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I worked in adult neuro/acute care. I am an SLP. My stuttering exploded briefly in acute care because I projected on my listeners "as an SLP I can't ever stutter!" A self-fulfilling prophecy.. I ha...

Normal does not exist. Everyone has problems, some are worse than others. Instead of whining, try to control your stutter and take notes on significant things you notice. Please do not take this the w...

Sadly that's the problem for most of the non-stutterers (I don't call them normal people because we all are normal!): they don't understand how it effects us. When I have to make a phone call I always...

I know how you feel, phone calls are the worst for me as well. My mom and I have a catering business and slowly I'm the one who has to talk to the customers so every time the phone rings I try to reme...

I do this too except if I’m losing an argument or have to meet a time minimum on a project. Fake it til I can think of something better to say lmao...

Improved: kind of. I did lots of speech therapy and what I learned that helps me is to think about my breathing and try to stay calm and not to think about what I want to say too much....

Yep I do that all the time. If I’m stuck I just pause and take a deep breath and then I can continue...

My mouth physically twitches when I think and I bite my tongue or make a clicking sound with my tongue. I wouldn't mind so much if it didn't hurt. Kills my train of thought in its tracks. But maybe it...

Yeah it varies from person-to-person and then from time-to-time. A few weeks back I was stuttering in my thoughts too and I thought that something was seriously wrong with me. This week I feel much be...

It's because we are extremely conscious while to people speaking. As per my experience, I think we all have those cliche Stutter words in our brain that when we try to speak, they come forward and we ...

How do we know what word we are going to stutter on?

How do we know what word we are going to stutter on? A lot of times when talking, we can feel what word in the sentence were going to stutter on before even saying it, or we can feel a stutter coming ...

Does stuttering get worse when you start thinking about it?

Does stuttering get worse when you start thinking about it? Like how when people with tourettes get worse when they think about their tics....

How to get past mental blocks?

How to get past mental blocks? I’ve had my stutter for almost all my life (I’m 18), and over time, it’s just gotten worse. I’ve never understood why, and it’s ruined pretty much everything in my life,...

Totally agree, worst thing I fear is when I've struggled and managed to force a word or sentence out without stuttering then for that person to say "What?" Or "huh" . With friends or family I've baile...

Just in the sound of your voice, everybody dislikes the sound of their own voice, stutterer or not. Your negative thoughts are completely normal and I can guarantee you that people listening to you a...

Advancing in Career and College but need to face public speaking...eventually

Advancing in Career and College but need to face public speaking...eventually Hi guys, So I \[20M\] have been a moderate stutter since at least 12 (earliest memory of it). I have had some very embar...

New Speech Problem

New Speech Problem I’m 20 years old, I’ve never had an issue with speech until about 6 months ago. I believe that it is more than just speech. Sometimes when I’m speaking out loud to someone I don’t r...

I think I can relate to that. Being in the moment certainly helps but often the first stutter pulls me directly out of the moment again and back to the self awareness of not speaking fluently.. Will c...

Uncomfortable Interview Reflections

Uncomfortable Interview Reflections Hey everyone! Hope quarantine is treating you well. I've scrolled through this reddit page in the past whenever I'm feeling low, but this is the first time I've act...

What it's like to force a conversation under the pressure of stuttering

What it's like to force a conversation under the pressure of stuttering ...