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I am so hurt. Today my sister told me that I was not doing enough with my stutter. That I didn't want to get better. I feel so crushed.

I am so hurt. Today my sister told me that I was not doing enough with my stutter. That I didn't want to get better. I feel so crushed. I was trying to say "polio", a word that contains the dreaded "p...

Dont know what to do

Dont know what to do Background about me - I have been stuttering since childhood. I went to speech therapy when i was thirteen. It helped me greatly and i was almost speaking normally, but after few ...

I’m sorry to hear that you and your fiancée had to go through that experience must have been hard unfortunately it does happen, a lot of ppl lack self awareness when it comes to stuttering, I she does...

I stutter when I’m angry. I do it so rarely that I when I forget myself and “say my peace “ I get all tounge tied and people laugh. My point is immediately ignored and dismissed. My family even does i...

I know in advance the words that trouble me (unfortunately, my name is one of them). I often have to hesitate and breathe and center myself, and I know people are looking at me going "Don't you know y...

Thanks for answering! I understand that people have good intentions, so my frustration is rarely directed at the people saying they stutter. I think it is more of a frustration with the situation. I w...

I am very similar my first and last name start with Br and Gr respectively and I struggle with both of them it is *mildly* infuriating...

I am really sorry to hear that. That must be really tough at times and I feel it. Some days it is really difficult for me to the point where it makes me feel like I can't talk at all. I have to push t...

I'm 45 and just started stuttering after a trauma happened to me and then my Dr took me off my antidepressants. I get so pissed off at myself and frustrated to the point of tears....

I get annoyed when people without fluency disorders say they stutter

I get annoyed when people without fluency disorders say they stutter I was put in speech therapy at 18 months old for mixed SSD (articulation disorder + phonological delay) and fluency disorder (stutt...

They do now and try not to laugh but it is hard to break that habit. They apologize sincerely but it still sucks...

I feel you. With me, especially teachers in school would be like "just breathe, stop and breathe with me, in and out, don't be nervous" and it's so annoying lol. They manage to get you from not nervou...

That really sucks. In my mind I said: "I'm not fucking nervous, hell, I stutter, just that! Is it so difficult to understand that shit?"...

I am 53 years old and only recently told by my mom I had a stutter as a kid.

I am 53 years old and only recently told by my mom I had a stutter as a kid. I never made fun of people with stutters, and I always stuck up for people that did stutter. Now I know why. I did make f...

Ye if I'm angry or frustrated it's easier to speak and when I speak to my parents it's limited a lot still there but definitely limited...

I am the same when it comes to emotions too. Being overly excited, nervous, or anxious makes it more difficult to be fluent. It’s weird because if I am upset or angry, I can be very fluent without muc...

My name's the nightmare to all my problems): I wish I was able to say it without experiencing any speech blocks....

It happens to me all the time. Sometimes when I'm traveling and I've to give directions, I'd know that I won't be able to say it and I'm going to have a speech block on that particular word(s). I some...

I can logically say my stutter is just a part of who I am, but it's much harder to reduce the emotional toll and pain associated with it. As I grow older and understand more about stuttering, I become...

yeah i got so good at finding synonyms in a split second. but then introducing myself and saying my name always gets me cause i can’t change my name mid sentence lol...