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Totally understood. I hate the fact that we even have to talk during lunch. The best solution would be a self-serve system (though probably impossible because people are greedy pigs) where you just p...

Intentionally creating conflicts? Been there. Matter of fact, I'm still there. I remember dropping a class in college in which the professor would have the class answer a random question proposed via...

Very well written. I could feel what you felt. It's painful to think of the things we do to avoid embarrassing ourselves. ...

We can't run away forever and we can't hide our stutter forever. So as Tyrion said Embrace it wear it like armor. Have a great day....

Great writing, it resonates a lot with what I'm going through. I believe self-acceptance (accepting yourself with your stuttering) and accepting that it's okay to stutter, also standing to your stutte...

Agree, but would only add to have the right mentality when facing scary situations, which means to take care of your mental health, maybe see a therapist if you think you need to, so you have the ment...

I learned this when i realised its either i face my fears or i was gonna die poor.I missed so many opportunities.Now idc at all.Am currently doing my Masters in teaching.I can barely speak but am doin...

I can relate 💔 sorry you had to go through that. What I’ve done before is type my name or message in my phone and show whoever I’m talking to my phone....

This was painful to read. Very well described. I purposely arrive at some work events late, intentionally creating schedule conflicts so I "miss" the name game/intros at the start....

Yeah i got a phone call for a job a week ago and the woman who I talked to inviting me to an interview hang up on me 2 times because i couldn't say a sound. It's so frustrating...

I always say, ‘I stammer and I experience word blocks so it takes me a while to say my name’ whenever I’m asked. They usually go ‘that’s fine’, then I proceed to spell it out and they pronounce it and...

It is debilitating when that happens. As hard as it is, and the desire to power through a word...you have to stop. Just flat out stop. Don't talk. Don't say a word. Instead, take a deep breath. Then...

I can't either, in fact most people who stutter this is one of the toughest parts of speech. I'm sure people have theories why. Worst for me is when I do manage to get my name out and don't stutter. I...

That is a terrible time in any stutterer's life. I know for me, it was a daily grind. Especially when I knew I "had" to speak. Whether it was school, employment, socializing, etc...it was taxing. Yo...

Stuttering has stuck my life

Stuttering has stuck my life I’m a 20-year-old living in NYC, and I’ve been dealing with stuttering since I was a kid. It’s something that upsets me every single day because there are so many words I ...

Always a tricky one for me, I try adding an extra word or something to get some flow. "call me Alex" "it's alex" etc...

I'm the same! I have had to bastardize my given name for years. At any job I have had I have asked everyone to refer to me as a name that's doesn't even resemble my given name!...

Try yes maam, or I'M present, For reading, i hope that you can read alone quite well and without blocks, so when asked to read, just try to think youre sitting in your chair, at your desk and reading...

For me, I try spelling the word. I would restart the sentence or phrase in which the block occurred and then spell the blocked word out. Often times that works....

How to tell the word

How to tell the word Do u guyz have a technique to say the word that is blocked.. I have speech block... And when block appears.. I usually skip or use synonym, any trick to tell the word, i usually ...