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I have so much to share but I can’t stand the sound of my own voice or the thought that others can hear it.

I have so much to share but I can’t stand the sound of my own voice or the thought that others can hear it. I have always thought that when I’m finally in a safe space/environment where I can stutter ...

I hear what you’re saying....but they are right you know? We are constantly worried about what people think of our stutters....”they must think less of me because I stutter”...”why do they even like h...

Yes, speaking is certainly a big thing. But sometimes it's not involved at all. We're not reduced to speech as humans. There's much more elsewise. And even when speech is a carrying element, it's not ...

It means when you’re alone you are in the moment. When engaged in social situations you have trouble staying absolutely true to yourself and thus not fully living in the moment. The book: ‘the power ...

Such a complex thing it is.. unfortunately. Would like to know if other stutterers experience being stutter free when talking while being completely alone and free from social interference....

Well, it's not 'nothing', but in the overall scheme of things, it _isn't_ a big deal. Stutterers struggle and suffer far more than those around them who don't, of course. But part of that is e.g. our...

Of course! We don't want stuff around that we don't like. That's the same way for all of us. There's all sorts of stuff that annoys me about myself, and stutter is part of it. But I don't want to let...

Well, I deliberately stayed away from words like "anxious" and "judge", because I think we're quite capable of entering into relations where our performance is being somehow measures, and still be abl...

I totally get what you mean. That's the root of a lot of anxiety problems. Social anxiety is caused because of the fear of being judged....and people think their self worth is at stake because they ba...

Sure, but once familiarity is established, that's likely to occur. We often ask about things, get to know about them, and then move on from there....

Not really, I for one prefer when people take an interest in what I'm actually saying, not the mechanics of the stuttering I do while I say it. Sounds like OP feels similarly....

Seeing that you started stuttering when you were 16, which is really late in life, I think that you should definitely aim for fluency. Unlike you, I grew up stuttering (mildly), but like you, I was fl...

Thanks for your detailed and well thought out response. Sorry that I took so long to reply myself, but I have been setting up residence in a new country (I’m nomadic), and covid-19 has made things “in...

you know there was a time when noone thought 1000m or something could be run (i cant remember the proper distance) but there was one guy who thought differently and he actually managed to complete it...

Talking is highly emotional and instinctive. It's like a direct gate to your thoughts and feelings. A knee-jerk reaction. That's why when most people are talking to each other, they're not even thinki...

I also experience that hyperawareness you talked about. Not just with speech, but with social anxiety too. A technique to deal with that is instead of trying to not be aware (which is impossible), shi...

I agree with the other poster, stuttering + anxiety. It's my assumption that when you talk you build up anxiety until you reach your maximum, and at that point talking becomes extremely difficult. Tak...

I just had no confidence in college. I hated going to class discussions because I was forced to talk so instead I skipped or didnt participate. I feel like I could have learned so much more if I had j...

Do the same thing because you shouldn’t let stuttering stop you from living a normal life You dropped this btw 👑...

Not the guy who posted but for me in general was to go talk to people. Not let your stutter prevent you from talking to that onw guy or girl you wanna be friends with. Not chickening out of going to a...