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recent change in my attitude to my stutter

recent change in my attitude to my stutter my stutter has never really bothered me until recently. i first remember stuttering in middle school but i am fairly sure that is just when i noticed it and...

Feeling a little down about a job interview

Feeling a little down about a job interview Today I had a job interview with the USPS to work as a mail carrier. I feel I didn't get recommended because I seemed a little anxious. That's because of my...

Stutterers, within the next hour I'm having my final stage interview for a call centre sales job, I'll keep you guys updated.

Stutterers, within the next hour I'm having my final stage interview for a call centre sales job, I'll keep you guys updated. I'm a covert stutterer and I'm at the final stage of my call centre sales ...

Seems as if we have the exact same problem. I don't stutter near family or friends. If I feel as if I'm going to I just slow down or simply overcome the battle in my mind. It's when I'm talking to st...

Are you certain that you lack social skills? I have a severe stutter but I think my social skills are fine. When I have good days I'm very talkative and through texting I have no problems interacting ...

Definitely. If I had to self diagnos, I'd say it's stress/anxiety because like I said it didn't appear until after my marriage problems, and shows up only in stressful situations. It seems like I ...

Dealing with a stutter is similar to dealing with a devil in your mind. It's just like having a conflict with your self. Oddly enough, like you, I'm an extremely sociable person when I'm not in a st...

>I am learning how to avoid the situations that trigger it you don't want to avoid everything that could cause a stutter. more precisely, you don't want to develop the mindset that if something ca...

The pain affects me in so many aspects of life. Stuttering has closed many doors for me in terms of job opportunities where customer service was a cardinal aspect. I had the potential to be a great sa...

It took me a long time to get my english on a level of my first language. I experience more cease letters, where i just cant say the word. In my first language doing the type of tricks we do is easier...

Haha, I also had idea of pretending to be mute when I was young. Yes, comparing yourself to other people is horrible, it sure is going to bring you down. I guess you have to walk your own path, always...

Ahh, man. You hit the nail in the head. I completely understand what you mean and I have gone through and I am going through these same problems everyday. You know, at one point in my life I had thi...

This is what I meant when I said that I "know all this", I know that people doesn't care whether you stutter or not, they are busy being themselves. And if they do care, how does that matter? The poin...

It is not ridiculous though. Dealing with a stutter is not easy. I have stuttered my whole life so I understand what you are going through. When I was young, I was petrified of speaking anywhere. I ...

no need to laugh. i think many stutterers have a tendency to compound their problem with a bunch of escape/explanation/excuse maneuvers. that's not a good habit to have, because it can quickly become ...

Any clever response to "heh, not sure about your name?" after exchanging names?

Any clever response to "heh, not sure about your name?" after exchanging names? I usually do a soft laugh because i know they will probably be embarrassed when they figure out that i have a stutter, w...

Anyone else dreading Thanksgiving dinner with their significant other?

Anyone else dreading Thanksgiving dinner with their significant other? I'm talking about dinner with her/his family. I have a mini one today at her house. I hope it goes well. She has such a big fami...

This is really something best left to speech therapists/pathologists, I can only speak from personal experience as a stutterer. Feel free to call bullshit, but I think there's a chance the speech imp...

Hola Colombiano! I was in the same situation back when I was 12, now I'm 28. When I moved to the states I noticed I didn't stutter much in English as I did in Spanish. But now that I have become ac...

Foreign Languages and Stuttering

Foreign Languages and Stuttering As a bit of background, I'm 16 and from Colombia. Spanish is my first language but My family and I moved to the U.S. when I turned 7. I'm fluent in both languages yet ...