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I struggle with the same thing. I try to think that people dont care about others as much as we think we do. I mean consider that you see someone dumb do you think of them often? People forget your du...

Fear of Incompetence

Fear of Incompetence I’ve been stuttering since the third grade and I have always maintained the perception of being the one in class with all the intellect. With that maintenance comes the expectatio...

I don’t know how long I have left.

I don’t know how long I have left. I’m 15 years old and I have just started my fourth year in high school. It has been the worst thing to ever happen to me in my life, my stutter became worse over the...

My internal voice stutters sometimes, it’s a bummer because I know it’s inevitably messing up my speech. I am able to daydream and not have any stutters though, the mind is strange....

I also feel stupid for most of the reasons you give. I am an attorney but when I talk to others I often get my words muddled and think I must sound like an idiot....

You don't know that your fluency will always be this bad. It may be what you believe, but that doesn't make it true Since you didn't specify speech therapy I'm going to assume that you're meeting wi...

Fear of stuttering (or another negative emotion) is at work here. Fear "predicts" the future and tells your brain that you are going to stutter in these situations. When this happens, it is very di...

techniques that my speech therapist gave me works during tasks but not when talking to people, why do u think can happen that?

techniques that my speech therapist gave me works during tasks but not when talking to people, why do u think can happen that? Guys, do you have any idea why the techniques that my speech therapist gi...

I've been speaking english on discord and noticed a few things.

I've been speaking english on discord and noticed a few things. Hello guys, to start off.. my first language is spanish and i've been studying english seriously 2 years ago. I can say that my speaking...

Right. This is one way of being a covert stutterer. Some people can live ok with that. Some feel like they never say what they really want to say, are constantly scanning ahead for trouble, feel ex...

I always struggle for words while speaking

I always struggle for words while speaking There's a fact i stutter but i too don't know how to explain myself to others,i can't come up with words while speaking . I am able to hide my stutter in sho...

Makes perfect sense. Yes, being self conscious helps in more ways than one. & like you said, it really reduces the "stream of negativity" which occurs in a stutterer's mind. Sometimes the speech b...

It make sense to me. You took a step out of your though train and just notice what is going on. That is great. I don´t recommend to overthink why do you stutter. Don´t search for an answer because yo...

Being self conscious has helped

Being self conscious has helped I'm in my third sem of college. For the past year I've suddenly become self conscious of when I stutter and when I do stutter i think to myself ,"why did i stutter ther...

Has anyone ever been able to get a support job (tech support, customer service) after telling the company you have a stutter?

Has anyone ever been able to get a support job (tech support, customer service) after telling the company you have a stutter? Ok I know there are people on this sub with varying intensities of stutter...

Interview

Interview So i'm at a job interview and this is the first time i've disclosed my stutter to an interviewer. I also made it a point to say EXACTLY what I wanted to say. I thought that in doing this, it...

I live my life in constant fear of stress and conflict

I live my life in constant fear of stress and conflict The title explains it but it’s actually ruinous because I can’t do anything that puts me even slightly out of my comfort zone without fearing exp...

Wait, do you hear your own voice in your head? My inner dialouge is silent. I don't hear my voice or anyone else's. Is this a thing?...

The mental stress from all the anticipatory thoughts is exhausting. Lately, I've been struggling with words as trivial as on, in, also but when I'm on my own, I speak with so much confidence and fluen...

Feeling a little nervous

Feeling a little nervous Received a call for an interview. I've to travel quite far. I've not travelled that far and I don't mind doing it but my speech blocks make me anxious and turns me into a diff...