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I've been a software engineer with a mild stutter for about 8 years now. From my experience it all depends on the company, the team and the clients you are working for. Some teams have lots of meeting...

User Experience by way of Graphic Design is where I landed, though I may be an atypical stutterer. Anything I can memorize exactly I can say fluidly, more or less, as long as I modify the vowel-conson...

>I know you may think people think things about us, and some of them do, but to hell with them. I know this is way easier said than done, but at some point I started viewing my stutter as a free a...

Literally almost started crying earlier because all day yesterday people kept telling me to speak up, or they'd ask me to repeat myself. Today I got told that I was "yelling." Maybe this doesn't happe...

Thank you so much. Where I am coming from is I've become a person I never wanted to be. I don't socialise now, have few friends, and am not the alpha guy. I have lost all of my confidence. This js mai...

Great reply. So, if I understand your reply correctly, you said that these are your helpful and unhelpful beliefs/attitudes: Unhelpful beliefs/attitudes: * I never really tried to look for answers, ...

I work in a call centre. The first 8 months or so we're excellent but now my stutter is getting worse and harder to manage. I'm thinking about leaving it something within the next month. I might eve...

Wow, thanks so much. This is really eye opening stuff to me. I've had this since I was about 7, and I think I just accepted that I have this 'disorder'. I never really really tried to look for answers...

I did CS and currently work as a software engineer making around 85k$ in UAE. I have a v severe stutter and I'm not gonna lie, it can and does hold me back sometimes and u have to rely on other's kind...

>*"What has been the best book you ever read on stuttering that also helped reducing stutter massively? I'm curious what books you would recommend, one that you feel has massively helped you with s...

>*5. "Avoid triggers: Certain situations or words can trigger stammering. Try to avoid these triggers or develop strategies to manage them."* I argue, that point 5 can be **helpful** or **unhelpfu...

>*"Understanding the Speaker’s Experience of Stuttering Can Improve Stuttering Therapy. Top Lang Disorders. Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 57–75. Written by: Seth E. Tichenor, Caryn Herring, and J. Scott Yaru...

Will I look like an idiot/creep if I maintain visual contact while I silence-block for several seconds? Is it weird to keep it when there's no sound?

Will I look like an idiot/creep if I maintain visual contact while I silence-block for several seconds? Is it weird to keep it when there's no sound? [deleted]...

My Stutter and Me

My Stutter and Me Hey everybody , Im a 24 year old guy from Pennsylvania , and I’ve had my stutter since I could first speak . Growing up , I was an only child raised by a single mom , and she tried t...

Yeah that’s why I don’t talk a lot with people , I am mostly quite in the fear that if I talk and stutter people will make fun of me and laugh...

How can pseudo-stuttering help improve stuttering? Answer: Firstly, non-stutterers speak whenever they have intention to say a word. In other words, they don't speak on the timing of triggers or fear....

I completely agree with the point OP is making. I’ve tried to be positive and say f*ck it and just deal with it. I’ve tried to accept it. But what happens is, you start to believe these sugar coated t...

I’m a huge proponent of “stop trying to hide”, which is something I only finally out after age 40. I spent SO much time and energy in my life focused on how I’m different and how I can try to trick my...

Yeah I feel the same way man. I'm 31 & I can't take it when people down play the pain, anxiety & abuse I've dealt with for years especially when they don't have a handicap themselves..I'm natu...

My ex bf insulted my stutter during one of our last fights as a couple. Since then I’m an introvert...