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Thanks for explaining. That’s great to hear your success and empowerment. Sounds very similar to me, except maybe the ways around the blocks. I’ve always held eye contact since I was a kid. (It’s a pr...

Interviews are tough and being overlooked is a really tough thing to cope with, I am very empathetic to your experience, I am 37 and have had similar struggles. I wonder if sometimes we hinder ourse...

I’m an early childhood teacher who recently got significant control of my blocks. Oddly, when it was bad, I *became* fluent in intense situations. “Johnny! Get off that electric fence!!” “Kevin!...

Yeah, maybe he did. I usually tell my teachers about my stutter at the beginning of the year, so that we can set expectations for presentations and other class participation....

Most of others discomfort is bc they have no idea what’s going on. If you give them a heads up, they’ll understand. And most of the time bc patient...

One last thing - 2 years ago, my heat/hot water went out for 3 days in cold winter weather. I convinced myself I “wasn’t using thermostat correctly” bc I was so scared to call. When I eventually c...

And an alternate opinion (from a member of the female species who has worked in human services): I disclose *for my benefit* on the premise that I block because I’m trying to hide my dysfluency. Any...

And I’m here to disagree…again. I’m in the never disclose camp. (Except for major things, like to law enforcement or a judge in court) One: it’s almost comical to make a speech disabled person disc...

All very true. If I had to guess, are you uncomfortable with the “starting slowly” and voluntary stuttering/disclosure?...

Stop thinking about “which words you will block on”. It can be any in some circumstance and it could be none in some circumstances. Your block trigger is “having to talk and probably blocking at so...

But you do have dysfluency. Trying to hide it CAUSES blocks (which are probably much more impactful than repetitions). Try making eye contact, speaking slowly and enunciating. Disclosing also helps...

pws here. tell her you stutter. be regular about it. don’t make it some big deal until you feel comfortable with her then you can give her the full story. what i have found is that no one cares but wh...

Do it man, I asked out my crush about 6 years ago and now we are happily married. My wife knows I stutter, I believe to just be confident with yourself and if you could/feel comfortable let her know ...

Wow that’s a lot! Im hoping this helps people. But if this amount of information/steps/analysis is overwhelming for you, try this: 1. Make normal eye contact 2. Exhale normally 3. Start speak...

Did that in my undergrad years. Now I am in grad school and do presentations infront of class, I disclose and nobody cares about it tbh. I get a lil bit stress during it and get chills but, it's reall...

Suggestions?

Suggestions? I have had a moderate stutter since i can remember. I am in medical school rn and i am just so sick and tired of not only being anxious about any kind of communication with my peers or pr...

I get blocks. I tell clients I stutter. It prevents misunderstandings. For example, when I have to respond with "A but B" but pause before "but" and assume I'm finished, that could lead to terrible mi...

Same positive experience! When I used to spend every waking hour trying to hide my stutter, and then got insulted when people didn’t wait patiently for me to finish, that just made no sense. They di...

Telling employers/clients you stutter. What has been your experience? Here's mine

Telling employers/clients you stutter. What has been your experience? Here's mine Ever since I became super comfortable with my stuttering and saw it as a strength (still on that path tho), I ALWAYS t...

Socialising and stammering

Socialising and stammering (Sorry if this has no flow or structure btw idrk where to start and it may be quite long so sorry for that too) For a bit of context, I’m currently at a football (U.K.) col...