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I agree! Especially in an job interview or situations like that, its reallllly hard not to think about it, for me at least :(...

Oh yea 100%, anxietie's a killer, happens to me a lot. Just keep your cool, don't lose eye contact and be confident...

I think everyone is aware of these things, because everyone wants to sound smart and fluid when they're speaking, but I think our situation makes us *hyper* aware of how we sound and how the words are...

Totally! When you're feeling anxiety and you're overthinking about what you're saying, you're not allowing yourself to speak freely. The more tense you are the harder it is to keep yourself from stutt...

Doesn’t ‘haunt’ me as much anymore, but had to do a presentation for work and was told it was a small group - I walked into an auditorium with every seat full. The person speaking presenting before me...

I'm learning the same as you and attending a bootcamp next month. I advise you to explore a bootcamp too. As far as the interviews go, I try to speak as loud as possible and not worry about my speech....

I mean, that's not necessarily a bad thing, is it? Of course, if it disturbs the speech performance, I suppose it's bad. But being able to focus on those details might lead to some sort of insight (re...

Paying attention to your voice as you speak

Paying attention to your voice as you speak Do any of you stutterers have this problem of paying attention to how the words flow out of your mouth and constantly judging how fluently and articulately ...

Thanks for a detailed reply. I agree, we judge ourselves too damn hard because of our stutter....

Is this a common issue?

Is this a common issue? I’ve noticed a lot of time when I am speaking I understand what I am saying. I feel like I’m being fluent. Then the other party communicates they don’t understand me. My sel...

Sorry mate, I stutter when I talk and think in my head. Even while reading!...

I think it gets the attention off the mechanisms of speech. Give it a try. Look yourself in the eyes like you would another person....

I never tried speaking in front of the mirror but have heard it helps with stutter. I always thought it would make me more self conscious.......

You can either take a half second pause and do the same technique or restart the whole word or sentence using the technique. It just depends on how you would like your fluency to be. You don’t even re...

Make sure to practice, knowing your material is, at least for me, the most important part. Creating a PowerPoint, if possible, helps me because it takes their eyes off of me, makes me less nervous. ...

I suppose English class demands more subjective questioning and answering. Such as 'what do you think of this or that?' Those subjective questioning can certainly make us more tense as our thought pro...

First job interview (read)

First job interview (read) Hey guys, I’m 16 year old guy that has a stutter. I had my first interview today at McDonalds and I don’t know how to feel about it. I’m a very confident person and decently...

Can't say "Initial"

Can't say "Initial" I have a new job where I have to say a lot of long words to clients and coworkers. I'm doing mostly good but for some reason when it comes to signing and initialing the documents, ...

Bizarre. I also feel extremely calm in math class, and super tense in English. I feel like for me, in math, the answers are usually very short, while in English, they can get complicated and long....

Math vs. English class

Math vs. English class I have math period 3, and english period 4. The second I walk into the math room I feel so much more fluent, I raise my hand and answer questions from my teacher, and ask questi...