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Speech Block and Stutter leads to Social anxiety *my experience*

Speech Block and Stutter leads to Social anxiety *my experience* I am 15m. I had different kinds of stuttering through childhood. Although I can and I am speaking normally in certain situations, with ...

You stutter less around personal friends because you feel safe around them. When you feel safe around someone, you stutter less...

Hundred percent agree because I had a speech impediment as a child and all that trauma of being bullied because I couldn’t say my name really affected me. I’m now a grown woman and I am in school I do...

Biggest thing now is make sure regardless of what degree the stutter is, ensure his confidence and self esteem aren’t brought down. I had a speech impediment where I couldn’t say R and I still have tr...

I was a virgin till age of 28 male cus i was scared or speaking to women. Stuttering is madness...

You having anxiety and panicking over his stutter, will possibly make it worse for him. My mom freaked out and it made me feel really ashamed like there was something wrong with me. Also every family ...

Every time I see a thread like this in this sub it can’t just be me who sees all the positive comments and gets slightly annoyed. There’s so many factors involved in dating including your stutter. A...

Help please - Seeking advice as a parent

Help please - Seeking advice as a parent For context my son is 3.5 and we do not have any history of stuttering in the family. He will be 4 in March. My son started stuttering at the beginning of his...

21f currently with my boyfriend of two years. My stutter has gone through its stages of mild to somewhat severe (not one sentence goes by without some block) it just depends on how stressed I am. He's...

It's hard enough getting a date even without a stutter. A stutter just adds to the overall awkwardness...

Dating

Dating How’s everyone doing in the dating scene? I’m conscious of my stutter that it’s hard to go out and meet people. I just joined online dating and I’m already feeling overwhelmed. Any advice? I’m...

People around you accusing you acted is probably what brought back the anxiety and destroyed your recently gained confidence, and therefore started making you stutter again. Not the stopping of vita...

Seems to me that the VM during speech is essentially a mini-panic attack due to anticipatory fear of being judged. For me, the absence of a listener means no fear. Also, making eye contact reminds...

I’m Finally Quitting My Vision Of Improving Myself

I’m Finally Quitting My Vision Of Improving Myself A few days ago, I was watching a video about a boyfriend loyalty testing his partner. It was a very elaborate setup where the girl was meant to thin...

Practicing reading aloud (or other techniques) like you do, I’m not sure if it could be beneficial in the long term because at home, we’re in a “safe” space, similar to when we’re with a speech therap...

Very interesting observations!  The worst is in our own heads as they say.  What we think they think which ironically just isn't the reality.  They worry, we think they are aggressive and annoyed.  Th...

It’s much less now after years of working on myself in terms of emotions etc but if I am stressed out and then I get triggered by something like meeting a new person in a pressurised situation and nee...

I’m a large man with a stutter and two young kids. Whenever I’m questioning if I should do something that could potentially be embarrassing, I think “what would I want to tell my kids? That I suffered...

How do I overcome stuttering blocks?

How do I overcome stuttering blocks? I've been stuttering ever since I can remember, I'm 15 now and it seems to progressing and worsening, not so much with mumbling or stammering (sttt-,hooo-) but the...

Something else too, I agree that it’s the negative thoughts accumulated over many years of stuttering that cause a lack of confidence and make us avoid certain words and block. It’s more specifically ...