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I took an speech disorder and audiology class a long time ago and my professor said that for people who stutter, saying their name is one of the most difficult things. There’s not a real reason why th...

Yeah you’re right, all eyes on you! My name also starts with an S, and I learned that if I am going to stutter on a word, I should ease into it. Like hi I’m Ssssssssteven. I guess S is one of the lett...

You mention you've attended speech therapy. How come your improvement hasn't spread to your name, you think? Are you not approaching it like any other word in your vocabulary?...

The 'level' of my stuttering fluctuates over weeks/months/years but no matter how little I stutter, saying my name is the hardest thing to do. Also, my name is Steven and that's just sadistic for some...

Yeah I’ve tried a number of different approaches. I don’t stutter on any of the other words leading up to my name, just my name. ...

Every. Freaking. Time. My name starts with my most difficult sound. I don't think I've ever been able to say it fluently. But yeah, I just stutter my ass off when I say it without caring much these ...

Hmm I fear if I say it too fast then they won’t understand me and l have to say it again haha. I have found if I’m caught off guard and have to st my name right away and don’t anticipate saying it, th...

I struggle with this every day. I’m a probation officer and have to use my first name on a daily basis. It’s a fluid F start but I learned how to deal with it by just saying my first name really fast....

stuttering when introducing yourself

stuttering when introducing yourself I have been stuttering for most of my life and it has mostly gone away now with the help of speech therapy, but I still 100% will always stutter when saying my nam...

I am not a diagnosed with stuttering but I have same problems from time to time and I don't know how to overcome it.

I am not a diagnosed with stuttering but I have same problems from time to time and I don't know how to overcome it. I speak and I stutter on some word, cannot keep an even flow. I do it every 10th wo...

Challenges Speaking a Tonal Language with a Stutter

Challenges Speaking a Tonal Language with a Stutter I posted this on an earlier thread that asked about learning a foriegn language, but I want advice for my specific situation. Any opinion is fine. ...

I have felt the same way and would love to hear other people's opinion. I am a stutterer with speech blocks and I have been trying to self-study Vietnamese to be able to communicate with some family....

I understand I avoid the phone/radios/walkie-talkies at all cost no matter how much money/promotion was being offered. When I did try everyone would laugh and basically go ”there's *****”. I would l...

I stutter on a word at the start of my sentences, but I can speak perfectly fine when I say that word in the middle of my sentences. Does anyone know why this happens?

I stutter on a word at the start of my sentences, but I can speak perfectly fine when I say that word in the middle of my sentences. Does anyone know why this happens? For example, I cannot say the wo...

Gotcha. You should ask your parents if they're ever known you too stutter or repeat yourself when you were learning to talk or young in general. Thing is - most people have dysfluencies but most peop...

Could this be Parkinson’s?

Could this be Parkinson’s? I had a very bad stutter when I was younger, and it has resurfaced now that I’m 23 and out of school. It’s a form of blocking as in I can’t get a lot of words out or certain...

Stutter coming back....

Stutter coming back.... I had a stutter when I was growing up, had the speech therapy stuff. Eventually was able to have it go away. Though I’ve had it come back a couple times before it’s decided to ...

Do stutterers bounce?

Do stutterers bounce? I've been traveling a lot in the world for the last few years and going from nation to nation... I've always found it interesting when I meet fellow mild stutterers. We seem to h...

Typical stutter

Typical stutter I’m trying to get over my stutter but I’m still a rookie. I go through typical stutter things like can’t say my name, struggle to speak in crowds and ask questions. I’ve put myself in ...

I read in a book about a guy who legally changed his name to something he could say fluently. Then when time went on, he began having difficulty saying the new name. It got the point where he could no...