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As someone who has mostly overcome my stutter through sheerly not caring about it, there are mixed results. I don't stutter much, and the only people who bring it up usually do it because they think I...
Whether you fight to suppress the stutter or find the confidence to be disfluent in front of others will not determine the progression of your stutter. But fighting to suppress it will be effortful a...
Hey u/ShutUpPussy. I know you’ve been around this sub well before I even was. I’ve always respected when you give your two cents here. But I wanna share at least my experience. McGuire doesn’t attem...
So I’ve been on the McGuire program for close to 8 years. I don’t go to the courses anymore. However, I had a stutter where I could barely speak in most situations. In class, I would just not speak a...
Stuttering at work
Stuttering at work Just venting I guess….I have speech blocks. Most people recommend to substitute the word you struggle with if you can. But I can’t do that. At my job I have a specific set of phrase...
Anybody else semi-comfortable stuttering in front of someone, but not when there are random bystanders there?
Anybody else semi-comfortable stuttering in front of someone, but not when there are random bystanders there? Hey guys, so I work in retail. I’m semi-comfortable stuttering in front of my coworkers, o...
I want to know as well. I feel like I am extremely socially awkward. Always trying to hide my stutter. My trick is to listen more to other people and genuinely laugh when they tell a joke....
I wrote a long comment here and lost it. Fuck. Best part was that sometimes people on the phone think my getting stuck is a sneeze. I'm trying to figure out how to shape a block so it sounds like a sn...
I’d say mine is moderate. Usually if I’m comfortable with someone, I’ll stutter here and there but they’ll know what i’m saying. If i’m not comfortable then my speech is worse. I’m not great at phone ...
In my experience, adult severe stuttering is not a very common phenomenon, so while being good-minded most people don't know how to react to a person struggling to get some words out of his/her mouth....
Ask places if they’re hiring and what the process is, ask for a specific product or service they offer, ask for the persons name you’re speaking to on the phone. Or just call and be honest “hey i have...
I call my bank to ask if they can up my line of credit and I call Mohela to ask about the status of my student loan SAVE application. I'm not a very exciting person....
its your life but your options are dont talk to anyone ever or let the world know. Frankly no one cares, people will forget you stutter because you are the side character in their life....
I hate it. I have having 10,000 synonyms, I hated having to worry about what to say AND if it was gonna come out. I hated how Arlington Va fire and Rescue dept picked some BS reason for not hiring...
It really isn’t lol. I would trade anything to be able to talk normally. It’s held me back soooo much in life. Missed out on a lot of...
True! My next therapy session starts tomorrow and we’ve been talking about the stuff mentioned in my original post along with the sudden ‘stutter attack’ as I called it. Ever since I’ve started therap...
Slow your talking down Lower the pitch Control your breathing Don't force words out. Stop immediately when this happens Count to three in your head and then say the word. The count is an automatic d...
100%, i let my stutter hold me back for far too long. i think when i hit my 20s, i stopped caring so much and was able to just live my life. there are still moments where my stutter gets me down but o...
Not letting people’s looks, glances, smirks or other BS effect me. I move forward, ignore it or outright call it out, and continue....
My stutter ruined my entire life potential and I refuse to let anybody lie to me and say I would have been fine taking 5 minutes on the job to say what should take 5 seconds because I speak so poorly....