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Luck! I’m owning mine too. I’m 78f and I’m tired of fighting this fight. I just turned down an opportunity to have a speech evaluation at our local medical school. My stuttering is mild/moderate and I...

My therapist is convincing about the dosage because of my age. 78f. I’ve also had the side effects of insomnia and restlessness legs in the past. I’m going to request increasing the dose because I’ve ...

It’s self defeatist to preach for acceptance and grace towards myself and my stutter? Sorry I don’t want to spend my entire life chasing a version of myself that isn’t authentic. I have a stutter. ...

For most people who stutter, it's a true disability. It can't be fixed, just like you can't usually make a blind man see. It's an issue we have to manage our whole lives barring some miracle cure. It'...

I have that similar kind of stutter , that is speech block type. It would be good pretend to be lost in your own thoughts by not making direct eye contact , I actually like it when people guess the w...

What's up with this self-defeatist attitude that seems prevalent among this subredit? Fyi, yes there are many struggling, but there are also many who have overcome stuttering....

im not super open about it and ive only met the mom a handful of times. i think i am just going to have to try my best to be confident and still talk to people tbh...

You shouldn't be downvoted. This is the reality of our lives. The vast majority stutterers won't physically be able to truly overcome it. If there was a way to do this, everyone would. But we can mast...

My 2 cents: Venting is good. However, find an online stuttering group, a speech therapist, a life coach, or other entity or community to help you address your feelings toward your stutter. I'm 54,...

My tip would be acceptance and positive affirmations. The beginning is the hardest part. For me, I repeated and waited as long as it took until it came out. I didn't force it and it was like a test...

Hey There! I'm 21 so in a similar boat to you, age wise and can totally sympathise with you about all those social situations you were speaking about. I think for me what was most important was let...

Sorry for the long post, but that's the main point I wanted to get across. For day to day experiences, if you have trouble doing something, let them know that you stutter and you'll try to get it ...

As a 40 year old who's been stuttering since 4 years old, let me tell you, stutter is not ruining you, you think it is, but it's actually a gift from God. I have a similar stutter pattern, there's a l...

I think they look for other ques like how people handle adversity. I think the meaningful impact is what we do after a stutter bout. Honestly just smiling is so re-assuring that it gives a lot of pe...

I’ve been a geologist for about 10 years and it comes with its share of speaking challenges but I’d run into that anywhere. Client calls and presentations can be stressful and difficult but confidence...

Trying to hide it IS literally the reason you struggle to say simple things in otherwise low stress situations. Changing your goal to be “letting others hhhear your rrrrepeyitions” will eventually le...

When I got off of a plane from Dominican Republican and they asked me what I brought back with me he kind of teased me wondering if I am hiding something from being nervous but he realized quickly I s...

Found Self help for the stutterer by Malcom Fraser such a help, especially that parts that deal with the psychological and behavioural aspects of stuttering. https://www.stutteringhelp.org/Portals/Eng...

I think at the beginning of my journey talking about my stutter was really important, helped me to understand that it’s really not as big a deal as I thought and that other people really aren’t bother...

Do what feels right. Stick with it - you might find that hiding yourself takes a lot more energy than dropping the fear. You have my support!...