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Do you stutter on the "R" in Ricky or the "I"? ...

What's in a name? For people who stutter, it's a bad head space full of self-perpetuating thoughts fueled by fear and anxiety. My suggestion would be to intentionally stutter. My name is Christopher, ...

Believe that you can say your name without a stutter! For a long time I couldn't say my name and then in my dream once, I introduced myself without stuttering and I could not believe it. A day or two ...

I stutter with the letter D, so saying my name, Dylan, is super difficult sometimes. I usually same something right in front of it like, oh my name is..., or something like that. If nothing works, I'l...

Tell them that you stutter right off the bat so they are fully aware but turn it into something positive,for example,that your a better listener,more inclined for teamwork,a people person,that your hu...

Great job! I have such a hard time there, too. I'm glad it's kind of loud in there, but I cringe if they ask me to repeat myself. Out of the gate to "burrito bowl" sounds like "buh, burr, burrito, bur...

Yo I have this exact problem. Fluent in English, but it's not my native language, and I almost exclusively stutter in it. Very rarely I stutter in my native language, but even though I speak English m...

Does Xanax help

Does Xanax help I've noticed that I stutter when I'm excited, nervous or irate. Has anyone tried Xanax as a calming mechanism and did it work? Thanks...

Dude, that's the worst. You're trying to get your name out and its just not working. Thats actually part of the reason I shortened my name from oogabooga to just ooga - it was easier to get out....

Hey, another PWS who struggles with 'S' here! I can't even say 's' correctly when I'm not stuttering, it always comes out as 'ts'. Back to the main point, I know how ordering food can quickly turn in...

Good for you! I have issues saying my name when introductions happen in a meeting, and I know it's 100% mental. Before my turn, my heart starts racing, etc. The only way I'm "safe" is if there's no...

I have problems with 's' too. Not always, but often enough that it's a noticeable tendency - it's like it's become stuck over the years. Have you tried speech therapy?...

I ordered at Chipotle today (NOT ONLINE)

I ordered at Chipotle today (NOT ONLINE) Normally, I order Chipotle online to avoid any stuttering that may or may not happen. Today, I walked in to the store and saw a lot of people in line... I le...

Hmm this is really interesting. I'm aware that my fluency is correlated to my anxiety. My theory is that as your hormones have leveled out so has your brain chemistry. (As an aside: In Russia, the...

In one of the greater life jokes, I've always had an issue saying "stutter"...

Not with that word but a lot of words I can't say fluently. One of the funnest ones is "absolutely." For me it's always this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMnT4tp-cMk...

I can't say it either so I end up saying it as Pacific. Most people understand I mean and then you get smartasses who say "Pacific? Like the ocean". ...

I can't say specific, does anyone else have this problem?

I can't say specific, does anyone else have this problem? I can't say this specific word. It's really annoying because as someone who works in the IT world, if I were to say "The specific problem lies...

I recorded myself when I started because I wanted to hear myself read out loud without stuttering. However, after I started doing it every single day hearing yourself meant less and less. One thing I ...

Lately, I have been. I have been reading out loud every day for about an hour every day. I've picked up a lot of things doing that and I have really slowed down my speech rate and I am starting to rea...