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Stuttering is not just frustrating but it is also tiring.

Stuttering is not just frustrating but it is also tiring. Yesterday me and a bunch of friends hang out for a education fair and of course I stuttered/blocked speech. My friends asked me what I want t...

Stop hiding, just do it

Stop hiding, just do it So basically without any thinking i decided to get into this subreddit and share half of my day cuz i feel stressed ( it's the same feelings that i got for like 6-7 years, when...

The shame you feel comes from the part of you that doesn't want to 'accept' the stutter, and thereforefore fuels the negative feedback loop. Imagine you're talking to a baby, or a dog or a wall, would...

Anyone else experience this viscous cycle?

Anyone else experience this viscous cycle? I’m a covert stutterer for the most part. For as long as I can remember people always told me that to overcome or accept my stuttering I just needed to put m...

Strangely for me it’s the opposite. When I put myself out there and manage to be fluent, the more fluent I become. Whereas if I put myself out there and stutter, the shame reinforces it and then I nee...

Stuttering can be cured easier than we think. It's just a mental issue. as most of stutterers can speak like normal people when they are alone and out of pressure. If one finds a way to fix this menta...

Wanting to say something but deciding not to because you know you will trip up getting the first word out...

I would be completely different and have friends or made an effort to have friends. I’d like to think that I wouldn’t sweat so much when I speak in front of a crowd because I would be fluent and not s...

Avoiding flatmates

Avoiding flatmates I live on campus with 5 other flatmates and they’re really wonderful. I always check if someone is in the kitchen or not before going in first because honestly I don’t want to have ...

The big question! I thought about this so many times, it’s ridiculous. Part of me sees the glory: I’d be an actress! A comedian! The most interesting person at the party! But then I truly think what I...

I always think about these things and also create an imaginary situations where i am giving lectures and presentations in class hahhaha. I am talking with people about my culture, identity and the per...

I would be yapping with every stranger, i would be chilling in social gatherings, i would be telling jokes in class. I would be more outgoing person, i would be helping people more, i would be most ha...

In my experience, the more i avoid speaking out of embarrassment/convenience/shame, the more disfluent i become, like a spiraling effect. The more i say “screw it” and put myself out there regardless ...

I try more and more, I speak and approach others with or without stuttering, I talk about it openly and I try more and more to let go, but I have the impression that the energy I spend trying to do al...

I'm experiencing exactly the same scenario you're describing. I've been wondering however if part of what im experiencing as worse stuttering, is me having the confidence to try and say how I feel on...

I have exactly the same, i cant speak vowels at the beginning of a sentence. Its not my tong i think, i just cant say it. I deal with it in a few ways: 1. ⁠I breath all my air out and then say it idk...

I have exactly the same, i cant speak vowels at the beginning of a sentence. Its not my tong i think, i just cant say it. I deal with it in a few ways: 1. I breath all my air out and then say it idk w...

Tbh, I dealt with a lot of commitment issues at the start, due to my stutter I never really grew a bond with anyone as I was so scared to be rejected. So it was quite scary to be honest for me when I ...

On a dating app. I have a very mild stutter and talk fast to cover it. I mostly have blocks especially when it comes to my phone number. I never thought about disclosing it. I just asked my partner o...

What should i do?

What should i do? Im a 16 yr old male. Ive been stuttering since i've known myself and i was a very shy but after i decided to actually make change be confident which i am making very good progress at...