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Frustration with speech

Frustration with speech For the past two weeks I've just been having such a hard time controlling my stutter. Today has been especially frustrating because today someone asked me the name of one my go...

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 ...

This is me too. I always stuttered the most around my parents and my college roommates. ...

It's rare to find someone that isn't. It really clears the tension and eases the ole anxiety too....

I just may starrt doing this...

I smoke, but talking on the phone is difficult because I need to focus my breathing...

I like smoking a cig while I talk on the phone. It relaxes me...

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...

defitnely tell the other person you have a stutter, i just started doing it and they are usually pretty understanding...

Thank you for sharing, I'm a fellow mild-stutter my self and I completely agree with every one of your points. While I do not have it as bad as others, we all have our bad days and on those days, I ...

I have to be walking around while I'm talking on the phone. ...

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 can't believe I've never seen this before.

I can't believe I've never seen this before. ...

I may have to check that book out, it sounds interesting...

I think it's important to become comfortable with your stammer, to realise it's not the end of the world if you do stammer in front of people, and if they tease you then that's their problem. To help...

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...