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i think i’m going to. it’s just i feel that might be an awkward conversation. i like her sm, i js don’t want my stutter to be a turn off....

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Update After a whole month and half of discipline and commitment, my fluency has improved significantly and my stuttering when speaking with people has disappeared by 85%. I feel much better and I am...

Unfortunately, many of us do this without realizing it, and the longterm consequences of avoiding the word is more blocking....

Use a synonym of the word that you are about to block....

Breathing techniques. Take a big breath before you talk, then talk. Usually helps with flow. Drink water before you speak. Usually good for phone calls or meetings. Environment you in. I find being ...

Any advice on getting through blocks and bad habits?

Any advice on getting through blocks and bad habits? Been stuttering ever since I was able to speak words but I used to stutter “normally” until a few years ago and now I have this nasty habit of clos...

I believe most people see the blocks as “brain farts” or taking a breath before speaking again. For me personally I know exactly how I want to sound in my head, smooth and no breaks. So it’s more no...

Have you ever been threatened to be kicked out of college because you didn’t want to give a presentation?

Have you ever been threatened to be kicked out of college because you didn’t want to give a presentation? So I have social anxiety and I also stutter. I emailed my professor and asked if it was possib...

They're called blocks, only advice I really have is stop trying and only then sail on, usually works for me ...

I have coworkers that mock me when I stutter. It does give a break that I'm finally able to say the word. Or if I try to say it in one go but have that long pause, they'll do that rolling hand motio...

I have an infuriating problem.

I have an infuriating problem. I am a naturally introverted person. I have almost no university friends of whom I talk to or meet regularly, mostly online connections. English is also my second lan...

generally in life i know the true solution is self-acceptance but as of rn i feel like gotta mask and substitute words as much as possible, i hate feeling abnormal...

I’m becoming an ex stutterer again!!

I’m becoming an ex stutterer again!! As I can recall, I started having a stutter since I was a kid and through out my high school, I had lots of friends and somehow my stutter disappeared. It’s just...

I'm a bartender. I work my own bar. If I'm having a tough day, I let people know I'm stuttering hard. I'll sometimes spell out what I'm trying to say. I haven't lost this job or recieved any complai...

I once asked it to give me an alternative sentence to say, as I knew I’d have a blockage on a word, told it the starting vowels I struggled with and it came back to me with different things to say so ...

Worried about job I've accepted

Worried about job I've accepted Recently graduated from college and found a job in my field (not an ideal one, but apparently the economy is shit now so I took what I can get). I start in a week. It w...

Best supplement for me

Best supplement for me Ubiquinol (100 MG). A lot of energy and good mood... And confidence and yes... Fluency. I saw the it improves blood flow.. Which is a problem with us. Anyone with the same expe...

Honestly I own it. I have a stop stutter. When I start to feel it I say “sorry I have a stutter”. Which I’m able to say perfectly for some reason. And then I maybe stutter one word out, which they’re ...

I’m done hiding it. I would often lean on my partner to have a backup order, or order for me. Often I would email versus call. All of that is out the window....

I hate it when nobody knows the answer to a question in class but me but I can’t raise my hand

I hate it when nobody knows the answer to a question in class but me but I can’t raise my hand There was a really hard and advanced chemistry question a while ago that the teacher didn’t expect anyone...