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Do share the podcast. I try to go out of speak sometimes but each time one bad event takes me back and i lose hope. I have to move to another country soon alone and I'm scared af. Will probably have t...

Seeing this legit makes me tear up... Two years ago, I went without heat for 3 days in MA winter bc I was too scared to call. I found a free podcast that changed my life. The main technique is t...

Personally, I've done both. I dont like changing who I am or how I talk because of my stutter, therefore, I will forever continue to talk and express myself the way I want, regardless of my speech. Wh...

Just do it. Stutter. tell everyone that you stutter. You’re 18, you’ll be stuttering a very long time. Accept it. Do not hide it. Your stutter does not define who you are. No one really gives a shit a...

Speaking more often throughout the day

Speaking more often throughout the day Hi Reddit. I suffer from speech blocks mostly. I notice that sometimes I speak very little throughout the day. That's mostly by design because I don't speak up a...

Dealing with work meetings

Dealing with work meetings I've found that it is very difficult for me to speak during formal work meetings. It is hard to try to say things formally and be taken seriously when you are stuttering and...

I agree we can desensitise ourselves to feared words, sounds, situations even….it takes a lot of courage, perseverance and I guess accepting there will be peaks and troughs along the way...

Right? All mental. My new fear is words that start with “n” and it all manifested because I thought to myself “man, N words like the word neurological are SO easy for me to say.” One thought led to an...

Good speech therapy will guide you through the desensitization you need to become able to disclose your stuttering. It takes time and support, but it can be done…...

Physical "stutter" with fingers when doing rapid, memorised movements

Physical "stutter" with fingers when doing rapid, memorised movements First of all, I do not stutter in real life. I have rarely had stutter moments but these are extremely rare and short and do not i...

I joined the Mcguire Program in 2002 which helped me control my stutter. I still use the techniques I learned most days if I can feel I will have a block coming. usually when i have to say my name or...

If you'd like, you can definitely break your secondary behaviors and just have "clean" stuttering. What worked for me is to watch myself in the mirror when I speak. I talked to my clinician while lo...

My experiences in the Successful Stuttering Management Program (SSMP)

My experiences in the Successful Stuttering Management Program (SSMP) I went through the SSMP a couple weeks ago and thought it was, by far, the most helpful speech therapy program in my life. If you ...

First 4th of July party stuttering openly. Most enjoyable social event in a long time.

First 4th of July party stuttering openly. Most enjoyable social event in a long time. I’ve been a covert stutterer for 35 years. I just got back from the National Stuttering Association annual confer...

Deliberate disfluency is exaggerating stuttering on purpose. And disclosure is openly and directly telling people that you stutter. This is to create ease in the listener and yourself. And to create c...

Stuttering and drawing lines analogy

Stuttering and drawing lines analogy So I was watching a video about drawing, and the guy was talking about how "wobbly lines" are bad practice. If you're drawn anything on paper you probably know wha...

How can I train myself to not think about what I want to say?

How can I train myself to not think about what I want to say? I've been suffering from stuttering since I was 5, and than it went away when I was about 7, but than it came back again when I was 10 and...

I have social anxiety, and I believe this is the reason I stutter and have speech blocks. I find that when I am able to control my social anxiety and feel confident in social situations, I usually spe...

Already explained it. It's nothing I'm embarrassed about, and I'd rather people know I have a medical condition than thinking I'm nervous or drunk or something...

Why would I hide it though? You can't bury it, you can't shut it off, pretending it doesn't exist worsens it. Why not proudly claim it as part of who you are and gain confidence in it? This is the onl...