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Great post! Absolutely, self-acceptance is hard but we should aim for it regardless, in order to break out of the vicious circle. **In my opinion**: self-acceptance is the ability to embrace and love...

Worn down, unable to achieve self-acceptance

Worn down, unable to achieve self-acceptance Now I am older, I don't have any interactions that feel like big traumatic wounds to be replayed over and over again as a result of having a speech impedim...

glad so have found this subreddit

glad so have found this subreddit im a 20 yo who has been stuttering since i was about 6-7. my entire life has revolved arround my stuttering and had been a huge burden on me. school was always stre...

Its sad, but we can say this all day long, but execution of postive self reinforcement is easier said than done. Whenever i have a negative stutter expierence, it will linger in my head at some capac...

that's true, being unbothered = i'm winning. but for some reason, I couldn't shake off the weird feeling i felt. the moment just kept replaying in my head, jeez....

Trying to read aloud and the words won’t come out

Trying to read aloud and the words won’t come out I consider myself to have a mild stutter, lately it’s been severe. It usually comes in waves, sometimes it’s hard to get some words out, but I’m prett...

Stuttered my way out of a well-paid job opportunity. I hate my life

Stuttered my way out of a well-paid job opportunity. I hate my life Last week on Saturday I went to do a speaking test for a interpreter/translator job. By the odds it would be my highest paid job so ...

I've gone through this and still go through it , just that you just need to develop a thick skin and not give a f#ck attitude what others think ....

Hopeless

Hopeless Hello, so I had made a post a couple days ago but I feel that it is important for me to just vent on how I feel. This may come out as negative or hopeless but this is the state I am in. I hav...

Didn’t knew it was common. I thought I was the one who was facing this didn’t knew it was with many individuals. It feels embarrassing from school time that I can’t say my name correct. Now It’s easie...

I mean, that sucks, your mother sounds callous, and obviously anyone with a stutter can empathize, but it sounds like the stutter and its consequences -were- the reason why you left. There’s nothing w...

All the time! I say to people without a stutter that proper nouns of any kind are the worst for me. There's no synonym for my name, the city I live in, etc. that I can substitute in if I'm blocking or...

Not applying for scholarships. I likely wouldn’t have gotten any, which was my reasoning for not applying. I really wish I did apply though because maybe I could’ve gotten one or at least said I trie...

Is forcing my way through my stutter during public speaking situations a good idea?

Is forcing my way through my stutter during public speaking situations a good idea? **Hi** all, im 16 m and and high school. I always find that I want to speak up during class or answer a question for...

Yes. Honestly ‘acceptance’ is like… the worst feeling in the world. It’s not a feel good moment. It’s the realization that your worst fear might actually be your reality. Your hope for fluency is bein...

Advice needed

Advice needed Hi everyone, 1st time poster here. I am a life-long stutterer and I went to a new dentist today and noticed that he also stutters as well. I was fluent during the whole appt and at the ...

What are your thoughts on elongating the start of the sentence while talking to reduce blocks??

What are your thoughts on elongating the start of the sentence while talking to reduce blocks?? I have been trying to follow this method,but i seem to miserably fail when trying to talk to other perso...

Have to give my first ever presentation in English Class on a word that best describes me, i chose "Restraint"(Big mistake btw). How should i handle the anxiety while presenting, have this fear that my delivery would suck and i wont able to finish it.

Have to give my first ever presentation in English Class on a word that best describes me, i chose "Restraint"(Big mistake btw). How should i handle the anxiety while presenting, have this fear that m...

My dad does this sometimes, but it's extremely obvious that he is uncomfortable. I'm actually someone that has a pretty bad nervous laugh, so I guess I get it from him, but when I am nervously laughin...

Sometimes I still feel that way but I have to challenge myself to think about it differently when I start to feel it. Stuttering is a part of me as much as I wish it wasn’t so all I can do is try to s...