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I dreaded having to take this class in college and put it off as long as I could. I didn't notify the instructor; I just did my speeches as expected and it was pretty obvious that I was a stutterer. ...

Advice for a college instructor who teaches public speaking

Advice for a college instructor who teaches public speaking Hi! I work at a university and teach a public speaking class that is required for all freshmen. This semester a part of my job is to help tr...

Maybe... or not. I make my students give a short presentations every year ("because if I can do it..."). This year I had an handsome, athletic senior absolutely terrified by the prospect of presenting...

Seriously all through college I'd hear so many other students bitching and moaning about how "nervous" they were before presentations. Made me want to hit fools with the back of my hand. ...

I totally agree. I hated giving speeches in high school, and most of the time I got away with not doing it lol. ...

Same here, i was talking with my friends who don't stutter and i asked them how they could be nervous talking infront of the class. ...

Anyone else not understand other people's fear of public speaking?

Anyone else not understand other people's fear of public speaking? As a stutterer, literally the only thing I'm scared about when having to give a speech/presentation is stuttering. I could care less...

That's awesome! I had the best time in college as a stutterer. ...

In my early years of elementary school, I had psychologial counseling - didn't help at all. I suffered from stuttering a lot until high school, then I've enrolled in drama classes. I must say **tongue...

Don't judge your life by high school standards. I'm a high school teacher (with a moderate-to-severe stutter), and one of my canned PSAs goes something along the lines of "high school is not the best ...

Advice for my daughter

Advice for my daughter Hi! My 8 year old daughter developed a stutter earlier this year. Her main issue seems to be blocking and her stutter has been defined as moderate. It just kind of came out of ...

Basically, I have a whole host of weird neuro problems that happen with varying frequency. Communication issues are just the ones that press the most frequently on my brain. I got referred on the basi...

In a setting such as that, I do hope the teachers are aware of the individual circumstances of their stuttering students. I'm guessing unfortunately that isn't always the case, since stutter still isn...

I took speech classes as well, but they didn't help me any. However, I am not sure that it was because of the class. I think it was more of me just believing that I could never stop stuttering, so the...

Does anyone else think that speech classes in elementary school only made things worse?

Does anyone else think that speech classes in elementary school only made things worse? It made me really selfconscious about my stuttering and made me not want to speak at all. I think a lot of cove...

Hey! We have a [discord server](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/49eoxn/rstutter_discord_server_text_voice_chat/) which you can ask to voice chat other people. This app allows you to text cha...

Some of my exams are oral, but I usually have some written test before and that helps me because the professor can actually see that I know the subject even if I can't talk about it fluently. Maybe tr...

Bro you sound just like me, how I stuttered and thought about my stutter. I couldn't pronounce R until the 5th grade. I always have a prolongation or block on ST and it feels like I'm choking. I spe...

Any tips for a severe stutterer?

Any tips for a severe stutterer? My stutter has had a huge effect on my life. I went to a speech therapist when I younger and that helped a good bit with public speaking (reading off a script), but in...

If you practiced reading out loud for say 30 mins a day, you'd be able to read your order off the menu, atleast that's been the case for me. If not, type what you want on your phone then say ' Hi can...