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I'm guilty of just avoiding the phone as much as humanly possible. My motto is that if it can't be ordered online, I don't want it....

I can totally relate with the same story – moderate/severe stutter when younger that got better through therapy in late teens so that by my early 20s, it was still somewhat noticeable, but not terribl...

I never been so depressed but when i entered the adulthood every thing changed and just I gave up for trying to socialize because i feel so ashamed of myself like i can't talk to another human bean, h...

>Fuck sake I just wanna earn a living where I'm not required to speak to people and fucking humiliate myself and destroy my already small ego Without communicating you're just never going to date ...

I understand. Can't help you not stutter. I hope you can find a way to achieve the communication you desire despite it. I think it is possible. I wish you the best!...

I know. Most people don't see stuttering in a bad light. It's just a quirk. I'm ok with that, I've severely stuttered with a lot of people and they've been understanding. It only bothers me when peopl...

I've explained to him how stressful it is to have a stutter, and that him stuttering only makes it worse. He listens, but his actions don't change. I know outside of that he's a fairly nice guy, so I ...

I worked on a Helpdesk answering calls for a couple of years. After you get over fear and get into a routine you will be fine. You will have bad days but you will have 10 times more good days. ...

I have the same problem when talking on the phone. I sometimes prefer talking to people in real life because they can see me stutter, and so they understand :P...

Hey, I'm a coward about that kind of stuff so don't think you're alone. I think some of us are just wired differently when it comes to anxiety and how conscious we are. Believe it or not, a lot of peo...

I answer phone calls all day and talk to people regularly. Honestly, the phones terrified me at first. Like it would ring, I would freeze solid, and forget what to do it. I fought it though. Now I fe...

I was a receptionist for 2 years in a hospital. On voluntary basis but still. The thought of answering the phone or having a line of people there waiting for me was absolutely terrifying. The first ...

Yup, I imagine if I could speak fluently all the great things I can do, I'd probably have a better job, social life, relationships, friendships. People who can speak fluently have no idea how great th...

You might have to tell the customer to hold on a minute. And tune her out. Say mam a few times to her, so that it doesn't sound rude. But don't let people get to you. They are just stupid sometimes. T...

I start college in two days

I start college in two days I am nervous that on the first day of class there is going to be an icebreaker where they make us go around the room and introduce ourselves. That happened a lot in school....

Exhausted by Stuttering!

Exhausted by Stuttering! I'm a 21 year old university student with a stammer since age 6 and I am absolutely tired of it. How do you go through life when you can't even communicate? Naturally I am fun...

Look at it like this: you encountered one of the worst-case phone call scenarios for stutterers. It sucked, sure. But the world didn't end. You've had the bad experience. You can live through another ...

Focus on the positives, not the negatives. You have friends and a good job. Many people who stutter don't even have that. The overwhelming majority of adults who stutter that I've met have a signific...

Recently developed a stutter

Recently developed a stutter Hi all! So I'm sure these posts are pretty common, but I've recently developed a stutter I'm currently 23, and I just graduated and moved across the country (I live in t...

I feel like I've lost all motivation to communicate anymore

I feel like I've lost all motivation to communicate anymore The past few months have been really tough and I can see myself isolating myself from others. I just feel like I'm unable to put in the effo...