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I'm sorry OP.. I feel your pain. I had to talk to my lawyer today and kept stammering and struggling to get words out every other sentence. He even said towards the beginning of the call "your phone k...

> I have a long name that has a dozen different nicknames, and I allow people in new social situations to "name" me (introduce myself by the long name and let them choose their own nickname) so tha...

conference call failure

conference call failure I was hoping this conference call would go better than others in the past, it didn't. I kept stuttering on certain words that are unavoidable. They were quiet, as if they di...

Exactly! I say..."what's the name of that again?" Just to get the other person to say it ...

For me, it helps to slowly pace around a room and if I get stuck I just try to match my speaking rhythm to the "beat" of walking. Sometimes, if I know more or less what I'll be saying, I write down bu...

I hear you about it being worse over the phone. For me, it helped to tell the person on the phone that I have a stutter and ask them to be patient, though I could see why others wouldn't want to do th...

Best advice I can give is remember to breath normally and don't rush yourself through your words, take your time. Talking a little slower is a lot better than stammering through an entire sentence....

In college, speaking on stage in front of industry panelists and 200 other people about my senior project. As someone with a stammer (trips over words), I was able to speak clearly and slowly, after p...

Going into high school I gave up on therapy because I didn't see the point anymore. But now I actually want to get into speech pathology as a career. I wish you the best of luck! For lack of better wo...

I saw a speech therapist from 4-7 grade (I'll be a junior in HS this fall) and I have yet to figure it out either. I needed to leave her another message today and I figured, screw it! Not even gonna g...

This is my worst nightmare. I wish I were able to help....

This spring I held a speech about graduating in front of my class. I made it very patriotic, using the Independence Day speech music(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egzfvjy6sqk) to make my speech ridic...

Yeah apparently it does not work for everyone :/...

I have tried the SpeechEasy ear piece, and it hadn't really done anything for me. But I suppose it can work differently for different people. ...

Oh man, in my senior year of high school a few years back, I had to do a senior presentation. I was like fucking shaking because I was so nervous. I wrote a speech and practiced it several times. My...

Agggh! I have my first ever phone interview in a few days and I'm going crazy.

Agggh! I have my first ever phone interview in a few days and I'm going crazy. I just took a break after getting a 2 year degree and decided to apply at a few companies. One of them has responded and ...

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Correct me if I am wrong but doesn't amphetamine affect serotonin and dopamine levels? Studies has shown that stutterers have different dopamine levels than non-stutterers. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

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