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Getting very tired of my partner using her stutter as an excuse for everything.

Getting very tired of my partner using her stutter as an excuse for everything. My partner and I (30M, 29F) live in the UK have been together for about 3 years now. She developed the stutter after a c...

Story of my life. I feel like I’m a pretty smart dude even smarter than most. But when you can’t convey your words properly people think down on you. There’s thousands of things I want to stay to peop...

Lee’s book was easily the best thing I’ve ever read on stuttering. He offers practical tips to come at the issue from all directions. 1. Mechanical things to do in the moment of a block 2. Pre-speak...

I would be a social butterfly if I didn’t stutter. Like others have said it’s a constant battle between speaking or staying quiet. But I also take the path of fuck you, this is who I am, so deal with ...

I used to stutter a lot when I was a kid. I was mocked and joked about in school every day; I think the other kids just found that funny or out of place; I was an easy target for the bullies. It took...

Communications. I'm a good writer because I want people to understand me even if I can't say all the things I want to. My bosses know I stutter. I'm fairly fluent but when I stutter, it sounds like I'...

I pretty much talk all day to a certain degree, either on the phone with customers or with colleagues trying to resolve problems. It feels like it's come out of nowhere but it might be I've just sta...

People don’t understand the true disability side of stuttering. I’m not gonna sit here and compare it with the likes of other physical disabilities. However, stuttering can be hidden and may be mistak...

All the time buddy, I’ve dealt with this my whole life…. You should see their faces when I say I have an undergraduate degree in engineering with distinction…. Their minds are blown and then often the...

Whatever works, works. We don’t really get to choose how we adapt but we gotta get through everyday and that’s enough, the thought of the constant mental battle and every social interaction feels like...

Actually, yes, I'm a very extroverted person who loves being around people all the time and large friend groups. However, my stutter led me to develop almost social anxiety, where it is very energy-co...

I’ve had a similar journey. When my stutter got really bad at the end of high school I became more quiet. Now I can mask quite well and I’m somewhat talkative...

that's not going to help you get over the stutter. its the worst thing for it, like texting....

I have come in contact over the years of a lot of covert stutters. I think that they are not comfortable being a person who stutters, as well as encountering other stutters you would think they be rel...

I was painfully shy and introverted before the stutter developed....

*Sorry for the grammar. I'm exhausted from work, and not in the mood to nit pick my writing or whether I'm doing you vs me writing.* I'm an adjunct professor of respiratory therapy and a practicing re...

I don’t really remember ever talking about my stutter on purpose. Maybe once or twice at the start of a conversation, but that’s about it. I’ve heard that telling people can help with the stress, and ...

Just realized you didn’t asked for advice btw 😂 sorry for the unsolicited words! Answering the question: I used to feel like this but 2 years ago I decided to confront my fears and now I’m much more...

It used to for like almost my whole life (I’m 27 lol). I was doing a first semester at a community college and had to enroll last minute, ended up in a public speaking class. HA I was freaking tf ou...

I’m a lawyer. Law school was rough. One professor told me I should drop out because of my speech. That made me angry enough to keep going—partly just to prove this guy wrong. Things were difficult at ...