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>my fear of getting caught stuttering. Why does it bother you if people hear you stutter? It's just a part of your speech, and likely always will be to an extent. They should care more about WHAT ...

Self therapy? Yes. Going to therapy, no. And the first is way more important than the second. You can watch a lot of soccer, but watching soccer doesn't make you a soccer player....

Same It sucks but getting stuck in a depression just is more wasted energy Rather try to be happy atleast somehow...

You become a victim when you let yourself bothered by external things. Develop a steely character and a thick skin.... its not your problem what other people say or think....

I just want others reading the thread to know that if “visualizing fluency” is impossible or unhelpful for you, *there are other more accessible ways to be able to say whatever and however you want*....

"I got this" for me involves picturing myself speaking fluently. But whatever helps you speak and express yourself, do that....

It’s sort of a chain reaction. One thing can trigger it and then the awareness you have of it and negative emotion around it causes you to stutter more. That’s why whenever this happens to me I dust m...

I am glad you liked my advice! Honestly, I still get nervous sometimes, but I try to follow my own advice whenever possible. Hopefully, as a future college student, I will become more confident....

Yes, mostly people eventually stop. Either the techniques don't work when you need them the most or they don't feel like something that aligns how you want to communicate. In short, your experience is...

> not everyone is perfect but it's worth giving everyone a fair shot. This will be my thought for the day. I like it....

Kind of sort of related to “having confidence”, I was talking to a buddy of mine about how I struggled with flirting and putting myself out in The dating game. He basically told me “all you need is co...

You can't catch stuttering. If a little child growing up hears a parent stutter when they are learning to speak they may copy them, which is a good incentive to work on stopping stuttering. Not e...

I think "confidence" has been assigned to the wrong thing here. Confidence in a tool does not help when your tool (your mouth) is unreliable, you're right, but people who talk about "having confidence...

Your love and relationship with yourself is the most important step of mending your emotions around your stutter. When you let go of the harsh critiques that you have on loop and replace them with pos...

You are not your stutter *positive post*

You are not your stutter *positive post* It’s easy to get stuck in a spiral of hopelessness because of your stutter or blocks. It can feel lonely and frustrating. But believe me when I say that accep...

Maybe I should say it differently. In fact, I respect who I'm talking to. The idea is in the inner mood that I have during this conversation. So imagine speaking to your best friend; obviously, you wi...

Can you elaborate more on your first tip? How do you approach speaking to someone as if you don’t respect them?...

I totally get the first one about talking to them like you don’t respect them, seems kind of mean to say it like that but that is essentially what I do to. For me it’s having confidence that helps wit...

You just need to get used to it. Don’t blame or be angry with yourself because of your stutter. It doesn’t help. I had the same troubles when I was in school and I rejected all types of communication...

I’m 22 male who has been stuttering my whole life and I thought all my problems were because of my stutter but they weren’t. Once I just stopped caring what people think, I realised people don’t care....