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Unless you have another condition such as tourettes, the twitches or spasms are likely a conditioned response from trying to get words out with force. They probably helped when you were younger but th...

In order to instruct moving speech muscles, stop requiring to reduce: * feedback * perceiving stuttering as a problem or to be avoided * hearing your stuttering * feeling/tracking your speech muscles...

Stuttering for 10 years, but not stuttering a lot anymore.

Stuttering for 10 years, but not stuttering a lot anymore. I’ve been stuttering for a long time. To me, stuttering is in my head. If I get nervous about stuttering, I stutter a lot. It used to make me...

i know it might not help but maybe try to say it slowly? just treat the words like syllables. no need to talk fast through an intercom anyway, so i dont think its gon seem weird to people....

I would say though and this is my own personal opinion from my own experience that even if one wants to talk about it; don't. I think the more it is "ignored", the quicker it will go away in that par...

Very helpfull, my stutter is getting better now that I'm getting more confident and not overthinking and avoiding....

> Should I keep practicing at home or try not to think of it anymore? Try not to think about it. You will have many blocks in your future. Why let it consume all of your thoughts?...

This post really hit home for me. I had a lot of those same fears and insecurities in my teens and into my 20s. Honestly, I think everyone who stutters has felt this way. I always saw girls I wanted t...

Great story! I’m assuming you’re Christian. Me too. I’m a 25 year-old man. I actually began stuttering around 21 years old. I believe it was a combination of social confusion and emotional sensitivi...

I made it thru HS and college without excruciating shame.. I agree not to shelter yourself in a bubble, but using reasonable avoidance is A OK to have a peaceful and less sweaty existence....

Yes. Stuttering changed the course of my life. After university, I dreaded a career in mental health because who would trust a person who could speak fluently? Fortunately, I married well and didn't H...

Stuttering and The Whale

Stuttering and The Whale I watched The Whale by Brendan Fraser a couple days ago, and it got me reflecting on my own stutter and experience in a way that I'd like to share. The film keeps coming back...

I think majority of people that stutter tends to have social anxiety when in a social environment we might have the biggest confident and ambitious to do anything but when it's time to speak and expre...

It ruined my confidence, social life and my biggest dream to move abroad and become a journalist or a teacher. And it's getting worse. But at the same time it helped me to become more emphatic, sensit...

I’m 22. I was a kid before everything went digital. I used to be terrified that I would need to order my own food by walking up to the till, or needing to ask the ticket guy on the train for a ticket ...

Putting off college due to fears of not being able to get hired afterwards

Putting off college due to fears of not being able to get hired afterwards I do not have a traditional stutter, I have a very severe block stutter. It’s so bad that I’m basically mute. I actually wish...

Yeah I feel you. People think I'm rude because I don't make small talk but I know what will happen if I try to. This stuttering shit is hard bruh....

It's always terrible in the workplace. People come to the job with their issues/trauma that make them feel powerless, and when you stutter during conversation with them it gives them that power back. ...

I have quite a bad stutter, so I always send an email to inform the interviewer before. If it's not that bad.... Then I wouldn't worry at all. It's about what you say not how you say it?...

Personally I try to be covert. If I'm already deep into thr interview I'm too focused on the questions and what I'm going to say (I'm not thinking about my stutter). Since the inteview has already sta...