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Thank you so much, this really helped me before my first shift. You are 100% correct, I judge myself so much more than anyone I serve. I’ll speak poorly to someone and they won’t bat an eye but in my ...

>Do we have to expect regular interactions of ourselves when we have a stutter? Rephrasing, English is not my native language: 'Do we have to expect regular interactions from ourselves when we ha...

I feel like I would be an actor or giving TED talks. I always chuckle when people who don’t have speech impediments say how they are petrified of public speaking. Man, if I didn’t have this issue I wo...

I definitely think that focusing on being a capable communicator is very important! Just think about all of the people who don’t have a stutter, but still can’t get a message across clearly. Even if y...

Of course. The less one makes their stutter their personality (OT perhaps make for them, I for one can relate) the more success we will have in life....

Redefine your "normal". How you speak is normal to you. When you try to fit in, you lose authenticaty and the features that make you YOU. If your goal is to attract women/etc., show them confidence ...

I've come a long way and I'm proud of myself. Sharing some takeaways. (Male PWS - Late Twenties)

I've come a long way and I'm proud of myself. Sharing some takeaways. (Male PWS - Late Twenties) I'm happy to connect 1:1 when I have the time (as I rarely check reddit, but please feel free to DM me ...

I'm glad you're done trying to fight it. Fighting is what perpetuates it. Let yourself stutter and say what you want. Slowly become comfortable by planning to be uncomfortable at times and realizing i...

Glad it helped you, but the techniques you describe have never helped me. Only thing that worked for me was trying to forget all about the stutter, which helped alot at some point. For me it’s much mo...

>I’ll work on opening my mouth even when I’m scared I’ll stutter. Yes, that's a good mindset to improve your speech! Instead of thinking "Oh no, **if** I'm scared then I won't open my mouth", it's...

Yes i think i have that problem. I call it a problem, not to call anyone else out, but i feel it means I care more about being embarrassed than i do communicating effectively. And i ignore this fact...

Stuttering use to hold me back from being myself until I accepted my stutter and starting not giving a shit what people thought about me and stutter. Cause I’m a pretty animated goofy guy and I want t...

It's not that I care what other people think but the problem is that I can't say what I'm trying to say and that is what makes me miserable

It's not that I care what other people think but the problem is that I can't say what I'm trying to say and that is what makes me miserable ...

How different would your life be if you didn’t stutter?

How different would your life be if you didn’t stutter? Let me explain… I’ve been stuttering for as long as I remember but in my early 20s and in college; I’ve learned to live with it. In my younger y...

I don’t think you necessarily have to accept your stuttering. I think it’s more like, you should divert your attention to the rewards of socializing with other people. Then you won’t be thinking about...

I got a good coach that guided me through exposure challenges designed to incrementally overcome the fear of stuttering (accepting it), and once i overcame the fear, we worked on improving my speech....

> Any recommendations to avoid fight or flight mode? Do the opposite of what the intrusive thoughts/feelings say. In your case, you avoid, hide and change stuttering anticipation. The opposite is ...

We all have setbacks in our speech, at times I have doubt myself as well, but then I remmeber who am I and what I've had to go through to get to where I am today. Thats the same for yourself. You mad...

I want to become an interpreter, but my stutter is holding me back

I want to become an interpreter, but my stutter is holding me back I have a gift with language learning. I pick them up quickly, retain information about grammar and verb conjugations, and I always na...

This is completely true. Nothing good comes fast and nothing that comes fast can last. A good starting point of acceptance for me was when my speech therapist told me that a stutter has many benefit...