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I've thought exactly like you in the past. You have already identified your problem - negativity - which is a huge step. Over several years, and it's a constant thing even now just like brushing my ...

You just have to be confident in yourself. And despite the stutter, people will see you as a confident person. It took a long time for me to get there, and to be honest I'm still working on it. Most...

Making others feel comfortable is a good trait to possess but stuttering creates an obstacle achieving that. By default, most people will initially be uncomfortable with a stutter. It takes confidence...

Thanks a lot for that. I go back to school tomorrow after the Christmas break and our class is going to be doing a public speaking class for the rest of the year. As soon as I heard about this in Sept...

I know that this will sound very cliche but you need to have confidence in yourself and try not to let your life be taken over by the stutter. I'm also 14 and I've found that just taking my mind off o...

There's nothing to take responsibility for. You haven't done anything wrong & there's nothing wrong with you. It's simply part of who you are & something you have to learn to cope with. I've ...

I understand that point of view, and as a person who had a severe stutter for a good majority of my life (I'm 29 now & had a severe stutter well into my teens & early 20's), I can't help but f...

That's awesome. I admire that you found what's helped you mitigate the effect stuttering has on your life. While I don't feel like there's any 'miracle cure all', I do think more people need to get in...

Amazing to see fellow PWS apply Elliott's knowledge in their daily life to release all of that bottled up energy that we have, I can certainly say that it has helped me being more open about my stutte...

This AMA is so awkward. This is all common knowledge lol. I don't struggle. I train my communication skills daily. I am de-sensitizing myself to talking under any context without using tricks or ...

Personally, for me being more open about my stutter put off a lot of stress around it and therefore I became more fluent. It might work for you, even in just this situation with exams. It's okay to st...

"Just stop caring" can mean more than one thing, and can be a very positive approach. I'm reminded of the buddhist concept of letting go of attachments, craving, aversion, expectations. It doesn't m...

If you want to look at it that way ;) I'm here simply as a resource for anyone with questions about how I made it here, and also to serve as proof that stuttering doesn't always have to hold you back...

Stop caring so much can be part of the answer, but it's about as useful as telling someone to stop being nervous or stop being human. We can develop ourselves to care less, but that usually comes only...

I've had to turn my empathy way down with my stutter. It bothered me that I would make other people uncomfortable but now it's like "fuck your comfort and let me take my time saying what I need to say...

Ok for me I started to stutter later in life when I was in my early teens. I pretty much kind of know broadly of how it developed. Anyways I ask you that because if you developed it later like me you ...

It's good to hear it is possible - I'm still at the stage where I need to *stop caring*. It seems like the biggest hurdle. ...

Hey, don't give up ! I'm 25, stuttering since I'm young, i'm having some random blocking, it goes crazy when i'm anxious/ stressed out. I had those days that I couldn't even plug 3 single words in a ...

It could be that the best treatment is simply practice. As difficult as it is, there is power in "putting yourself out there" and leaning in to the discomfort of speaking in situations where you aren'...

I think this is good. You don't have to make it can iron clad rule, but just keeping it in mind and taking chances is a good thing. Just remember, you're doing this for you. the listener reaction doe...