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I share your pain. First time poster in the sub, but long time lurker. I struggle to hold a meaningful conversation sometimes. The words just won't come out of my head. They just get stuck. I have a...

(just to be sure, >PWS People With Stuttering? haven't seen the abbreviation before.) funny thing, now that you mention phones. i tend to want to _avoid_ phones. conversation is typically an eff...

You make a very good first point. But I still have many aspects in my life that I allow my speech to affect me. I still use it as an excuse when I don't want to talk to people. I just graduated with a...

Seems the problem here isnt actually your stuttering, its good old social anxiety. And the only thing that really helps there is exposure. I know its hard, but try to not focus on yourself while in a...

Stuttering and Conversation

Stuttering and Conversation I'm tired of this. If you knew me, you might say my stuttering isn't that bad. "I barely hear you stutter". Alright then, I guess I'm a covert stutterer. Life is great rig...

Don't hold yourself back

Don't hold yourself back I recently built up the courage to attend a career fair at my college. I had been debating whether or not I should go for a while. However, I realized that I have to do things...

Well, it went better than I thought...Unfortunately I avoided situations where I had to talk so I didn't push myself to the point where my stutter shows most, partially that's why it was a good day th...

Trying to find where the root of my stutter (blocking) problem resides.

Trying to find where the root of my stutter (blocking) problem resides. I have a stutter (blocking type). It started when I was younger and after a long hockey career and a few concussions later it go...

Most of us had parents who either didn't want to address it or tried to "fix" it and I it doesn't really do much good. Many kids develop stuttering around the age of seven so its not uncommon. There's...

It's unfortunate...

It's unfortunate... It's unfortunate how much people read into someone's ability to speak well. We are literally measured -our entire beings and lives- by how well we speak. We're judged and devalued,...

Hey man, don't give up. I've stuttered my whole life, and of course I chose a profession (lawyer) where I have to speak for a living. I have anxiety about speaking all the time, but its how you reac...

Having a stutter sucks

Having a stutter sucks This is going to be a little long and is pretty much just a rant. I have had a stutter for as long as I can remember but I didn't really feel insecure about it until high scho...

The group interview

The group interview Hi, lifelong stutterer here. I had a unique job interview today. Got there, and the woman checking us in said something about a "group interview." It didn't quite register at first...

I'm completely open about it. I don't make it a point to go up to random strangers or anything, but if I'm speaking with someone I don't know and feel like I'm about to have problems with a word, I ju...

I'm open enough if I'm talking to somebody if it makes sense. The other day I had an interview, so I told them at the start when I started having some trouble. If I'm at a store and ask where someth...

How open are you about your stutter? Does being more explicit help?

How open are you about your stutter? Does being more explicit help? I usually only speak to my family and close friends about my stutter. I'm sure the I people see on a regular basis know I have a stu...

I try to think of short questions that require really long answers on their part. That way I don't have to talk as much, and they're on the spot. I've done a lot of interviews on the phone (with a ba...

i met one guy while I was waiting table back in college.He was going with his female friends. Since I got used to the job, I didn't appear to be stuttering when I took his orders. Boys, did he stutt...

"I'm not sure what you mean by you "treated words as objects." Can you elaborate?" What I got from what he was saying is that changing his mindset -seeing words as simply the product of his mouth, li...

I'm not sure what you mean by you "treated words as objects." Can you elaborate? I agree that speech is well coordinated muscle movements by the articulatory (lips, tongue, jaw etc), laryngeal and r...