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Fuck the planned word block. It's the worst when you're in a company meeting and it's your turn to speak as they're going round robin around at the table. I get the first sentence out and then boom th...

Yeah, I can plan around most words if I anticipate a block coming but not a lot of options to replace your first name! Haha I have several tricks I try but it just was not happening no matter how I tr...

I can almost always “plan around a word” if I anticipate a block coming but it’s really hard to substitute words for your name! It’s either your name or it isn’t. I can even fake my title but I can’t ...

I totally feel you. I've been in this scenario a lot and I've recently picked up the habit of saying that I am *really* bad at introductions. It usually takes a lot of the pressure away and people are...

Three Options to Prepare for Big Presentation in 45 Days

Three Options to Prepare for Big Presentation in 45 Days Hey all, I need some outside opinions on my situation. I've narrowed my approach down to three options to prepare for a make or break presentat...

Today one word came from my deepest of my mind “Die”

Today one word came from my deepest of my mind “Die” Stuttering is not always like, taking time to get out a word, sometime word doesn’t want to come out at all, like when you are trying to say a word...

:( And then i sometimes just "freeze"....staring at the floor....wall... trying to get out "bottle"... waving my hands... Its a combination of a "speach" block and "recall" issue (i have Dyslexia t...

Don't worry! Excellent communication skills doesn't always need to be speaking fluently without breaks. It can also be communicating an idea to someone short, crisp and understandable. This is a trait...

I feel like I'm the only stutterer who suffers this much

I feel like I'm the only stutterer who suffers this much I went to a group speech therapy a few years ago, and for the first time in my life, I felt thankful because I realized that my stutter is actu...

i’m in high school and saying my name has always been difficult for me too. i feel like it’s one of the only things you can’t substitute another word for or act like you “forgot what you had to say.”...

My hearty wishes! For interviews, I would always write, punctuate and by-heart some common answers such as an introduction, my aim, my wishes and my achievements. This gives me the freedom to choose e...

Library Assistant

Library Assistant I have an interview next week for library assistant position and was wondering if i should go for it. I am quiet and have social anxiety that brings on stutter. Should I stick to...

The word “choosing” is not the most accurate. We have chosen to block in the same way someone “chooses” a harmful romantic partner to cope with something else unbearable. The academic research is p...

As someone who struggled to say my name for decades, realizing *why* has been a major help. If you have hard, silent blocks and have developed a habit of word switching or avoiding, any unavoidable w...

As someone who struggled to say my name for decades, realizing *why* has been a major help. If you have hard, silent blocks and have developed a habit of word switching or avoiding, any unavoidable w...

Does this happen to others?

Does this happen to others? Hi Am 59m, had a horrible stutter when younger, but now it only lingers. I have ADHD and my mind runs reaaaallly fast(!) and as a result, am always stumbling over my word...

How do i become dateable?

How do i become dateable? Stuttering has messed up with my brain i feel like i will definitely die alone. Am 18M. Ive never been in a relationship or came close to one. I have worked ALOT on my commun...

Been there, done that. Most of the time, first name is enough. Don't push yourself with the whole name if it's not necessary. So that takes away half of the problem. Now, your first name for sure has ...

I find the less I’m thinking about not stuttering the less I do. It’s what we do trying not to stutter that makes us stutter, we play a nasty trick on ourselves....

Couldn’t say my name

Couldn’t say my name I DREAD meetings where I need to talk a lot, and especially where I have to introduce myself to a new person because my name is very hard for me starting with K. I’m doing Zoom me...