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Stuttering when I say my name

Stuttering when I say my name Does anyone else have this problem? I struggle a lot to say my name. I’ve had this problem since kindergarten. Now I’m a 26 year old grown ass adult and still struggle wi...

It took over half my life to stop caring what other people thought of me. I went from a blocker that couldn’t say her own name to someone that stands up for herself and has like 98% fluency. I wish I...

I still can’t watch “The Kings Speech” seeing other people struggle and go through the painful emotions hits me hard....

That shame will likely compound and make your stutter worse....

It’s the way I’ve lived my entire life. Dance around words that I struggle with until I’m forced to say them because there is no replacement. Sucks and I judge myself all the time....

One time in my high school history class my teacher insisted on asking me a question pertaining to a US state and when I stuttered on the state’s name, two girls snickered and every other student was ...

Since childhood I always say sinonyms of some word that I know I will be stuck on, not because ppl will laugh (gladly only happened twice in my lifetime) but because of shame of being "discovered" as ...

Do you ever change the way you want to say things so people don’t make fun of your stutter ?

Do you ever change the way you want to say things so people don’t make fun of your stutter ? ...

I agree. Most of us are devilizing stuttering because society is ignorant of what it actually is and actually I don't think they are purposedly offensive to PWS, instead they are just astonished and ...

All I can say is don't be hard on yourself. I know how it feels, when I used to go to my classes on my first day each semester, we'd do the stupid activity where everyone says their name and something...

Try your best to make eye contact with the person or look at the face in some way or form. And don’t be ashamed if you do stutter; that’s when the stuttering is more likely to happen when u feel shame...

I'm so sorry. I can relate to almost everything you said. Everytime I stutter with someone I always feel akward. I hate it. It makes me feel that people think I'm dumb, cause I can't talk properly. ...

You say you accepted your stutter but it doesn’t feel like you have based on what you’ve written. I’m not trying to bash you. I’ve been where you’ve been and I sympathize with how you’re feeling. I u...

i feel that. my sister isn’t the nicest person, she knows i can’t help my speech but she’ll still sometimes tell me “for fucks sake alfie just spit it out”. this has resulted in my avoiding my sister ...

This disability is incessant and more overt than others, which bodes poorly for us. On the bright side, having a stutter allows you to ascertain who’s a piece of shit and who’s not. A lot of peopl...

Omg yes me too! I don’t like telling stories because I can feel the people who I’m talking to just get annoyed and bored that it just discourages me and makes me feel self concisions. Did your dad do...

My dad also stuttered until his 40's, and out of 4 siblings i was the only one to inherit it. yay me lol. I can relate to holding back, i remember so many occasions in elementary school where I knew...

Oh yeah, I speak in a totally boring monotone/mumble because it helps a little bit lol. I hate my voice....

Welp I’ll tell you that the road to where I am is hard and sad. A life full of regrets and missed opportunities because of being sensitive about my stuttering. So if this old man can give you some a...

First of all, I think jokes like this are insensitive. I'm not pressed about it or anything, but I'm pretty sure no decent person would make a joke like that. Like I've had people laugh at my stutter...