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Alone

Alone 21 years old and I'm just too alone man. Making social connections with people is too damn hard; At work, at university, with new friends... I have a couple of friends here and there and that's ...

living in a constant fear

living in a constant fear Today me and my sister went to the bank because we want to open a bank account. The banker started with my sister first and little that I know that they will asked for your p...

I get you I'm experiencing the exact same things. Everyone my age is having a part time job at stores and stuff while I will like never do that because the fear of talking to strangers. Try to stay st...

By far, one of the worst things about having a stutter...

By far, one of the worst things about having a stutter... is when you have a long, and really interesting story with lots of details that you want to share with people, but you end up just summarizing...

Please help

Please help One day I’ll barely stutter but the next day I’ll stutter almost every sentence. It’s super annoying cause I’ll be talking to a group of people then I’ll stutter and I can’t get the words ...

None of us walk the shoes of another, but you have a community that understands your hardships as much as anyone else can. You are still young, and have so much time left to shape your future. Your li...

Has anyone else here pretended to be mute so they don't need to talk?

Has anyone else here pretended to be mute so they don't need to talk? As the title already suggests I do that sometimes. Usually just for buying tickets or ordering food when I am alone. I even played...

Yeah, it's not the case that ordering is by default spoken, right? I mean, I would've figured that web ordering was pretty much a worldwide thing these days? I certainly never have to talk to anyone w...

Yeah I would just walk away if they made fun of my stutter. If they make fun of you, they clearly don’t care enough about the conversation and I would just be wasting my breath. And I don’t like wasti...

It's interesting to me that people can acquire a stutter. Probably like how a blind person feels when people try to explain sight to them. Would you mind sharing when you acquired it? College is an ...

Your stutter isn’t going away

Your stutter isn’t going away Listen, there are ways to improve fluency but if you accept that your stutter will not go away it will make it easier to deal with. I remember my stutter in 2nd grade. I...

Will there ever be a cure for stuttering?

Will there ever be a cure for stuttering? I was diagnosed with a speech disorder! and it has ruined my life, stuttering has impaired my ability to speak and socialize normally, everytime i try to soci...

I order using apps or self service when I can but if I have to order face to face. I have a well rehearsed upbeat "hi how are you?" no one ever reacts badly to it. It puts me at ease and relieves a lo...

At home I can talk for hours without stuttering but as soon as I need to make an appointment, order food or get on a bus, I cannot say one sentence without stuttering....

Tip for when ordering food

Tip for when ordering food I’ve found I stutter much less on numbers. So when I order food I tend to begin a sentence with the quantity. Particularly with a quantity of one as its sounds more unnatur...

Can stress and anxiety from stuttering cause high blood pressure?

Can stress and anxiety from stuttering cause high blood pressure? I am pursuing an MBA and I have 2 presentations tomorrow which has been stressing me out a lot. I usually have panic and anxiety attac...

Just doesn’t make sense

Just doesn’t make sense I’ll never ever in my life be able to grasp or sympathise with non-stutters complaining about public speaking, being nervous speaking to girls, or any form of speech related an...

Just me sharing my emotions because I had a hard stutter day today with people who are assholes

Just me sharing my emotions because I had a hard stutter day today with people who are assholes Whenever I speak I’ll get especially caught on one part and it can last literal minutes straight of stut...

I'm 34 and I still stutter alot, it doesn't matter my friend, it's hard as hell believe me I know, but it doesn't define us, it's who we are apart from stuttering that defines us, have faith in Jesus,...

I completely agree with what you are saying. Someone that has never stuttered has absolutely no clue what it is like. For most people, speaking is just natural as it should be. It is often hard to thi...