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You’re an extrovert with a crutch. The stutter masks your extroversion. I am an extrovert with social anxiety (fear of being judged) and so it masks me sometimes as being introverted but I know I’m no...

I have had these thoughts before and know it has definitely affected myself in the past. I feel now though, it really doesn't influence my life near as much. I go out and talk to new people somewhat ...

I wasted over 15 years of my life hiding from everything because I couldn’t talk. I was sick of being looked at like I was mentally challenged. Jobs wouldn’t hire me. I’m 40 years old and I think I’m ...

Tips that helped me are, if it's the first encounter (of the day): * I show listeners that I smile strongly and force myself in a happy laughing mood - doing this makes 'whatever I say' bearable for ...

I literally feel that so much. I feel like I’ve missed out on a lot of friendships because of my social anxiety. Like I feel like I don’t know how to socialize like a normal person. Like if someone ap...

I often feel this way on the inside, when I am by myself. Maybe my advice will be "cringe" or not very useful. Actually, the thing that helps me to not feel like I lost something is to take that feeli...

In my 1st semester of engineering, i had to do a presentation for the first time and i was scared shitless. Tried to ask the teacher multiple times to let me skip it but she didn't agree. I wrote a v...

This isn’t your fault my guy, it’s a challenge that every stutterer has to go through. Here’s some advice from a guy who had to answer calls for a congressional internship. I started every phone cal...

Sorry dude. I’ve been in the same situation many times. I always just avoided saying the word or put “Uhhh” or “Ummm” in front of it. If you can’t avoid it, then tell your boss you literally cannot sa...

Most speech therapists have literally zero training in treating dysfluency - and most of what they tell you makes it worse. I'm trying to explain something that's very counterintuitive. You don't ha...

It's a mix of many things... 1. I work night shift and dont drive. Which makes it harder to juggle appointments, errands, and having time to relax, or socialize. 2. Who knows if it will be that much o...

Generally speaking, anyone (including and especially speech professionals) have no clue about stuttering. I would never jump into a high pressured situation. You have to ease into it. And practicing w...

I used to feel this way too, I’d call myself stupid in my head constantly. When I stopped doing that and started to accept myself and f the people that were jerks my stutter got better, didn’t go away...

Get comfortable stuttering. Stop trying to hide it from people. If they care, fuck em. Once you do that 90% of what you view as your stuttering is will stop presenting because all it really was was yo...

I respect that you even put yourself in a position that requires a lot of speaking! For me I tend to stay away from jobs that high demand talking. And yeah can relate to being exhausted since it’s lik...

Treat yourself better than you treat everyone else

Treat yourself better than you treat everyone else Many of us are unforgiving to ourselves. "Our own worst critics" as it were. We'd never be as critical of someone else as we are of ourselves. STOP...

For some reason I feel mentally blocked by having that barrier at Subway between me and the other person. It’s like the physical blockage becomes a mental blockage lol...

I feel that! I usually online order now, but I am working on my fluency at the same time as I do want to be able to order in-store in the future...

I don't have a Chipotle in my country but I can definitely see how it would be difficult to order from them as well. It's seems like its essentially the process of ordering a Sub but in Burrito form...

It's okay to customise the wrong sub! I did too the first time and subway employees won't judge you for your preferences. I recommend Italian Herbs and Cheese Bread (toasted) and Old English Cheese. ...