Search
5,701 results
Its the most common to stutter ones own name, according to my speech therapist....
Hi Benny, This is super common. Your name is tough because you only use it when you’re meeting someone new, and that’s a challenging situation for people who stutter. You’re worried what they’ll think...
I'm 68, and have stuttered since I was 4 years old. Although it is 95% under control, I still have block words. My name being one of them. When I asked my name I can never just say it, I have to h...
Whenever I talk to someone on call or physically I use to stutter only at some trigger words. After I speak those words I speak fluently. When I get stuck on those words, it feels like I know how to s...
Just saw your post, and I was going to tell you that I think many ppl here are young males, many non-Americans. I’m an young Gen x female, fwiw. Very glad you are here! There are ways to trick your...
It's pain, heart to heart honest talk here, I'm a dentist now and ever since I was a kid I was laughed at and bullied for stuttering, I'm a 23 year old man who can't say his own name properly if asked...
Just joined!
Just joined! Hi! So I’ve just joined this sub and let me tell you how great it was to read some of the posts here and knowing I’m not alone with all those feelings. Maybe I will also share my experien...
This happens with my last name, so in order to prevent the block I have to say my full name. I know this feeling all too well, the most frustrating thing when anything from ordering a coffee to saying...
Apparently stuttering / blocking on our own names is pretty common. Still makes me feel stupid...
Apparently stuttering / blocking on our own names is pretty common. Still makes me feel stupid...
Both my own name and my brother's name start with a letter I struggle to say. I usually pause, or say eh, hey and that kinda of stuff before it...
This happened to me recently too and it feels horrible. It's seems like vicious loop that I can't break it. Once I noticed that I stammered on my name it started the spiral and kept on going and no...
My stutters pretty mild, but it becomes kinda severe for my name because Ik there’s no work around...
My experience with antianxiety meds is that they generally do numb me out to an extent and take some of the wildness out of life. Fluvoxamine has worked the best for me and I've taken it for a long ti...
I’m exactly like you right now OP, I’m 26 and I noticed my stutter coming back since 2020. I had a stutter when I was a kid but it was not as bad during my middle school or college days until 2020 it ...
Horrible issues with stuttering at work
Horrible issues with stuttering at work Hey everyone, Been having an awful time at work the past few weeks, my job involves answering the occasional phone call to help customers, the problem is I lit...
Same here. Can't tell you how many times I've needed to call a bank or credit card company to inquire about something benign like getting a replacement card, and when I'm asked to verify my identity...
Similar experience when i was doing intake for a procedure. Said I blocked/stuttered and it often made it difficult to communicate about certain atypical conditions that increased my anxiety when atte...
"Try to speak those words and sentences on which you stutter, as much as possible. You will eventually start to stutter less on those words." * I stutter on all letters and words equally because I do...
I hate being asked my name and date of birth every few minutes, but I guess that's not what you mean lol....