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I have 10+ friends, different grps and we see each other if we're not busy. I am never alone unless i chose to. Stuttering wasnt really a big deal they just act like i don't have a speech problem but ...

My stutter accentuates my awkwardness considerably. If I didn’t stutter I’d still be awkward, albeit to a much lesser extent....

When I'm around people which do not know that i stutter....

Well friends is such a broad term many people have different meanings. When i say friend I mean people you kick it with after work, if you drink its people you drink with, go to bars with. Thats a fri...

Yeah but sometimes you can’t really tell that bcz of a stupid stutter lol. Ik it’s prolly not like this for u but I still require some speech therapies for it at school, but barely anyone knew I actua...

My stutter is too bad to hide. Only way I can hide it is by keeping quiet. But yeah, I think even though we expect them to understand what's going on a lot of people haven't encountered stuttering bef...

Wasn’t my experience. I’m 33 and my stutter is much more pronounced than during high school. I was extremely covert back then though and very ashamed. These days I don’t put in any effort to hide it, ...

Do not agree. I am an avid supporter of not disclosing my stutter, whenever possible. It immediately changes one mental picture of you....

Ridiculous things I've done (or thought) to try and "help" myself sound more "normal" during a phone interview

Ridiculous things I've done (or thought) to try and "help" myself sound more "normal" during a phone interview Hey everyone, I'm starting a new job search and of course I have some insecurities when i...

Would those brain implants work?

Would those brain implants work? I'm sure we've all been told that the stutter is a "glitch we have to live with" and its obviously going to be in the brain. I remember hearing about these brain impl...

Impossible for me. Starting conversations is a nightmare and engaging in one is very hard because I can't say the words I wish to say....

I say definitely go for it. What's the worst that can happen realistically? If you try it and you decide it sucks and you don't want it, well there are other jobs out there. That's the mentality we sh...

Exactly, I’ve caught onto me hiding from things and I’m now trying to push myself out my comfort zone. I’ve been offered a job as a supervisor for a bakery but I didn’t want it because I’d be talking...

Thanks for sharing your experience. That's encouraging to hear. Yeah, I've already decided to at least give it a chance. The worst case scenario is that it's not for me. I don't like to shut myself of...

I think he had a couple good points.. facing the fear and anxiety. Reduce avoidances..maintain eye contact, which I think helps confidence. Even retraining your brain to think like a non-stutterer. T...

A lot of good advice already, but I'll give my 2 cents anyway :). It sounds like you are loving and supporting parents and thats the best you can do for him. If you never told him it's ok to stutte...

Thank you. I agree. We have always been told to not make a big deal about it, so we have tried not too. His Dad did tell him that he needs to learn how to lower his volume. Our son called him out for ...

Yeah, I'm actually not shy at all. It depresses me to think that I could be funny and interesting and social if I could actually speak. Instead I'm always stuck awkwardly standing by silently listenin...

Thank you. His SLP actually has a few kids who stutter on her caseload. Last year she started a "social" type group for them. While he would go, he refused to participate in the conversations about wh...

Im 16 and a person who stutters, I was never to concerned about it when I was in elementary school. Until one day I had a really bad stutter in front of 80 kids at my school and got made fun of for a ...