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I "talked" to a girl

I "talked" to a girl We know each other for a long time, she was always into me I always liked her too. Well lately things starting to get a bit more serious, but... there's always a but... she always...

My experience with stuttering

My experience with stuttering I am 20 years old and have had a small speech impediment since I was 4. I remember it being very bad when I was younger, but I saw a speech pathologist. One teacher would...

My Story

My Story Guys I just joined this subreddit but I feel it is necessary to share my story directly taken from my college common app essay. Remember there is always hope:) The Bane of the Invisible Man ...

Don’t live with regret; that’s worse than a stutter. You got this! Is it going to be easy? Heck, no! If you want to go to college than go. Truthfully, you don’t do that many presentations during gener...

thinking about my future with my stutter

thinking about my future with my stutter Recently I’ve been thinking about what the hell im gonna do. I’m in high school and I graduate in 4 months and I’m gonna have to get a job and go to college. ...

Really hard to explain. I can form a sentence in my head, but by the time I start saying it, I already know which word(s) which will refuse to play ball. I usually spend the time to reach that part in...

Don’t lose hope!

Don’t lose hope! I have a severe stutter and some days are better than others. I have had my stutter since the second grade; it became so crippling that I didn’t speak unless spoken to for almost a ye...

It is appropriate to mention your stutter at a job interview?

It is appropriate to mention your stutter at a job interview? What are your thoughts? I have a moderate stutter that is noticeable as I have prolong speech. If you do believe it is appropriate, do y...

Something that really fucks me off at work

Something that really fucks me off at work Hello I’m new to this so be nice pls👋🏼 20F. I’ll give you a bit of backstory, I’ve stuttered my entire life, ever since I could speak. I’ve had on/off spe...

You can do it. Do not give up hope.

You can do it. Do not give up hope. Extremely long time lurker. First time poster. I just wanted to share that I’ve been a stutterer since I was a child (M 28). I started my IT career about 5 years ag...

I have an awful memory too. I feel like people view me as really "slow" in general when talking, as alot of times it looks like I zone out of conversations or forget what I'm about to say but it's a...

Got called “drunk” on the phone

Got called “drunk” on the phone I was at work today talking to a client on the phone, and my stutter was so bad that they called me drunk. I tried my best not to cry and held it together, and I put hi...

Has anyone changed or wanted to change their name because of their stutter?

Has anyone changed or wanted to change their name because of their stutter? I’m at a bit of a crossroads. I have a stutter but I’ve become so good at managing it over the years that many people I firs...

Challenges when growing up, doing to speech therapy and taking IQ tests in school when your parents/school don't tell you what the tests are for. Mine's barely present, and my only speech impediment ...

Ted Talk

Ted Talk I have to do a Ted Talk at the end of January for my college. Its being live streamed. I only stammer when I get nervous. Does anyone have any advice? Thanks...

Meditation has always been hard for me. Can you suggest which technique I should practice for keeping my mind away from anxiety. Also, the awkward silence is what I fear the most that has lead to me t...

Well I constantly keep interrupting people during conversation partly due to the fact that in my mind I think I will block if I wait for other person to finish what they have to say. It's like I try t...

Does anyone else experience this?

Does anyone else experience this? I’m currently 17, have had a stutter since around 4 years old, and I’ve never heard of anyone else who stutters having the same symptoms as me. I didn’t start gettin...

I just found out I have to do a presentation in french at the end of this semester.

I just found out I have to do a presentation in french at the end of this semester. My stutter isn't that prevalent but when I do presentations it really tends to come out pretty noticeably. Almost no...

here's my college essay that i wrote about stuttering. it got me into duke

here's my college essay that i wrote about stuttering. it got me into duke When the recording was done, my camp counselor dragged the cursor over a wriggling patch of sound and snapped the delete butt...