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Yeah, sure, that's interesting. It doesn't change my opinion or experience, though. I remember when people I'd known for a while found out I had a stutter and they'd say, "Oh, you hide it well." I'm ...

Hope Gerlach-Houck has a great blog post on the redefining stammering website where she talks about the paradox of concealment. It's well worth a read. https://www.redefiningstammering.co.uk/the-parad...

While not zoom or FaceTime. I’ve found it hard at first to watch myself on twitch or YouTube. While I love creating the content, it was rough watching myself stutter. It’s gotten easier though to do, ...

For the past couple years, I’ve acted like a dick. I didn’t talk to people unless they approached me. I’d rather come across as rude than have a stutter. I’ve changed that now and now I’m actively t...

Losing eye contact makes it harder to work on anything else. It's like the ultimate form of hiding from your stutter....

Same. There's so much on here about people hiding their stutter, choosing whether or not to disclose, working in call centers etc. My stutter is so bad the only way to hide it is by not speaking. I ca...

Theirs more likely gonna be less severe stutters then moderate stutterers. That’s all your seeing. And if I’m honest I can hide my severe stutter, I just won’t talk. I wouldn’t worry so much....

I feel isolated even from the stuttering community

I feel isolated even from the stuttering community I want to preface this by saying I don't want to put down, shame, or denigrate anyone or their struggles. I just want to vent a little. I have a mod...

Me too. My stutter is the most manageable when I first meet people. Once they become aware I stutter, my fluency totally collapses....

Eye contact aversion - That is super super common. Please try going to a random store to ask a random question - and holding eye contact through it. Worst that can happen is it’s extra embarrassin...

I always avoided eye contact because I thought subconsciously that if I looked away that they wouldn't hear (or see) me stutter....

I've come to conceil my stutter very well, so while I would technically stutter and earn money, the others wouldn't even recognize it most of the times. ka-ching!...

I'm not just paranoid about my stutter, I always assume the worst which doesn't help anyone, or any normal situation. It was funny, a little awkward too because they didn't really know what to do. I ...

I feel that. I'm always paranoid as well and convince myself that everyone knows that I stutter so it is a pleasant surprise when they tell me they didn't notice it. Hahah your story made me laugh. I...

That reminds me of my colleagues. I thought everyone I work with or speak to regularly would know I have a stutter. Apparently they do not lol made me feel better but I still feel paranoid about it ...

When I’m talking with a pretty much stranger somewhere where I am confident about my knowledge and have gone past the difficulty starting speaking....

I work in a call centre and it's alright. No one mentions my stutter, no one seems to care but I still worry about my stutter, but that's only because I'm taking emergency calls. Regardless, you shou...

I'd be up for a zoom call! 40m here. Ive stuttered my whole life as well. I did therapy for a few years in grade school and hated it. I do stutter a little now but have taught myself plenty of tec...

It's the opposite for me somehow. When I talk to strangers, I have my guard up and I usually don't stutter. But when I talk to close friends or family, I stutter tf off...

Severe stutters can really impact how you socialise, even if people don't hold it against you. I physically cannot join in and joke around in the same way my peers do. Humour is about timing and tone...