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No you should not. I am the same way man, and I’ve considered it, but I would never surrender my name to my stutter, I think that is accepting defeat. Say you do change your name. What comes next? Y...
Very well said! It's one thing to hide it and pretend like it doesn't bother you, but you're as much as a human being as they are and deserve to be treated as such. Thank you for bring brave and posti...
Covert stuttering at the price of not making sense
Covert stuttering at the price of not making sense Most of the friends I made after high school have no idea I stutter, I have a moderate (to sometimes severe) stutter but with years of developing tri...
I think I'm actually making some progress
I think I'm actually making some progress It's not necessarily progress towards being more fluent, but instead towards being able to deal with my stutter and react to it in a better way. I was in a ...
Do you talk to the people in your life about your stutter?
Do you talk to the people in your life about your stutter? I have stuttered all my life but I've never really spoken to anyone about it. I think this is because it was always treated as something that...
Recent Job Interviews
Recent Job Interviews I’ve been following this subreddit for a while (this isn’t my main). As someone approaching their mid-20s I’ve been dealing with a stutter as long as I can remember. A few years...
I feel like if I didn’t have a stutter, I can use my voice more. I rely on writing ALOT. How did you get your job?...
Thank you for asking and wanting to be accurate! 1) Most often: sh, s, f, glottal stop (like the beginning of *apple* or *if*). Sometimes: t, ch, w, k. It's not an exhaustive list, but those are my...
think that your speach is about stammering and u r going to share your life that went with stammering.becuase you r fucesing on stutterin more than your main speach so what i told u is the the way to...
Hey! I have a really bad stutter, I was in speech therapy from age 2 through about 15-16 and I stopped going simply Bc I hated being that kid in school who went to therapy. I use to have a sort of...
Yeah same.. but I WANT to say the words that I want to say.. Stuttering will get worse for sure if we keep avoiding words...
There seems to be some sort of theoretical component to what you're saying in this video. Please elaborate. • What's this about "authentic self"? • Where's this notion of the P's coming from? • Did...
Feeling like I can’t show my true self is something that really bothers me because I honestly have a lot to say. It’s the reactions that get to me most although I know I shouldn’t hold them with so mu...
On harder days I foucs on breathing. My method is medium inhale but then a very focused exhale. I do not start talking right away but wait a moment until the exhale is noticed by my brain :) On bett...
You summed up the stuttering experience very well. I don't know how old you are, but at around age 19 I overcame my stutter so I witnessed all levels of school, work, social life etc being miserable. ...
Hey there. Just wanted to say you aren’t alone, I know exactly how you feel. Back in the day I was also the one always volunteering for roles where I’d have to publicly speak, gave guest lectures as a...
Yep, me too. The only way out of it is to speak more. Become numb to the feeling of being anxious with your speech and then focus on the topic discussed instead of whether or not you might stutter. It...
My stutter was an interesting one because it was seasonal, and when it would come back (usually every 6 months) I would go to speech therapy. I did this until last year, when I started college and my ...
I've done this for most of my life, and still sometimes do. I feel like it's important to learn NOT to. Even if not all at once, just try doing it a few times a day. Avoiding words (to me) only result...
Having my stutter for 45 years, I learned that vulnerability is my greatest strength. I choose now to educate, disclose and carry my head high in confidence. I survived a suicide attempt and now ...