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building confidence and stuttering

building confidence and stuttering so recently i started making tik toks about stuttering and openly stutter in them and it was so terrifying to actually do it... but i feel really good about it !! i ...

As a person who stutters, you are protected under the ADA (I’m assuming you live in the US, I apologize if you don’t). If you are fired because you stutter, as long as the company hired you knowing t...

Some people think that people who stutter are dumb, but don't let that discourage you from talking, please!

Some people think that people who stutter are dumb, but don't let that discourage you from talking, please! That is the worst and I feel like that is the reason why many people are not so open about i...

The more you focus your attention on it, the more it will impact your life. The reason you view it negatively is because you associated certain emotions to stuttering after many years. The way you imp...

If I'm angry I'm fluent as fuck. I think it's cuz when I'm angry I'm focusing on other things other than how I speak so I'm distracted and I don't sabotage myself (by stuttering). Based on my experien...

Definitely. Once I accepted my stutter and stopped trying to hide it, I gained so much more confidence....

What would you compare stuttering to?

What would you compare stuttering to? As a disability, it’s hard to nail down how it should be treated. What I mean is, on the one hand, I don’t think it’s okay to define someone by there stutter by...

Finally found my people

Finally found my people Hey fellow stutterers! I don’t know why it took me so long to join this group. We are all part of an exclusive “club” that we didn’t choose to belong to...but this is something...

Hey, thank you. And welcome to reddit! I’m happy if my post made you feel a little less alone. Being a stutterer can feel very lonely in general, as we’re not a big percentage of the population. I’ve ...

Wow I really relate to everything you’ve expressed here! I’m 33 and have stuttered since I was about 4. I’ve hidden it using the same tactics as you from almost everyone I’ve met except for a couple v...

Absolutely. I’m 38 as well, and think it helps that they can’t see that you are trying to form a word and I find myself much more fluent with a mask on....

Several times I was asked “why are you covering your mouth”. Today I just don’t look at the person I’m talking to, I really don’t know how I look with the stutter....

There is most definitely a novelty effect. I read a tip once that you should pinch your thumb while speaking, because that sensation will distract you from the fear of stuttering. Somehow, it seemed t...

I would say it seems likely there's a sort of novelty effect associated with something like wearing a mask. But at the same time, I'd say this doesn't imply wearing a mask will always be a help, and w...

Less speaking anxiety while wearing a mask?

Less speaking anxiety while wearing a mask? I'm 36 and have been stuttering since I was a kid. I'm still mostly covert (word switching, pretending to be thinking when I'm actually stuck on a block, us...

[Asking] General Questions and Speech Therapy Handbook Recommendations?

[Asking] General Questions and Speech Therapy Handbook Recommendations? Hi guys I am a long time stutterer that started stuttering around start of elementary school (till now \~14 yrs, maybe more) and...

Just wanted to say as someone with what I consider to be a pretty terrible stutter (I can't get through more than a few words at a time if even) who just graduated college, YOU CAN DO IT. I was absolu...

First off: STOP beating yourself up about this. It was an accident, and accidents happen. Better still, it was an accident that occurred while you were trying to do the right thing. Secondly, speak...

I actually did my law school personal statement about my stutter! I'll reread it when I get home later and would be happy to send you some ideas!...

I just finished drafting a college essay on the same topic about a week ago too! There are many different facets to this topic, but I think it's crucial to portray your speech impediment as either a s...