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Everything I hate about stutter.

Everything I hate about stutter. I hate stutter. I hate that I cant order something I like because of shame and end up ordering the first thing on menu that sounds easy to say. I hate that I cant ...

How many of you struggle with phone calls?

How many of you struggle with phone calls? I tested positive for COVID so my work sent me home. I’ve had to make numerous calls to both my work and the clinic. It was so painfully hard to communicate ...

Fuck this speech problem

Fuck this speech problem Ever since when I was a kid I was having problem talking and just made my life into him now at the age of 28 nobody can understand what the hell I'm saying my English is not t...

My stutter makes me sound stupid

My stutter makes me sound stupid Does anyone else feel like their stutter makes them sound stupid? I don’t want to be big headed but I’d say I’m an intelligent, creative, articulate person. I don’t ...

When I meet people I focus so hard on not stuttering when I say my name that I never listen to the other person's name and, inevitably, stutter anyway...

It's common in pws to not be able to say their name. I have trouble with it too and I sometimes just say a different name. I just wish there would just be a cure already...

Xanys can be prescribed for the anxiety...but that's never helped in a real way tbh. I used to think weed made me talk better but nothing's truly been consistent lol....

It's more specific sounds than specific words that give me trouble - particularly vowel starting sounds. Conversely, I also have safe words that I never stutter on, like words that start with S, L, or...

Has there been any work down into dissecting the stuttering phenomenon into broad categories? E.g. repetitions vs hard-blocks.

Has there been any work down into dissecting the stuttering phenomenon into broad categories? E.g. repetitions vs hard-blocks. Hearing other stutterers speak is always interesting, because it highligh...

I’ve heard some people have reduced stuttering with anti anxiety meds (primarily Xanax) but those drugs have severe side effects and are addictive. They aren’t rx for stuttering just have been noted t...

This happens to me to when I speak Japanese (my native is English) When speaking English, I find that I stutter more saying names, titles, etc, because there is more pressure to say the word exactly ...

I really need help bad

I really need help bad My stutter is not bad at all but it is ruining my life even tho it is so small. It’s always the first word of the sentence and I always think about it to much to the point where...

I've had a stutter my whole life, and had this same issue, but just reading the title of this post breaks my heart. I was at a magic show once in Atlantic City when I was a kid and he brought me on st...

I'm new here - any similar stutterers?

I'm new here - any similar stutterers? Hey there! I've been stuttering for about 16 years, and have been told time and time again that stutters don't normally go away - you just learn to work with it....

I'm also a 14 year old who lives in England. My sister has a medical stammer, i dont, i have an anxiety stammer so some words are worst than others like my fucking name, its all so fucking complicated...

Ye man why is it about the name, its always been about the name. I can't say mine infront of people but sometimes it works when I use yours bcs it feels more of a choice when you can say your first an...

All your worries are exactly like mine I've wanted to find someone with the same problems as me with my name and it's fucked. Sometimes we have a register where you say your name in a fucking order an...

My Silent Story

My Silent Story My Life has been full of Anger, Frustration, Sadness, and Shame, living in a rough end in london with this condition has made me social anxious, worried that someone may be silently ju...

I don't know if this will work for you, but I have the exact same problem and what works for me is saying my first and last name. Most of the time, I stutter when I introduce myself with only my first...

When you have to answer the phone at work...

When you have to answer the phone at work... It’s the worst feeling in the world. Especially when you can’t get the initial greeting out. Or you can barely respond to their questions. Or worse of all,...