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I know this is from 2 years ago but still I wanna throw my two cents in.. I have a severe stutter. It physically hurts. It’s not like a paralyzing feeling or pain but it’s like every muscle in my en...

Finished My PhD, Landed a Job, Still Stuttering - My Rollercoaster of a Story

Finished My PhD, Landed a Job, Still Stuttering - My Rollercoaster of a Story Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to share my story. My stuttering comes and goes. I’ve had days where I felt amazi...

I don't know, it sounds like he had a mild stutter to begin with and with proper editing it can almost completely be hidden. I think its possible for people with mild stutters to 'overcome' stuttering...

Tell me about it! I’m a lifelong stutterer and I’m more 54 y.o. I know about all the mental ups and downs throughout the journey....

I’m glad your experience led you to improving your fluency but there are a LOT of people in this community who will never progress with their fluency because they are simply born that way....

I’d have to disagree on the “stuttering will never physically hurt you” because my throat aches at the end of each day from straining my vocal cords so much. It definitely has a physical toll....

Yes I had the same. Not practicing basically allows my brain to revert back to the old patterns. I still remember the techniques and try them from time to time with various degrees of success. I’ve...

On a scale of one to ten how bad are we talking? Mine is about a one, but what holds me back is my confidence. Stuttering has robbed me of that even though I barely stutter now. I have what you might ...

Is it possible for us to get a girlfriend My stutter is very severe....

It fluctuates a lot, less over the years, moderate to severe. Had more severe days when I was younger, now it's usually at a moderate level. It's not 10 second blocks every sentence, though I've had t...

What if you stutter very severely? I’ve never really even had a girlfriend (Sort of one, but not officially.), and I’m going to be 45 soon....

How bad do you stutter? It doesn’t sound too bad ....

Well I’ve always have a moderate stutter since childhood. After speech therapy as an adult, I gained some fluency but relapsed back to the point where I was perhaps 60% fluent. After researching the...

I’m more than 95% fluent and rarely block/stutter, but when I’m in an excitatory or angry state, I might block a little. But then I use my fluency shaping strategy to stop myself....

My stuttering was in it's worst phase in high school what are you on about....

Thats the dream brother, to on day overcome stuttering. The only people that have 'overcome' stuttering are like little kids who are still developing their speech faculties, if you stutter into adulth...

Did it actually improve your fluency by reducing the amount of repetitions/blocks or was it more of an anxiety reduction? Like how much did you feel your fluency improve percentage wise?...

Those are some very interesting results, I'd like to understand more. Did it actually improve fluency by reducing the amount of repetitions/blocks or was it more of an anxiety reduction (how much woul...

People take speech for granted. Believe me, I have been in these shoes. I wish I could give advice but I’m in a similar f***ed up situation....

Nice! And how is your fluency nowadays? I found mine relapsed after a while. If you don’t practice every single day, it gets away from you unfortunately....