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How do you respond to people who say they stutter too, when they don't?

How do you respond to people who say they stutter too, when they don't? This happens almost any time I tell someone that I stutter (usually after a block happens during a conversation). They say "oh, ...

Sexy can be fun, so allow yourself to have fun with your stutter if that's what you want. Otherwise you can whisper and not stutter. It's really just about being comfortable in your own skin, no matte...

That's great!  Very similar with me too, it may not be weeks but depending on the situation, my mood, and who knows what, I can be just fine throughout and other times it kicks in and I don't dwell on...

Feeling sexy with a stutter

Feeling sexy with a stutter Hey everyone in the stuttering community! I want to have an open, supportive conversation about something personal but important: feeling confident and sexy while navigatin...

Guess what - I don't worry because I like it. Same way I don't feel hungry or thirsty because I like it. It's a natural response. Worry is a natural response to care. You care about not stuttering so...

Kinda cringy but I wrote this to myself yesterday and I hope it can help someone out there to not worry so much about their speech because guess what: it doesn't change a goddamn thing.

Kinda cringy but I wrote this to myself yesterday and I hope it can help someone out there to not worry so much about their speech because guess what: it doesn't change a goddamn thing. ...

I would say confidence is a big one however I still struggle with this as most of us do. Having friends or someone who accepts you for everything that you are gives real confidence. For me, being unde...

For me, I’ve found that if I’m going to stutter, then it’s happening regardless of the situation or person I’m talking to. I’ve had people hang up on me and I’ve people sit and wait for me to finish. ...

It varies. There are phases where it seems like I’m stuttering less and then other times it comes so much more. My feelings about it have changed for the better definitely but my speech is still varie...

I think I wear it better as I get older. It’s a lot easier to own it now. People don’t make fun of you as much as an adult. It’s rare that anyone ever says anything at all about it....

Once I got through the situation the most I accepted it was “sometimes my speaking isn’t perfectly smooth” and I tried not to add any feelings or thinking to any non-fluent speaking situation. I remov...

I read this as "munch anyone who makes fun of us." Lmao. Nah homie.. they'll get there's eventually. You keep doing you and proving fuckers wrong by educating yourself, working harder than them, and t...

Everyone has a stutter. Of course, it’s not always verbal. Learn to be comfortable with your stutter. People will respect you. When you learn to stutter with confidence, it makes a great story in in...

You get comfortable with your stutter. Let it all out. Expose yourself to new situations. Learn not to care, learn that it is apart of you and you can’t change it. It’s gonna hurt at first, but it’ll ...

Speaking to someone with a stutter?

Speaking to someone with a stutter? Hi guys! I don't have a stutter but was speaking to someone yesterday and they did. They were having trouble getting their words out and I wasn't sure what to do or...

The Before and After of Costal Breathing - it's time for a real-life case study!

The Before and After of Costal Breathing - it's time for a real-life case study! Hello all! I work with a UK charity called Empowering Voices, which is now almost a year old. We run costal breathing c...

Have you ever been told something that shifted your perspective on your stutter?

Have you ever been told something that shifted your perspective on your stutter? What I mean by this is if a person has ever told you something so meaningful that you finally managed to come to terms ...

Same i recently moved to a new city and people here are horrible and think making fun of Stutter is a Joke and if i don't like it then i am childish and doesn't understand humor , i tried to tell them...

Did you go to an SLP that specializes in fluency? In my case we worked on acceptance....

I used it once and haven’t touched it since. The image of myself wearing a “hearing aid” and having a stutter was ridiculous in my eyes. In all it actually allowed me to really accept my stutter and j...