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If ever I stutter and they can see me and it goes on for over 30 seconds (including mouth disfigurement) I just stop talking and say a random word like "banana" then walk away. Let them deal with the ...

Definitely helps things that i cant say without stuttering or get stuck on comes out much easier in a joke...

I have always been the class clown to some varying degrees. Comedy is all in timing, well shocking people is all in timing, which can yield comedy and that's exactly what I took advantage of. In recen...

If you block on r, and can't get Randy out, go with "I'm Randy" to slide into it. Fuck stuttering!...

well, which would you rather: not say you name, or say your name with a bit of repetition? try the "sliding into" thing. trick is not to apply too much pressure to the problem itself, i think....

Usually I just excuse myself and try to say it again, and if the second attempt fails I say that I can't say it and apologise (is that ironic? It amuses me a little). In general my block is worse with...

well I abbreviated highschool because I don't live in america, so there aren't any toastermaster meeting or NSA group and I highly doubt a therapist or speech therapist would help either( I don't want...

I don't think there's anything wrong with avoiding if you're that mentally tired. I get it as well. I think what you can consider are all the interactions -- you can probably do some of them via text ...

one of my favorite quotes about this comes from the stuttertalk podcast. It goes something like this: "Stuttering is hard work, not stuttering is even harder." I get it. Talking is exhausting. Physic...

dont let it run your life man, i go out of my way to not avoid any speaking situations because the more that i do the easier it becomes....

Thank you for your reply, I am quite tempted to go for speech therapy, especially if, as you say, the emphasis is on the social, mental and latent aspects, as this is certainly where I need the help. ...

I so know what you mean about the wave of fluency. Its how I get through the majority of sentences. However, it's been so ingrained into me that this no longer works with my surname... The same goes f...

Word substitution is a very common trait that people who stutter have. In fact, we spend a LOT of effort (physical/mental) on trying to hide our stutter and word substitution and avoiding situations i...

Need help with my unusual stutter

Need help with my unusual stutter Hi Reddit, I have had a stutter ever since I was a little child and thankfully it has all but passed now. In fact I can usually speak perfectly fluently and eloquentl...

That's normal for me as well. I get annoyed when I'm stuttering in front of friends because I am *supposed* to be more comfortable around them. But then again, they don't mind as much, so it's not som...

My friend who stutters went for about 1-2 months and said they didnt really do much. The main difference is that around my friends im like 80-90% fluent, but if i have to ask a question/present/ etc.....

as i just mentioned, i never saw that link about their stuttering event. that was a new thing brought to the table. what nagged me was someone seemingly suggesting getting better at stuttering by pra...

This whole exchange is predicated on your declaration that the advice to seek out toastmasters makes no sense. So we're starting from an aggressive place. But whether or not you've been intentionally...

It's because your trying not to stutter. It's like a volcano building up pressure until in finally explodes....

didn't see that link before. are those people mentioned speech therapists (stuttering-wise)? i actually was unsure if OP was a stutterer, but i found out by asking, which sets a certain context. i d...