therapist said that when I block on certain letters or words, instead of forcing them out I should focus on making myself stutte...

Yes, I think because we speak in a more disjointed way, the natural flow of a sentence is disrupted, with the tiny blocks throwing people off....

Does alcohol increase your stuttering?

Does alcohol increase your stuttering? I have noticed that if I've had a beer my stuttering will increase tenfold. That has become such an issue that I'm considering to quit alcohol altogether, which ...

Oh, okay I see. I quite often get a repetitive stutter, for example the word paramount, I’d stutter on the first part, para-para-para... until I’d run out of breath. What works for me here and what mi...

I can relate. I block and somehow get the word out but sometimes I have a severe block( like when someone asks my name)....

I think block is sort of avoid mechanism we developed in order to hide our stuttering.What really bothers me is this mid block stuttering.Its like I can speak the first part of the word but block on t...

Exactly. I would try getting atleast some sound out, try to turn it into a repetition stutter instead. Lot easier to handle....

Like when they ask me my name I block and they’re like ‘hAvE yOu fOrGoTtEn yOuR nAmE??’...

For me, I was blocking because I was afraid of repeating a syllable and embarissing myself. Once I became more comfortable with repetition, my blocks completely disappeared and I now just r-r-r-reapea...

Has anyone else noticed that when you avoid talking for too long and when you talk you can't control your tone or pitch?

Has anyone else noticed that when you avoid talking for too long and when you talk you can't control your tone or pitch? ...

I understand your struggle so much OP!! "ALEXA" is so damn hard to pronounce holy shit x( My friend has an Alexa at home and offered me to try. "ask her something!" "NO I'M GOOD THANKS HEHE"...

Gosh I have this same issue using voice dictation on my phone. I want to talk to my phone to write a text but it registers every stutter and screws up the whole sentence. It makes me feel ashamed to h...

What I find with them is that not only can they not understand me with my stutter but they also can’t understand my Irish accent so that’s two reasons to never get one...

I'm similar, but kinda more "uhh" and "ahh" sounds for me, feel it helps make that bridge into the word sometimes, or I think people have been referring to it as a "runway" here if I'm using that term...

i do both but i think i prolong/repeat a little bit more...