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For people with silent blocks: Do any of you guys have nearly perfect, spontaneous fluency around some people, but harder, more calculated fluency around others?

For people with silent blocks: Do any of you guys have nearly perfect, spontaneous fluency around some people, but harder, more calculated fluency around others? When I'm around my parents/close frien...

I also recall being a really talkative kid, ordering fast food, talking on the phone, reading out in class, even talking to girls but apparently I still stuttered....

No man. I'm pretty sure I didn't stutter. Like I mentioned before, I clearly remember being able to tell jokes, call anyone up on the phone, ask for food etc.....

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I enjoy that you are critical to what Im saying, since you learn most from those who dont think like yourself. Thank you. For me, stating that something is because of a brain difference makes me mad. ...

Today i overheard a handful of kids looking for a specific onion in the grocery store but could not find it. Being the culinary champion i am i found the onions they were searching for and said "hey i...

You can't let your stutter define who you are. I stutter, and I am a first year associate at a large law firm. My stutter isn't too bad when I am speaking to somebody one-on-one, but it gets pretty b...

Yes! Me too! End of semesters were hard because everyone's behind on something or the other and patience runs thin....

Thanks for posting!...

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Sorry if you read that as me attacking you! I wasn't. I just want to make sure other people don't read your story and think there is some miraculous cure to stuttering. Personally, the knowledge that ...

I said nothing about this being a spontaneous event. It has taken me my whole life doing this. I dont think I gain anything of value by thinking stuttering is a brain difference (even if it may be). A...

I've discovered somethin'. I dont know you guys playin dota or anything but i've always avoid to speak with mic. Today i tried. It was nice. I think its pretty useful gaming time + speech practice! An...

It IS impossible to become spontaneously fluent. Because it's a brain difference. By switching things up you may have given your motor speech planner a way to kind of "work around" the stutter. But do...

I feel as if a lot of people assume that stuttering means you're anxious, scared, etc...which obviously don't play well in an interview. One strategy I've used is to bring up my stutter in a funny way...

It's not really this subreddit in particular, but there is something about being in community with other stutterers that makes my own stutter sound more "normal." I attend a stuttering support group o...

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I've given stuttering a lot of thought, and I think the purpose of this subreddit should be improvement, somewhere you can get new ideas for challenges, feedback and of course information and support....

Good job man. ;)...

For some reason I have no memory of stuttering before 12 years old. I remember being a pretty normal kid and never thought that I stuttered. Maybe you did stutter but never noticed it?...