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Yeah, but I have noticed I stutter disproportionately on other "R" words (my name is Robert)...agree that its not worth changing your name over though lol...

The reason we stutter more when we have to say our name is because there is no alternative for it. You can replace Bus Stop with Stop, Bus Stand, Stand where the bus comes, where can I get a bus from,...

I decided for one year to go by a "different name" and yet stuttered on it just the same as my normal name. So yes, and all it did was make me realize I could stutter just as much on a much shorter na...

That pointless. You stutter on your name because it's psychologically loaded. ...

What happens when you start stuttering on your new name? ...

I try and try again but I can never get my name out clean so eventually I just give it my best easy onset slur for the first syllable and let it go at that. It still sounds like a stutter to my ear bu...

I was in the best period of my life

I was in the best period of my life The last Three days has been absolutely fantastic. I have had two presentations in front of my class which went great. I have been much more outgoing, and made a lo...

I have trouble saying certain sounds, what can I do to make it easier?

I have trouble saying certain sounds, what can I do to make it easier? I sometimes have trouble saying words that start with a D or an L. I don't motorboat the sound, it just won't come out. My tongue...

I get stuck with words with N, P could anyone suggest ways to control it?

I get stuck with words with N, P could anyone suggest ways to control it? When I use words that start with N or P my mouth tenses and freezes. T counter that I try to slur the words and end up being i...

I hate it that I can't even complete sentences when I'm excited ?

I hate it that I can't even complete sentences when I'm excited ? I'm in school and really like playing football and discussing it , but whenever I am talking about a game or a player , I get really e...

Introduction/Anyone try nootropics for fluency?

Introduction/Anyone try nootropics for fluency? Aloha everyone! My name is Makena, and I live in Hawaii. I recently graduated from Purdue which has a lot of stuttering research coming out of it, and i...

If I didn't stutter I would be a politician, an actor, a news reporter, a radio show host, etc...

Suicide hotline? Customer service someplace. There is a whole class of jobs of people talking on the phone. ...

I have a bunch of different names that I go by (all variants of my very long name), and man it was THE BEST when I switched to my current professional name because it didn't feel "mine" so I didn't st...

The only names I have a problem with are "L" names. Such as Lilly or Eleanor. L's are the last big hurdle for me to get over. I honestly forgot that I stuttered and was wondering why I couldn't prono...

Hahaha. Same. Political Science is hard to say because I can't get the pol sound out. But somehow I can say politics just fine, so I go with that. ...

That's great to hear! Over the years I've been able to say my name without ever stuttering on it anymore. But not sure if that's just cause my stuttering had died down a bit as I got older or because ...

Lol guess lots of stutters can relate to that. Luckily I'll been able to say my major mechanical engineering but sometimes I'll struggle for half a second on engineering. I guess saying mechanical fir...

I have no idea but in the past year, I started saying my name over and over but not for long periods of time or that often either. Now it just comes naturally for me to stop a little for maybe a secon...

Pretty much this, it depends on the situation and environment but saying my name has been one of the hardest things to do and even when I practice it constantly ...