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Severe, sometimes almost to the point of calling it a disability. My stuttering has ruined many things for me. Sure, I have a learning disability, avoidant personality disorder, PTSD and OCD, all of w...

Introductions

Introductions Met two new people yesterday and had a block while saying my name. The guy I met just looked at me funny. The girl was cool. Anyone have any advice on how to do better with this? I am ha...

it has gotten severe why!!!

it has gotten severe why!!! We're at a family reunion and Im devastated beyond words rn. i can no longer speak without stuttering. I stutter in every fucking sentence. I became that quiet and very a...

I’m an avid avoider of drive thrus. I haven’t been through one in over 10 years. Fuck that shit! Why put yourself through high stress anxiety, fear, sweat, humiliation, and shame, when you don’t hav...

Opposing viewpoint here. I don’t like to reinforce my stutter by putting myself in high anxiety situations. Currently, I avoid speaking in high stress environments, and I read aloud by myself for 2 ho...

You don't mind if i ask some questions, the very important thing is not your stuttering by itself, but the way you think about it, for example, tell me, do you think about it often? Do you think about...

vent

vent im at a low point again, what a surprise lol. im currently staying at my dads because i moved out of a place and need to wait a month until i move into the next. its only been one night but i can...

Years ago when I was a teenager and way more religious than I'm now, I talked about my stuttering with a priest during my confession. He told me that perhaps that's a gift, so I can listen to others m...

I relate and agree with this. I always think… would I rather have no arms or stutter. I think no arms is worse. Not invaliding a stutter by any means I mean that’s just what gets me through the rough ...

I mean, it'd obvious I stutter and stuttered in high-school, it wasn't exactly a secret but I found it embarrassing even thinking about handing out these sheets to all of my teachers, felt almost atte...

Speech Blocks are ruining my life...

Speech Blocks are ruining my life... Got a call and I was unable to say my name. I hate being like this. I can talk and I have no issues regarding that but when it comes to saying my name, it's always...

Regret not making friends

Regret not making friends I let stuttering stop me from having friendships or any relationships in my life. Now I am out of college and looking back I get a feeling that I messed up my college experi...

Stammering tends to manifest in the context of formative years and can colour the narrative of a lifetime. From my own experience this has been a blend of negative critical judgement, perceived or exp...

Got a job interview today

Got a job interview today I had a job interview in May. I stuttered so much. The night before, I didn’t sleep, I was shivering and deathly anxious. Almost fainted before I went to the interview. The i...

Is it better to hide your stutter or embrace it?

Is it better to hide your stutter or embrace it? I feel a sense of guilt, shame and anxiety every time I stutter and I don’t really know what to do....

I hate to admit to others that I stutter. I ~~feel~~ know it places me in an immediate inferior position in the other person's mind. Subconsciously (for well intended people) and consciously (for evil...

"Fail with confidence until you reach competence" will be my new motto in life. You're right, people admire those who carry on despite their struggles. Unfortunately many of us switch to panicking and...

Thinking about relationships fills me with despair. There's a girl I really like, and she's pretty nice to me, but I just freaking can't speak. Everyone says "find a girl who doesn't care about your s...

Maybe you're right but I can't stop it from being embarrassing, especially in the work place. No matter how much I speak in public or on the phone, its still embarrassing and hard to ignore...

I'm not at the point, thankfully but it is getting pretty stressful at times working in a call centre when my stutter kicks off. It seems unprofessional, could delay help and is simply embarrassing. ...