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Landed a job. Don't be anxious about interviews like I was

Landed a job. Don't be anxious about interviews like I was One of the many worries I had related to my stutter was job interviews. Finally done with school, then grad school, I couldn't prolong it any...

New twist to my stutter: Typing in teams chat and texting.

New twist to my stutter: Typing in teams chat and texting. TL:DR It seems like increased electronic communication requirements for work are bringing out my stutter as I type. I don't really know what...

How I Became Fluent

How I Became Fluent A fellow member asked me about my experience so I thought I'd share it with everyone. Perhaps someone can take something from it. *** This is MY experience, it may or may not wor...

Dude Im 28 years old and I hid my stutter my whole school period. Im so regretful and I highly recommend you stop hiding it, and stutter openly. Only the first and second time will be hard, the rest i...

My experience as a waiter with a stutter

My experience as a waiter with a stutter I've stuttered all my life. For the past 21 years, it's been a serious issue. I was never bullied about it at all and only had support but it was still a strug...

I’m 26 and i’ve never been in a relationship because of my stutter. It really affects my ability to connect with people because I try so hard to hide it which results to me not being able to be myself

I’m 26 and i’ve never been in a relationship because of my stutter. It really affects my ability to connect with people because I try so hard to hide it which results to me not being able to be myself...

Sometimea you can just pretend that you are mute, Ive tried it and it was great, its a good relief once in a while. No one makes fun of you and no one dares to l say those stupid sentences lol...

It’s the thought of someone watching you that gets to you I believe. I had to record myself reading an intro for this podcast I was in, and ran across the same problem. The way I got over it was to ...

Also everybody thinks im just an introvert that stays to himself. Which is better than being made fun of for stuttering....

I am experiencing this problem. My fluency has steadily gotten worse because of the lockdown. Before this started, I was mostly fluent and very comfortable with my speech. I've been working on my flu...

From my experience and the experience of others, it definitely does get worse with isolation. It was more difficult for me to get the words out irl after going through periods where I was speaking to ...

It’s just too expensive and my parents don’t know about it because I hide it. My teachers don’t really know either...

Disclose your stuttering at the beginning; that way no one is surprised. Believe it or not, you’ll be more relaxed. Try this: “A quick heads up; some of you know that I stutter, and the rest of you ju...

This is what helped me- i made a mental note of all the starting letters of the words that i stutter in while conversing. Its mostly the words that start with R, Z, B for me. So i picked up an empty b...

I work in the non profit sector and at first, it paralyzed me to not want to speak at all. I work with young people and I definitely felt much more comfortable to just talk with them & not feel pr...

Hey, I completely relate to this. I'm 35 yo and I still feel like this when called upon to speak at work. Here are some strategies that've helped me: * Fake it till you make it! Faking confidence a...

I have stuttered my entire life with varying degrees of "openness" for the first 28 years or so I never spoke about it or even acknowledged it really. So there was a huge wall built up. I started my j...

So I’m 29 and I’ve had probably 12 jobs. Just actually started my recent and most high paying about a week ago. I’ve been working since 15 and I can tell you I stutter in all of my job interviews. Thi...

Great post - thanks for sharing what got you through on your journey. Like you, I’ve stuttered from a very young age. I thought I was successfully hiding it, but I was only fooling myself. What real...

Fair enough, I’ve been lucky I think and have received minimal negative attention due to my stutter (either that or I’ve blocked out a lot haha)...