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I focus on speaking fluently. If I do begin to stutter, I don't panic, and I don't I push thru the block. I breathe and reset, and try again. I may have to use a different word a speech technique like...

My speech therapist taught me many tricks to control it. I learned all this when I was 7-8 years old so I’ve long forgotten what the strategies are called, just how to use them (they’re really like se...

Professor Quirrell (HP and the Sorceror's Stone

Professor Quirrell (HP and the Sorceror's Stone Did anyone else hate this character growing up? The movie in particular made it appear as though Professor Quirrell's stutter was almost an indication o...

Word switch for sure is my go-to. Sometimes I formulate the sounds that I don't stutter on with my tongue internally in my mouth where others can't see, and do that repetitively until I "catch a flow"...

If I’m talking to someone who doesn’t know I stutter, when I start to block or think I’m gonna word switch, I’ll tell them that I stutter and they have to bear with me for a moment. I’ll confess some...

When I was in my mid 20's, all the therapy I had gone to for so many years all started to click in. I was in college and joined the fencing club and had a lot of oppurtunities to practice. I mainl...

Feeling inferior than others

Feeling inferior than others I am someone(19m) who stutters.Now I am at my college but I feel way inferior than my peers due to my stutter.I try to interact with others as much a possible like indulgi...

Help

Help Hi I’m 19m and have had a stutter since I was young , I find it hard to talk to people about what is on my mind and what I feel like and I feel like I always miss out on things and I’ve never r...

Thanks so much! and yeah, that's the exact problem! The research was on modeling neck kinematics, and I have trouble with all of those words. I found that the presentation actually went better than an...

Wow, that usually involves some “difficult words and phrases “ for which you can’t find a “plan B”. Nicely done!...

Successfully evaded almost any occasion where I would have to speak 😄. Imagine… for a whole week! Tactical success 101 🫡...

Started using my middle name as easier to say, keep strong my friend, you feel alone, but there are hundreds like you....

I have thought about writing it down. It would definitely be easier, but I feel like that would just be admitting defeat to my stutter which I have too much pride for. (Today I gave up on saying the f...

Have you tried just writing the name? Surely on these specific cases it would be better for you right? Not saying you shouldn't talk, but if being in a quiet place makes you stutter more, like it happ...

I stutter at my office job

I stutter at my office job My stutter really affects me at work, I’m an assistant in an office. I can usually avoid stuttering in casual conversation by moving my words around and phrasing things dif...

No. You can already practice with pets or in an empty room. As long as you believe talking to AI is not the same as talking to a judgmental person it won't work....

I had a lot of appointments lately due to doctor at my work. Kinda smooth i would say but still hate doing it. Its one of those things I will do just because I have to. If i could do it remotely i def...

I just avoid the drive through now. There's just too much ambient noise for me to focus, and the pressure that comes with trying to communicate clearly through a busted microphone/speaker only adds to...

No. In junior school I was naturally shy and just had a few very close friends. My stutter didn't fully develop until age 7. Then I began trying to hide it by speaking incredibly fast. So I thus also ...

Yeah I'm not so bad these days cause I'm old and could give to shits what anyone thinks but I used to have to force myself to use the drive thru occasionally so it just stayed a dislike, not a phobia...