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I avoid going to busy restaurants because I know the waiter will be in hurry to take order and it will be noisy so he won't be able to hear me. This just adds more pressure. Or I just point to the dis...

Only last week I was ordering a sandwich from a shop and the man behind the counter told me to “get it out” when I struggled to say mayo. I hate this shit sometimes...

I either let my mom order or try to find a sentence where I can put in that word to order, plus extra instructions. Not gonna eat something I don't like because I stutter. I still hate ordering drinks...

Half the reason I order patty melts. The other half being "patty melts are awesome." But I've been known to just go for the melt even if there's other awesome stuff just because I'll have trouble orde...

This indeed, how can such a simple thing as ordering anything, end up been such a nerve wrecking experience, same with drive thrus, I end up ordering something I don't want before the thing I do wa...

My sister’s boss has a stutter and for years didn’t have good fluency. He’s in his late 50s/early 60s and is a scientist who does a lot of public presentations at conferences etc. I didn’t even know h...

Try to be confident what I've noticed is the less you care the less other people will care if they feel you don't care about it then they won't see it as a bad thing about just a minor inconvenience a...

I've never had a problem getting any girl I went after. Being timid does not mean you don't have confidence, it means you don't show confidence. Too much confidence comes off as cocky, and alot of wom...

I attended a conference where there was a stutterer much worse than me. While I sat quietly listening and didn’t dare to raise my hand, he was the most vocal one among hundreds of attendees. He asked ...

Hey OP i would personally prefer 1. Something I searched up that I feel like would help you alot is the “spotlight effect” which can help with social anxiety. And that basically means “We tend to thin...

Hi, the keyword you are looking for is covert stuttering. https://stamurai.com/blog/guide-to-covert-stuttering/...

What I learnt thus far.

What I learnt thus far. I presented yesterday at my uni (sort of) yeah I didn't get pass the first word lol but upon going up to the stage with my group I felt what I didn't feel in years. Pretty much...

Frustrations and Worries

Frustrations and Worries (I’m sorry this is so long I just needed a place to get this all out) I’m a freshman at college right now, and I’m going through a bit of a transformative period of my life....

Its an anti-psychotic (ik it sounds scary), the prescription is purely for stuttering. No side effects aside from a bit of sleepiness in the first 2 weeks....

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...

Great post 3-7 really hit me hard, especially 3. I never had a speech therapist because stuttering ran through my family so my parents became my natural therapists (LOL). I think 3 really hits home be...

Not letting it control you. Easier said than done, I know from experience. However, your stutter may improve significantly if you’re not obsessing over the fact that you MAY stutter. It’s helped me as...

Kinda unpopular opinion, but there's a chance we can see where they're coming from. Restaurants (food business in general) can get unbelievably busy and stressful, that was probably a stress-yell. Not...

This will give further power and influence to your stutter and strengthen it's grasp on your self esteem and consciousness. You don't want to be a slave to fluency. It's a miserable way to life and a ...

Now I only think about stuttering when I'm with high authority figures/really pretty girls, but expanding my chest out and imagining myself confident helps immensely...