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I have worked very hard on my speech since I was a kid and it’s had its ups and downs. However, I’ve been able to own my stutter and work in sales making good money - and it’s a personal accomplishmen...

Yes, definitely. I’ve read many different theories and techniques over the years. Some haven’t helped but some have really helped me. I’ve reached a point where I’m not completely fluent but generally...

I wouldn’t be able to now bc I work in sales and to change my name would not be an option. That being said, I’m afraid that if I keep trying to find alternatives then I continue to live in that fear. ...

Try talking. Try stuttering and talking. Stuttering and being social can co-exist believe it or not. edit: grammar...

Stuttering is definitely a problem, but your problem isn't stuttering. Your problem seems to be how you see yourself as a person who stutters. If you understood that stuttering is something that you d...

I've put in a lot of work over my whole life to stay strong hoping 1 day it just magically disappears but deep down i know it wont :(...

Hey there! I'll just tell you about some of the interactions I've had with my wife recently, I think it relates a lot to your post. So, I'm a stutterer, 30 years old. Similar to your boyfriend, I too...

Of course it makes a difference in communication. But it's not necessarily messing up the end goal. And of course it's hard for us. But it's not necessarily stopping us in the general things we want ...

They’re not asking you to ignore it, because you can’t. They’re asking you to overcome it in a way. If you accept that you have a stutter and that it will happen then life will become much easier. Tru...

Just wanna say - I am just in my final year of a performance degree and I have a speech impediment. It started out as a stutter and has now developed into a stutter and full blown dysarthria. And so...

A story about a story I heard about a "mind blowing" stutterer...

A story about a story I heard about a "mind blowing" stutterer... So, I study graphic design at university and some of us got the chance to go to a well renowned design firm and hear professionals tal...

Today was nice

Today was nice I'm a female in my 20s, a coworker informed me that she wanted to confess that she had spoke to others about me. My heart dropped, the voice she had used sounded like it was some false ...

The trick of "donning a mask" might not lead to satisfying results in terms of self-expressiveness, though, nor may it continue to be effective, if you get used to the "mask". Just so people don't get...

People are going to view your stutter in the same light as how you portray it. What I mean is that If they see that you are ashamed of it, that you hide it and are embarrassed, then they are going to...

I haven’t found any videos or anything of the sort that doesn’t just say “speak slower” or “take speech therapy” so that’d actually be great seeing as my stutter is only becoming worse. I don’t live w...

My theory is that debating, especially formally, follows certain formats that make most everything you say pretty predictable in terms of rhetorical function and segregated from real feeling. Similar...

Thanks hiding a stutter is stressful. I feel like I shouldn't have to hide it....

I whole heartily agree. Hiding my stutter put so much stress on my shoulders, espically thinking about the reactions of others. Once I started telling people and making light of it, it becomes more ...

This is good life advice. Live authentically. Be yourself. Work through you challenges. Believe you are worthy and capable. You’re voice matters. What you have to say matters. The stutter communit...

Sure. Sorry for not being clear. OP initially asked what people do to combat or fight the urge of holding back, e.g. not saying what you want to say in a given situation. When i do that it’s because o...