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Meeting New people

Meeting New people There’s nothing more I hate (aside from presentations) than meeting new people. I feel like I would get more used to it the more I do it (and indirectly my stammer would improve bec...

Terminologies explained: * **Speech errors**: Stuttering-like disfluencies and hesitations are **NOT** speech errors. But they signify underlying errors that are detected in the speech motor plan and...

I’ve found saying “yellow” helpful. It’s close enough to hello and for me at least it’s easier to “breathe” through the word...

lol, I was wondering if anyone was going to call me on that. It’s definitely not what I meant, but if you listen to his early interviews when , especially when he was at UCLA, it was definitely more p...

Avoiding situations where I feel like I cannot show my stutter...

Yea I’ve had people say things like this to me too because I hide it all the time (substitute words, pause, etc) Sometimes people try to help by saying “stuttering isn’t a big deal” it’s almost like g...

“You don’t stutter”

“You don’t stutter” I’m not sure if anyone has experienced this but I was telling someone I have a stutter (that particular conversation I didn’t stutter) and they were like “ohh stop saying u have a...

Yeah we're like kids to them when we struggle to talk they'll begin talk for us and finish our sentences. That's irritating but i guess we must accept it....

Yeah , I've been in that place a lot of times. This is not a situation we ourselves wanted to be in. The only thing you can do about it is just try to do your best and don't care about their remarks a...

What does it mean to accept a stutter, and how can I do it?

What does it mean to accept a stutter, and how can I do it? I’m 20 and I’ve had a stutter my whole life, it’s a very mild stutter but that is partially because I’ve learned my own tricks to help with ...

I go to the gym, a nice lad around my age keeps saying hey Seán how’s it going, I say it’s going great how about yourself. I forgot his name because I was trying to hide my stutter but wasn’t focused ...

I think as we get older we become more patient and having patience is key with stuttering. Not just with our stutter but with ourselves. When i was younger, I'm 50 now, i tried to hide it. I didn...

Try writing out what you are going to say, line by line. That way you are just reading it and that always makes it easier for me. Or maybe have someone call for you with you beside them and you wri...

Should I tell my boss that I stutter?

Should I tell my boss that I stutter? So I got a job as a bank teller and I’m really proud of myself and I look forward to this job. After shadowing the other tellers and training I realized I’m g...

For me it got better . I remember when i was in second grade i used to stutter while saying anything. this one time i was speaking to my teacher and all i could speak was si..r...mer..s...ir and he la...

Yeah, I can never remember names. Do you have a problem with stuttering your own name when someone asks it? I do. I cannot figure out if it is because the nervousness of meeting someone new, my name ...

I figured out why I’m bad at remembering peoples names.

I figured out why I’m bad at remembering peoples names. I’ve been meeting a lot of new people and have a habit of not really paying attention to their names and forgetting it. Just realized it’s beca...

Mine improved mostly because most times idgaf about stuttering, unlike when I was younger. HOWEVER, inside I struggle the same with controlling. Some days, like today, I feel very "stuttery", the same...

Mild to moderate, my stutter is situation based with my friends I am completely fluent and during formal situation words don’t even come out of my mouth 🥹...

Idk but my grandfather also stuttered but as he aged, he used to take long pauses and people used to think as if he’s thinking something to say some highly intellectual stuff but all this time he was ...