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Interesting, guess I have to try it. Like you said, I have to get my name out somehow right? Thanks....

it's when you make a sound before the problem element. dunno what it's called. we have some speech therapists in here, maybe they can help us with the terminology. but it's just to make a sort of "ro...

What's this 'sliding into' thing? Never heard of it....

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...

are you familiar with any stuttering methods? it's different what works for people - like, willful/controlled stuttering on the problematic item, or breathing in before, or opening with/drawing out a ...

Blocking hard today, particularly on names/places. Any advice?

Blocking hard today, particularly on names/places. Any advice? A normal enough day, moderate anxiety and forced but fluent speech. Except when it comes to giving peoples name. I have a hard enough tim...

Yes you can cope. Everyone with a stutter has to cope. I understand how frustrating it is, everytime I block I feel like a broken piece of shit. It hurts so much because speech is one of the most basi...

Well you're definitely the one who has to "fix" it, but if you're not actively in that process or arent sure what to do, then it might be time to get some help. Especially since there isn't a magic fo...

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...

When I first got to college, I was freaked out by how big it was (Pitt). I thought I had made a huge mistake. But then I joined the student newspaper. Over the course of one or two days, I just went u...

That's how I'm trying to get out of isolation too. I recently started with Kung Fu practice and am looking for a football team to join. ...

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Yo this reality isn't one that's fated though. You can change it. Just like we can work on becoming more comfortable with stuttering and allowing ourself to stutter easily. That usually reduces the fe...

Hmm. I don't have many friends. In fact, I can only call two people my best friends and they both live somewhere else, so I have no friends that I hang out with very often. I don't feel isolated be...

I'm in the military and with the exception of my friends back home, a guy who's stationed at my base that I went through basic training with (who I barely talk to anymore), and a couple of guys that I...

I'm in "high school" and I am kinda socially isolated, but that's mainly due to my stutter and me simply not knowing how to converse with strangers. I'm "coping" with this by simply affecting the fact...

Luckily I still have some of my old high school and college friends around me. They help introduce me to other people but my speech is especially severe right now and i don't think i'd be able to make...

I'm currently in college and have no friends at the school. It used to bother me a lot but then gradually I stopped caring. I have 3 friends that I keep in contact with on a regular basis through (im/...

Any other stutterers socially isolated because of their stutter?

Any other stutterers socially isolated because of their stutter? After I left highschool and went to college my group of friends fell apart and I've never been able to replace them. As severe stuttere...