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"We don´t care about your stuttering"- How do you feel about this?

"We don´t care about your stuttering"- How do you feel about this? Hello y´all, I´ve hearing frequently people dont care about my stuttering and that I should just talk, fluency aside, and chose wo...

Yes, I was an active member of Toastmasters for about 6 years. I earned the highest distinction in Toastmasters that you can, as a stutterer in a chapter full of fluent speakers. It did a world of goo...

Miss having a following, was never big 600-700 followers on Instagram. It makes you feel important and grew alot during that phase. Since u wanted to make more "content"(documenting myself make bad li...

Also avoiding some things that cause stress or make stuttering worse & actively preventing situations of discomfort. I don’t drink coffee now because it makes my stutter worse, I always tell peopl...

I worked in customer service on the phone for a few years. It was hell, specially the first months, but I needed the job so I soldiered it up and sticked to it. Now I’m thankful I did, because it did ...

Rejection makes me more insecure about myself, stutter included

Rejection makes me more insecure about myself, stutter included I went to an all girls high school, so that really didn't help me meet boys. But the key problem has always been my stutter. I can contr...

I don't wanna push no more

I don't wanna push no more I'm damn tired. I choose isolation over the nightmare, the extreme tension and embarrassment that would cause to just say a sentence. I've become asocial, and I hate that I'...

The thing is I stutter a lot around strangers, and I'm not gonna lead off every conversation with "hi, I stutter"....

I think that I will not have any friends for the next two years.

I think that I will not have any friends for the next two years. Though this is quite obvious (why else would I post here?), I have a very bad stammer. I get long blocks and pull strange faces, my mus...

Whats worked in my case (may not work in yours)

Whats worked in my case (may not work in yours) I've been a stutterer since I was 10. Been to all the therapists, tried all the tricks, and I'm happy to say that it doesn't play a major role in my lif...

Career Advice with Respect to Stuttering

Career Advice with Respect to Stuttering To preface, I am 20 years old. I dropped out of college earlier this year after one semester (for a combination of reasons which isn’t really relevant). I was ...

This is true to some extent! I just don’t have to talk to many people nowadays so it’s really not noticeable...

Yes I do. That is a block. I like to think of blocks like a brick wall and I am trying to pass through. Break the bricks by brute force. The irony is that everytime I do that the wall get thicker. Bi...

Still not used to it

Still not used to it You would think after all these years with a stutter (am 19) am already used to it so it doesn't bother me. Am not. I still punch the pillow and wall. I still wish I were dead af...

I feel that. I can talk by myself, record myself when I’m alone and I have 100% perfect fluency. The second I get in front of a real person (or on the phone) everything switches and I have a very noti...

I’ve decided it’s because there is some gate in our brains that when we communicate with others trips our stutter. As you know you will have good and bad days of communication but what’s important is ...

I keep holding eye contact and subconsciously force then to see me as a human, it could be a totally different meaning behind it but it’s been working for me so ima keep going, and it stops me from in...

Confused

Confused Hello all, first off let me say that this group helps me a lot and reminds me that I’m not alone in this journey. So basically I have a mild stutter my whole life, you probably wouldn’t even ...

Having a bad period

Having a bad period My professional life is going great, I'm improving at work and often get complimented on being bright. However, I have struggled with stuttering all my life with people (girls and ...

I don't stutter when I'm alone. I stutter when I'm talking to family but I don't stutter when I'm talking to a stranger or someone who doesn't know I stutter yet. I also stutter when I'm talking with ...