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Yes, absolutely. I’ve had many interactions where people talk slower and louder after they recognize I have a stutter....

Train your brain to give zero fucks about your stutter. Easier said than done, i know. Therefore you should take action - you can overcome the fear of stuttering ONLY by actually putting yourself in t...

It definitely works. I don't stutter by myself and when I'm taking calls in my centre, I'll try and ignore those around me and act as if the person on the line isn't real and its just an npc.. It wor...

Stutters are unique in that they tend to get worse (debilitating?) the more/longer you try to hide it. Ultimately, a block happens *because* of trying to hide a stutter....

The only way out and to live you life is to stop hiding. People who laugh don't matter. They're low-quality people....

Is it better to hide your stutter or embrace it?

Is it better to hide your stutter or embrace it? I feel a sense of guilt, shame and anxiety every time I stutter and I don’t really know what to do....

I hate to admit to others that I stutter. I ~~feel~~ know it places me in an immediate inferior position in the other person's mind. Subconsciously (for well intended people) and consciously (for evil...

See I wouldn't even think of doing that because I don't want to discourage myself. I feel like if I tell someone I stutter that i'm just using it as an excuse(to be fair, I have done this). My go to n...

>having to restructure the sentence and choose syomyms We have to be so darn smart to be a covert stutterer. it's ridiculous. when you can see a word you know you struggle with is coming up in a...

Also we stutters delude ourselves that you are speaking well but the other person especially on phone. Can easily identify that speech is not fluent. There will be lots in glitches, change in tone/pit...

I absolutely think its taboo, frowned upon, and creates judgement. I have also found tricks for hiding it. Honestly, most of my coworkers probably don't even know I stutter. I will say that WFH has...

I'm of two minds on this subject. On one hand, I worked as a journalist for about a year and regularly made phone calls and conducted interviews. It was often hell (a few instances of getting straigh...

Best job for a stutterer (imo)

Best job for a stutterer (imo) I think farming is the best occupation for a stutterer. You can spend tons of time alone outside in a tractor with no people nearby and nothing to see around except fiel...

Tell me more. Do you also think it’s taboo in the corporate world for others to hear a stutter? I do. I struggle daily with it, but I hide it. It will be certain words that I have to say that I just c...

I was in speech therapy for the majority of my childhood starting when I was around 5 then did it all the way through my senior year of high school. I was able to learn some really helpful techniques ...

A stutter absolutely does affect one’s life. It’s affected mine a lot. There are ways we choose to let it affect our lives (I’m not going to go talk to that person because I’m scared I’ll stutter) and...

Anyone else have trouble with their name?

Anyone else have trouble with their name? I’ve had a stutter my whole life but have been able to “cover it up” by talking slowly and taking my time forming sentences in my head before I talk. I’m now ...

I hated mine so damn much too! I hit rock bottom when I couldn't ask for simple things for my kid. I did want to be normal, just as you want now. And I am normal now. I am just as fluent as anyone els...

Yall ever go grocery shopping

Yall ever go grocery shopping Went to a local farmers market today to grab some groceries, everything was great until I had to get "shredded cheese" for a recipe I'm making, so I'm thinking, GREAT, it...

Sorry to hear of your struggles. I can relate to this very much. I once faked having laryngitis and wrote everything down because my speech was so bad. I've been socially inept for long periods of tim...