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I’ve gotten better at talking on phone but I hate when people watch me talk on the phone. I like to be alone. Especially to start the conversation...

No, I don’t believe it is offensive. Especially if you are willing to do it in public, because that will take the same courage as someone that stutters to get out there and speak. And that’s commendab...

If people think that literally doing their job is 'offensive' they are fucking idiots. Also, I want to say that for many stutterers (most) the experience is not physical. You can never replicate how...

Same. It makes me stutter less because people can't see my face :)...

Stuttering has never held me back in my career and I have meetings every day with random people. The only thing that has held me back has been my own anxiety about stuttering....

How do I achieve my career potential with a stutter.

How do I achieve my career potential with a stutter. Sorry, I don't know how to TLDR this one. I am just venting and appreciate any feedback from those who have gone through or understand what I'm goi...

I feel for them and understand the struggle. One of my teachers in college stuttered but he was very good at hiding it. Was a very small class and I was probably only one who noticed. I was actually i...

I would very much like to find out what condition this is. I think I have the same thing. Mine started probably around 11 or 12. All of sudden I just couldn’t make sounds when I was nervous. It’s li...

Stuttering is a disability and it manifests itself in so many ways. I had this problem and many of us who stutter have the problem of being marginal, withdrawn and not being able to express ourselve...

I’ve coped my entire life. I still stutter in front of groups and every new person I meet. The way I’ve coped has evolved. I’m surprised you described this event like it was the only stuttering event ...

It's also possible to have covert stammering which others can't usually hear because you manage it with strategies like swapping words for easier ones and avoiding certain topics and situstions...

What even is stammering anyway?

What even is stammering anyway? Hi all, I know it's a bit long but please bear with me. I have never really voiced these questions before, especially not to other stammerers. I wasn't sure how to phr...

Stuttering while being a cashier

Stuttering while being a cashier So I work in a grocery store where sometimes I have to talk to the customer. But the thing is when I do I start stuttering and I start shaking because I feel like I’m ...

Hiding it only causes tension. You can’t run from who you are and once you start owning it and being ok if you stutter or not your words will come much easier....

I spent so many years of my life not sharing my thoughts because I was afraid of stuttering and that makes me so sad. I still do it sometimes. As I got older, I adopted a DGAF attitude. Now I'm a prof...

Get out of your own head. No reason to be embarrassed. Stuttering is hard. Stop lying. Don't say you had a headache trying to conceal a truth that will come out. Stutterers are practiced at deceptio...

Pretty fucking embarrassing.

Pretty fucking embarrassing. So I got invited to hang out with some other college kids today but I wasn't talking much. I didn't stutter almost when I talked but I didn't tell any stories or anything,...

Most seems to agree that it's related to the dopamine levels in the brain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopamine_hypothesis_of_stuttering There are studies where stuttering in successfully treated w...

For me stuttering causes anxiety. So I don't say anything most of the times because im afraid, people judged me so much when I was a kid that I decided to not speak at all....

How do I develop confidence with my stutter?

How do I develop confidence with my stutter? I’m literally trying so hard. Truthfully I don’t care what others think, I don’t. But when I stutter I sweat and get embarrassed. I’m tired of trying to hi...