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i agree, there's accommodations for other disabilities but not for stuttering. even if someone were mute, they'd have more understanding from society than us. ...

I've been lucky, the only instances I've even made fun of is when people genuinely don't know what's going and make a joke to break the awkwardness. Usually, I have to explain to randoms that I have o...

You couldn't have spelled out your problems any better. You're stutter isn't what's going you back, but its all the beliefs you've just highlighted which are killing your life. There are surely things...

My stutter has completely defined my life thus far...

My stutter has completely defined my life thus far... When I was a kid I decided the best way to combat my stutter was to simply not talk. If I wasn't embarrassed whilst speaking, I would never feel b...

The earliest I remember is being made fun of in kindergarten. It remained bad till middle school, that is when I got professional help. That was when good days started outnumbering bad days. Growing u...

Scandinavian here, started stuttering when I was approximately 6 years old. Speech therapy is free so I could take advantage of that throughout my childhood/early teens. Was mostly just good for confi...

Hi! I too started stuttering around age 12/13, weirdly enough it was also after I had watched A Fish Called Wanda. School was tough but now I'm in my twenties it has gotten a lot better/I've learnt to...

Hi Reddit! Wanted to join the community, the only community that I feel will understand.

Hi Reddit! Wanted to join the community, the only community that I feel will understand. Hey guys. A bit of background on myself, and why I'm here. I'm a 25yo male, living in Adelaide, Australia. I'v...

Haven't traveled the world yet, but I certainly wouldn't let something as trivial as a stutter stop you. Before you yell at me, I'm a long suffering stutterer too. But you are an able-bodied, independ...

I'm somewhat apprehensive about this, but I'm going to Martinique to live with a host family in about 8 months.

I'm somewhat apprehensive about this, but I'm going to Martinique to live with a host family in about 8 months. So, I'm a lifelong, somewhat severe stutterer. I'm 20 and in college. I've taken Frenc...

I have exatcly the same problem. Your not alone...

Good luck to you....

I am in the exact situation as you. Although i've gotten speech therapy for 2 years, it didn't help me one bit. So now I have no idea what to do, other than just wait it out I guess. I'm 17 btw....

I have thought about this as well, it's a really weird feeling. Like I get a feeling: "how is it even possible to speak fluently?". It's probably because I don't remember the last time I spoke fluentl...

Listeners of StutterTalk will probaly already know this great video. But I like to share it anyway. It's totaly worth watching, in case you haven't already seen it. It is a short documentary about tw...

Going with the Flow: A Guide to Transcending Stuttering

Going with the Flow: A Guide to Transcending Stuttering ...

It helped me a lot to change the way I stutter to a much more easier way. I don't have to struggle anymore to get the words out....

That's true. In fact I've had different results with that, I mostly do it sometimes because my interlocutor (usually my father) nags me about it. But it is indeed an unproved technique....

Actually taking a deep breath makes it harder to oscillate your vocal cords. Try it yourself. Take a deep breath. Your vocal cords will feel much more tense. The exhaling can become a new secondary s...

Nevermind how it's called, here's what you do: 1. Never, **ever**, try to force the word out. I know how impossible that feels, but if you get in the habit of forcing the word out, you **will** devel...