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I would prefer to be mute

I would prefer to be mute I know this can sound somewhat controversial or exaggerated but, stuttering can be so exhausting, putting aside all the anxiety problems and that stuff, sometimes i start fee...

Do you know what the tape is? doesn’t hurt to try. Do you still stutter if your anxious? or is it almost gone....

Probably in my early 20s. By 25 it was pretty manageable but of course still there. When I was 16 or 17, my mom booked me a few appointments with a hypnotist. (I truly don’t know if hypnotists ar...

Always think I’m not going to be taken seriously.

Always think I’m not going to be taken seriously. So I did a few posts a while ago about my stutter when it was relatively new. Over time I’ve grown to accept that it’s just a part of me. And I see a ...

blocking more again

blocking more again my blocking got worse again :/ I have 3 presentations in the next 3 days, 2 of them will definitely be in the same week, maybe even the third one. and I'm so scared. my stutter is ...

Been taking it for years. It works to calm anxiety but stuttering is basically a mind game. I am now fluent after 50 years of stuttering. It took a lot of hard work and it has no magic pills, but flue...

Try this. I promise you that this will work. Speak like a king or queen. Speak no more than 4 or 5 words at a time and come to complete stop. Even if it is not at the end of sentence. If you listened ...

New to this subreddit. I've noticed, for myself, that alot of my stutter comes from my anxiety. Not to influence you or anything, but for my experience, using cbd instead of your typical thc weed help...

I used alchohol which helped for some time.. but now i can barely drink acholol without getting huge word blocks and anxiety...

Yeah, I'm quite stressed. A lot of people are telling me to tell my teacher but he would probably just tell me to push through it as he says this helps prepare us for the real world and to gain confid...

My most recent finding is neurologist. He discribed my pills which he says I have to drink for 2-3 years. It might help me reduce the anxiety and "unwanted interruptions in brains", that might be the ...

Any advice?

Any advice? I'm so screwed I have a 20-minute presentation for my science class the next week or so and my speech block has become exponentially worse. I can't even read off something anymore or tal...

Funny you say that! I use nicotine sometimes in the weekends, and I get so much more control over my stuttering! Like you’re saying, I think it has something with the confidence and dopamine it gives ...

Help please zoloft

Help please zoloft Did anyone find Zoloft helped their stutter? I have anxiety depression social anxiety and on Paxil but it makes me tired...

Does nicotine help your guys stutter?

Does nicotine help your guys stutter? Once I started vaping I noticed that my stutter pretty much vanished. I think it’s because my stutter is anxiety based. Anybody else have a similar experience? (...

Buspirone?!

Buspirone?! I just got prescribed buspirone. My doctor thinks my stutter is most mostly caused by social anxiety. Had anybody taken this before? Has it helped?...

I hid as a transactional lawyer for 21 years - mid level stutter. I channeled my career towards reading and writing and managing deals so speaking was usually limited to functional, technical things,...

It’s so cool seeing all these varied careers on this post! I’m in library science, I’ve finished my BA in English Lit and am currently pursuing my MA in Library Science. It’s... tough. I would consid...

I am an interpreter/translator. I failed my first interview since I was inexperienced graduate who stutters like hell. Interviewers even told me to go home :) Then I become very angry with myself and ...

Stuttering and work/career

Stuttering and work/career I wanted to know what kind of jobs to people with moderate to worse stutter actually do. I just finished school and was calculating my options. I do pretty bad in job interv...