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Well I don’t necessarily think that you consciously are trying to prove to the other person that you indeed stutter. But what I’m saying is that once they find out that you stutter, you internalize t...

Speech techniques don’t really work for me maybe because Everytime I try one it just causes anxiety Cus it’s constantly making me think about my stutter. Im most fluent when I’m not thinking about it...

I think it’s possible that once they know you stutter, you feel subconsciously like you have an obligation to continue to show them that you do, to meet their expectations that you stutter. This is ma...

My stutter has always been more of a constant thing since i’ve essentially been doing it for my entire life and i haven’t always had social anxiety. Its interesting to learn that it’s different for ev...

Thank you. Actually, I can also be very indirect so it’s possible she was referring to that habit. Also, while at that job, (separate from it), I discovered the key to gaining more fluency (don’t h...

I would say disclosing it is good, listing it as a weakness is bad. I did manager training for my job and was asked what my weaknesses are. I said my anxiety and my stutter. Ever since then it has bee...

Disclosing is the answer, but watch out how it's framed. The way I used to disclose my stutter to employors was to tack on a "but I'm working on it" on the end. This implies that after enough easy ons...

Unfortunate truth is there aren't many SLPs who understand stuttering and how to help, even the ones with a specialization in it. But I will say that finding one who does can absolutely make a real di...

I’d only mention it as a weakness if you followed up with a story of your efforts to overcome and have excelled professionally despite the stutter. Funny side story. Once I was hired at a governmen...

Generally, disclosing your stutter is empowering because you take ownership of it instead of feeling ashamed of it. BUT, framing it as a “weakness” is still letting it win. Like any job interview qu...

Yeah, I suppose the label can change if your speech improves, and your self image will change as well. So with lots of work I went from being someone who could barely string two words together so some...

Do you mean the label of 'Stutterer'? I don't give it much thought to be honest. If it's relevant I'll say "I tend to stammer" (that word is more commonly used where I'm from), rather than saying "I'm...

No, with writting it's much easier to speak my mind as you can tell, out loud it isn't. I've never tried to write in order to keep talking though, it's never really an option since I work in retail an...

I would like to help :) My first thought is the way you write is very stream of consciousness, but smooth. Let’s say, if you were talking and ran out of ink, if you were somehow able to immediately ...

Yep this is the stuff that keeps me up at night so to speak. I'd love to do experiments like the ones you suggest. I'm an audio recording engineer and the crazy thing is I use this same brain trick...

If I don't use a technique I still stutter, on every letter (severe stutterer). If I use a technique then: * visualizing that I'm alone - then I don't stutter * using the DF-method - then I don't stu...

Maybe with the people with whom I spend less time but with my parents and younger brother, I stutter sometimes on some words but while I am alone I can speak those words fluently. I am not able to ide...

Some professionals say that stammer is caused by trauma and others say that it's caused by genetics. I personally think that it's both because my mom began stammering after she was separated from her ...

Almost wanna go back in and apologize and be like sorry I’m not really a jerk, i just couldn’t get the words out, then over analyze doing that band know it would just make things worse...

Yep very similar situation here! This is quickly becoming a mini obsession of mine - the fact that the recording has such a powerful effect is fascinating. Is it simply a cue that our unconscious mind...