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Well, it depends on how bad it is and how well you take it. For me it was quite bad, basically stuttering was causing stress, strong anxiety and embarassment in almost every speaking situation I got. ...

For Non-Stutterers: What it's like to be a Stutterer

For Non-Stutterers: What it's like to be a Stutterer If you’ve witnessed a person suffering from a stutter, had difficulty understanding their condition, or just thought about what a stutterer is actu...

We hit 1000 subscribers. Let's go around the circle and introduce ourselves.

We hit 1000 subscribers. Let's go around the circle and introduce ourselves. Don't you hate this shit? I know I do. I think most people do because they're immediately met with an existential crisis. 3...

I dont know the scientific basis (though i think it exists), but tiredness or lack of sleep is a fluency debilitator i hear from a lot of people.....

I think a lot of people feel this way. I do myself. I think this feeling stems from a shame we feel about stuttering....

How do you know that....

I would ask before you travel. Im not that up to date on UK stammering therapy but I do remember hearing about good therapists. Those that only try to treat repitions or whatever other stammer behavio...

Okay, thank you! Look for me to shoot you an email for you to read tomorrow morning then! Thanks....

I don't know about anyone else, but sometimes I have a hard time listening to others with a stutter. Not because they stutter, but because I know what they are going through when they speak. ...

:D Amazing isn't it....

Yeah, of course -- you can hit me up at helloistutter [at] gmail.com anytime. I'm in Saudi, so it's 7 hours ahead of Eastern time....

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Yeah, I'm surprised with the people in communications in here actually. It's not quite what I expected. Do you mind if I PM you and ask you a couple questions about the jrn field and just being a PWS?...

I have observed the same. I am a 21 year old computer science student, and when under the pressure of a deadline and heavily sleep deprived for a week (finals), I care less about speaking to others b...

Sleep deprivation and stuttering

Sleep deprivation and stuttering 25 year old stuttering journalist here. Looking back on my time in uni, and all those occasions where I spent 30-plus hours working on essays through the night, I reme...

Hey! Really interesting to see all the PWS here who are doing journalism. I'm 25 and have been working as a journalist / editor for the last two years. It's been a bumpy road, but also, as someone els...

I think he's full of shit....

We hit 1000 subscribers :)

We hit 1000 subscribers :) ....

I'll take a look at it later. Would you be willing to talk via PM a little bit please?...

I do sometimes yes, but when i do i try to remember my techniques. These techniques being, calming my mind, taking a deep breath, focusing on timing my breaths between words/sentences and thinking to ...