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It’s more that he anticipates he will stutter and will just stop talking. It definitely has a much bigger impact on communication effectiveness because people who do this don’t quite finish their sent...

He didn’t. He uses techniques to reduce it. It’s called covert stuttering. If you listen to him carefully, as a stutterer, you’ll be able to catch it....

One of my husband’s good friends is a high school English teacher who stutters. He’s been teaching for years. On the first day of class he writes “I have a stutter” on the whiteboard and that’s it. He...

What you see are a lot of carefully planned speeches. He rehearses his speeches and comments a lot and intentionally picks words or phrases that are easier for him. If you watch him, a lot of his paus...

I can’t say my name. I just gave up on trying and bring a name tag on my books and walk up to them and show them my name....

I can understand that , thank you for the insight. It just always feels like there’s a magnifying glass on me whenever I speak...

As customers, we aren't the most memorable things to the employee. When I was a cashier I pretty much immedieatly forgot the customer once they left, unless they were rude or creepy (or did something ...

I feel the same too. My method is that when I need to buy something specific, I just show the seller a picture on my phone and just say "hello, I'm looking for this". So much easier than explaining wh...

Should I disclose my stutter in a job interview?

Should I disclose my stutter in a job interview? I have a interview for a fast food restaurant in a few days, and I'm reasonably confident that I will get the job. My stutter is incredibly inconsist...

Thanks for your reply My class is fine, so much better than the one from the last school. I almost never got any unpleasant commentaries from them. But it happened sometimes, and several of them maki...

I'm tired of this

I'm tired of this Hi, this is my first post here, but I’ve been reading your posts for a long time. I’m a 19 years old boy and I’m tired of it all. I wish I could function normally, but I’m not abl...

I realized something today

I realized something today Hey guys I’m Vishal and I’m from the United State. I’m 20 years old in college. I’ve been stuttering as long as I can remember honestly. And I don’t know if this applies to...

As well as focusing on the speech therapy aspect, work on (or refer your students) to a therapist. Stutterers often face a daily level of terror and anxiety about stuttering. Honestly I feel sometimes...

When I look at back my childhood I now see I never spoke to anybody because I was embarrassed of my stutter. I was never bullied bad but I was just to embarrassed to even say a word to people. Because...

My stuttering wont stop getting worse Rant.

My stuttering wont stop getting worse Rant. I'm new here but I thought it would be alright for me to share what going on with my stuttering. Its definitely not as bad as some of the other people on he...

Outburst of a stutterer

Outburst of a stutterer Hi. I'm 26 years old stutterer and this post is like a relief of pain for me. I always felt in disadvantage in comparison to other people. Like, in school there were so many ...

Oh, I totally do not make eye contact when I talk to people. I can usually get as far as looking in their direction or looking at their forehead, but I look down a LOT. I don't know how much of it i...

Yes haha this used to be a big thing for me. Avoiding eye contact. Makes it harder to connect with people though and is almost disrespectful at times. Its the tension that is caused by holding eye...

Lettuce was always the hardest for me a subway too lol. It comes complete sense. You don't stutter when you are by yourself, nor do you stutter when you talk alone with animals. But as soon as a h...

Same for me. It's the only situation where it's clear that they're there to listen to me. In all other cases I feel inferior to the one I talk to. Probably more than i ought to....