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With all due respect I can’t agree with you 100%. Yes, psychological factor is important due to our self esteem is very vulnerable for all those years of stuttering, especially it’s “inconsistency.” S...

I thought i was only the one who when i talk to someone who i classified as weak i am more fluent. Maybe for some people stutter is purely psychological 🤔...

Agree, it’s annoying. I tried to systemize all conditions which help me and make it more difficult to speak. There are too many of them to list. However, my analysis showed one noticeable factor (amon...

Once I "forgot" what course I was doing at uni while I was wearing a shirt with the course name on it and was waiting for the professor outside the classroom. People looked at me like I was insane...

I’m someone who has always been afraid of public speaking. In school, I would avoid presentations and would rather get a 0 or talk to those teachers I was most comfortable with and ask them to either ...

Public speaking actually helped me tremendously

Public speaking actually helped me tremendously Kinda a success story. I was a quiet kid in school, but now I am currently in college and we do a lot of projects that we have to present in front of pr...

It might be different for each stutterer, but with me, some people tend to look away and loose eye contact when I start stuttering, I guess (subconsciously?) probably out of respect and not wanting to...

Thanks for your advice, I’m gonna start trying to be more outgoing and just talk to people even if I stutter. My main goal is to just get over the anxiety and be ok with my stuttering instead of getti...

An interesting experience

An interesting experience Hello everyone, I wanted to hear your opinion about me. I've had a problem with speaking since I was a child. It is a mixture of stuttering and fast speaking. My stuttering ...

I totally agree that a stutter is a people filter. I don’t think it’s necessarily pessimistic if you’re seeing a repeated pattern of how people respond to you. It’s taken me a long time to fully get c...

Getting anhilated in interviews

Getting anhilated in interviews So I (23M) have been working for 2 years in a business role and getting good performance ratings, however due to a low salary, I have been looking for a switch. Have ap...

What if you also see the best in people, while also being aware of the worst? It’s something that has helped me a ton once I started doing it few years back. Because of this I can instantly empathize...

Speaking Exam 💀

Speaking Exam 💀 So I have the c1 English exam at the start of next month and I'm very anxious about the speaking part. It's juts a simple interview about our opinions and a chat with another candidat...

Stuttering makes me see the worst in people. Am I alone in this?

Stuttering makes me see the worst in people. Am I alone in this? I'm writing this to see if anyone else feels the same way or if it's just me being a downer. I think my stuttering is like a special "p...

Check out my recent post here to learn more about my experience. Ultimately, if you block, it’s likely bc of fear of others hearing your repetitions…so doing the BVR helps trick your brain. When sp...

Fear about Work

Fear about Work Hi! I'm 16, and Ive never had a job, but in a month I'm going into Work Experience at this cafe, and I'm so nervous, because my stutter gets really bad in social situations. Does anyon...

For sure some of it is just mental. For me I think 25-50% of my stutter is just my general mental issues. I’d be in the same boat as you right now, would just need to work on it. Happy for you!...

getting embarassed means that you're subconsciously afraid of being judged by others (as most PWS are). Your nervous system goes into 'freeze' mode when you're in speaking situations to keep you safe....

When they went around asking everyone’s names at trampoline camp and I could not get my name out. Now I walk around in fear of someone asking my name...

My stutter is all that I think about

My stutter is all that I think about Hey everyone! Feeling pretty defeated today from my stutter. I think about it all day and I feel like it’s controlling my life. I am super afraid to apply to new j...