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Awful few weeks - I'm done!!

Awful few weeks - I'm done!! So I have officially had enough with my stammer. I've had it since I was 4 yrs old and I had it under control until I started my new job, 4 months ago. For years, I h...

Knowing what words I will get stuck on before I talk.

Knowing what words I will get stuck on before I talk. Hey everyone, I was wondering if anyone else has this problem. Before I even begin a sentence, I know what words I will get stuck on. And it's not...

Ok, done. It honestly could’ve gone a lot better, but at the same time it could’ve gone worse. The words with the hard letters in them always get me tripped up (Like any word with the letter T). I’m s...

Highly urge you to reconsider. This is as far of an avoidance mechanism as possible! Changing your name is the same as word replacing, only you are literally losing your identity. The reason you stutt...

Okay. I understand what you are saying. I cannot agree that this is not at all about the sounds and is all about novelty effect. If it were, I could have chosen any other name (possibly a new name tha...

How do you deal with telephone-phobia?

How do you deal with telephone-phobia? I'm 25, been stuttering my whole life, been scared of telephones for half of that time. I won't go through the frustrations of telephone calls that we face (as I...

Changing my name - I think it will significantly help my social skills in spite of my stutter

Changing my name - I think it will significantly help my social skills in spite of my stutter I have been a stutterer since I was about 5 years old. Not sure how I got it - I might have been mimicking...

I've got to give you props for even doing a phone interview. I'd probably just look for something else if I knew I had to do a phone interview. It just wouldn't be possible for me. It'd be like asking...

Need to rant. Had the worst phone interview I've had in my life.

Need to rant. Had the worst phone interview I've had in my life. I just finished up with a phone interview for a summer internship. It was just so bad and I could feel how uncomfortable the interviewe...

I mean , looking at the people who have acquired stammer , which could be caused by brain injury or stroke etc . The only difference i find when listening to them is that their disfluencies are easy a...

The thing that’s always hurt me the most is say, for example I go to say my name. It starts with a M and I get stuck on the M sound.. people tease me and go “what’s the ma, ma, matter? Ca, ca, can’t y...

I was never bullied in school for my stutter. But now i'm in college and my roommate has been making fun of the way I say 'a cappella' (i'm in the campus a cappella group). I usually put H's before vo...

I have quite a few examples. One was a rejection by a girl. I’ve been rejected many times and some have been specifically due to my stutter. One time, a girl told me she would only date me if I stop...

I have the exact same issue as you. Usually words that start with A E and H get me to stutter and when I know they will be coming in my speech the anxiety kicks in and I become focused on those words ...

Well we also learn which words or letters we’re more likely to stutter on and get anxious when they come up. ...

You hit the nail on the head on this one. I’m so used to finding synonyms for words I‘m about to block on that once I get to something like my name, in which there’s no substitute, is when I freeze up...

I do stutter sometimes on my own name too. Unfortunately there is no word you could swap out your name with... I try to play it off or just chuckle. People will usually not notice or just smile back. ...

Trouble with Introducing Myself...

Trouble with Introducing Myself... Hey guys - I’ve never posted to this sub and am still new but I’ve been struggling with a stutter since as long as I can remember. I work in a profession where I’m ...

Names for me are definitely the worst yeah. My manager's name is Andrew so I struggle with that. As well as substitute words I'd say the main thing I do is to say 2 words as if it was one word. For...

Oh gotcha, I was unsure if you had terrible tinnitus and that's a common symptom of a brain tumor or something. I do stutter when reading alone, even just speaking to myself alone. This didn't always...