Search

Yes I always stutter when I say my name. I get the "do you not even know your own name" question a lot as well. One particular time that sticks out in my mind and that I always remember was when I was...

It happened with me once in 8th standard. I won a game and at the end they asked me my name and literally stammered soo much in first alphabet that my whole class laughed. I changed my name in the nex...

This happens to me not very often but often enough that my friends aren't surprised or shocked when it happens. I'm 14 and have had a stutter pretty much my whole life. Blockages usually happen to me ...

Well that's my problem, always has been, ìm still ashamed of it, after all these years that has never gone away, and at my age now I don't think it ever will be.....

It was humiliating to say the least but I've managed to grow out of the shame that comes with stuttering and be comfortable in my own skin (or speech). But it took me a long time to get here. 25 years...

I totally agree you should do this, I was a covert stutterer in high school and I dreaded english class every year. Once they made us say our name infront of the class which to me is so ridiculous hah...

I was in 6th grade doing an oral presentation and I remember stuttering so much everyone in the class was laughing. That is probably the earliest memory....

At a young age, I was fortunate that my other primary school classmates didn't give me any teasing for it. However, that started about 6th grade. I would open a book to read and block hard on the firs...

Why indeed, the million dollar question! talking of a million dollars, of course I'd take the money now, but take me back to my younger years and knowing now how much my life would be differe...

Thanks for your sharing. I see a lot of my experiences in your story. Looking back elementary and junior high were a relatively happy time in my life but stuttering was a consistent stressor. I rememb...

My dad uses to say that, it pissed me off so much, its just such an insensitive thing to say to someone with a really mental problem :/...

I once walked into a McDonald's so filled with dread and recognizing that sensation of blocks galore, that I adopted the persona of a mute person, wrote what I wanted to order on a post it and gave it...

Stutter Pet Peeves

Stutter Pet Peeves Here's a small list for me to vent my frustrations out. \-When I know what I want to say, but it won't come out. \-Sometimes I struggle to pronounce words because of my stutter...

Yeah I’ve been spoken to like a toddler many times. We need to realise tho that not many ‘fluent speakers’ understand our complex condition. I know it hurts getting these reactions, I just take a deep...

Interesting. I dont get it a lot, but I can understand where you are coming from. I try to address them calmly. I used to get more worked up when I was younger. A few years ago I had a young woman...

What really hurts for me is to say something, everyone clearly hears you, they look at you, you stutter and while in the stutter the person you try to talk to says something to someone else in the gro...

You know when you stutter and the part you stutter at is “sh”

You know when you stutter and the part you stutter at is “sh” It’s sad how some people think I’m telling them to shut up. I have relied on my phone to text people big sentences. 🥲this happened at a f...

When I found verbal areas where I didn’t stutter and developed them more. Singing in particular. Sang alone, sang with friends in cars, sang karaoke. Finding that comfort zone (also talking to babies ...

It refers to the iceberg analogy of stuttering where, like an iceberg, the stuttering is on the surface but all of the emotions affected by stuttering are beneath the surface. This article explains i...

Watching my presentation video in University makes me feel so depressed. At that time I thought 💭 I have passed my message. But I was wrong!

Watching my presentation video in University makes me feel so depressed. At that time I thought 💭 I have passed my message. But I was wrong! I'm a medical student in Afghanistan, war torn country. Do...