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I met my partner in my dream. Every time I try to find in real life, my stuttering be like "are you forgetting about me" with a tight slap on my confidence....

Been stuttering for 12 years, and my parents still think im just “nervous” or “not confident”....

I felt the same way when I had to speak in front of the class. The absolute silence in the class when I spoke was almost frightening to me, and I was really, really scared of messing that up. But, I m...

This may vary, but as a stutterer, there are times when I speak and I cannot get words out and it causes me to become frustrated + flustered + (enter other emotion here) at myself, and it's not at *yo...

Exchange

Exchange I am very anxious, 2 months ago my school admitted me to a school exchange and I paid an advance of €250. I don't want to go because of my stutter and my difficulty in introducing myself, bu...

Struggling with Stuttering, Speech Blocks, and Social Anxiety

Struggling with Stuttering, Speech Blocks, and Social Anxiety Hey everyone, I’ve been dealing with stuttering and speech blocks for a while now, and it’s become a major issue for me, especially in soc...

People stop talking just to listen to me, which makes me feel pressured to finish my sentence quickly

People stop talking just to listen to me, which makes me feel pressured to finish my sentence quickly It's supposed to be a good thing, right? The class is usually busy in themselves during lectures, ...

I feel you. 5 years back, I used to say the exact same things youre saying, and i used to come up with qll kinds of explanation on why i was struggling at work, why i had high anxiety, etc etc. Then ...

Yes of course. I feel comfortable to talk with people who stutter themselves. Maybe it’s a belief that I won’t be judged, I don’t know. 🤷‍♀️ talk to him about your fears and issues...

I see, I have a vocal repetition OCD so now that you mention mainly anxiety I can better understand it like how I live it. I know he is maybe worried or stressed that it’s not okay with me I’ve tried ...

Accept your partner with the stutter. Give them the extra time needed to complete sentences. There will be times when they’ll face ridicule, mockery from others and it’ll break them. Be there, hear th...

Yep - it's physically, mentally and emotionally draining to have a stammer/stutter and struggle, whether you're actually talking or just thinking about it constantly. Have you looked into what kind of...

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...

Not caring about it actually dwarfs the anxiety that comes with stuttering so you can speak more fluent and also think/react better in the situation. But you should psychologically figure out how to d...

My stuttering surely lead me to the point where I’m at now. Long story short is that because of my stuttering I had huge social anxiety (was literally afraid to ask people on street how to get somewhe...

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 ...

This reminds me of the other day when me and my boyfriend picked up Chipotle for dinner. They forgot to give us forks for our bowls, so he told me to go back and ask for some, since he got out and gra...

I feel that as well. I am beginning to believe my stutter is a lot worse than I thought it was ever since I started interacting with a lot of new people...

Only recently, after i had uncovered what i think the root cause of my stutter is* had it even crossed my mind. But yes, i wonder... i ponder... i dwell... i spiral (just a little). I mean, the stut...

@Comrade_4 I'm half way through my second year at uni and I am like you. I struggle the most when starting conversations or if I'm asked a question out of the blue where I am not able to prepare an a...