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you're going to feel that way about a lot of things. and if you'd rather not embarrass yourself than speak all the time, you might not be saying much at all....

The staff works in a noisy environment and struggle to hear normal people speak over the sound of a running engine. I always save them some grief and have my SO order. Yes it is healthy to help each o...

I currently work at staples. I do talk to people, tell them where things are and any other assistance they may need. Although I am not stutter or anxiety free, it helps when people approach you and yo...

hahah I like the motto, but I find being around people who are talkative and chattery just exacerbates my fear of stuttering and that fear of breaking up a conversation and being the awkward moment wh...

"healthy"? it's just _handy_, teamwork and all. compare to asking a buddy with a broken leg to go fetch the pizzas. i dodge plenty of needs for phone calls when in plenum this way. not really seein...

It's much easier for me to tell somebody else "any job. If you have to talk a lot it's going to help you", but I do have to be at least somewhat sympathetic because I was in the same situation. I wo...

I dont think you should over do it but having a job and getting some experience working with/around people is good. You can just start slow if you'd like. I worked at a drug store in high school, stoc...

If its a window drive through I will order for myself. If it's those talk-boxes I just drive through and don't stop or go in to the restaurant instead ...

My gf orders for me at the drive thru. Is that healthy?

My gf orders for me at the drive thru. Is that healthy? I feel like I should do it myself but I don't want to embarrass myself lol. She doesn't care of course, and it calls it cute but I rather save t...

yea I have known this for a long time, it's been a dilehmma of wanting good speech or wanting to get high, I often chose getting high for many reasons, all of which seem self destructive. I am going t...

I have been trapped in my little bubble for so long, man. I'm at college, 3rd year, but all of my friends have left and so it was just me. I panicked because my habits (smoking weed) does not help my ...

I usually stand up and try not be around other people. I may go into another bedroom or outside. Getting it over with as you say is a good idea. Before making a call to someone who I don't know (or do...

I sometimes feel that people might think my Spanish is bad since I stutter and it may seem like I don't want what to say/what I'm saying. It sometimes makes me self-conscience when I speak to other pe...

Walking around, outside if possible, with no one around me in case I need to pretend the call signal messed up while I am stuck in a block. ...

I speak better on the phone vs face to face especially with unknown persons . I think the reason is that i know probably i will never met that person or speak to it again ,so i don't really care if i ...

I walk around on the phone as well. If I'm having a hard time, sometimes I'll try to pace my speech with my walk. I feel that it helps me slow down. When I'm at the office I often try and avoid usin...

The dreaded telephone

The dreaded telephone Being a life long stutterer, I know first hand the telephone phobia most of us develop over time. Those awkward moments when your blocking on a word and the person thinks the cal...

I'm 30 yrs old. Still stutter but now I can mask it really well. I can switch phrases really fast and I have a blocking stutter most of the time where it's at the beginning of phrases or words with ce...

Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. Sometimes I can conquer the voice, sometimes not. The quote about the chasm sent shivers down me when I first read it - the narrator is a zombie who's still got hi...

omg this is an amazing quote. It got to me hard. I am, with validation from my English professor, a really good writer and I feel this way all of the time, but I thought about it. I'm what's preventin...