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Acknowledging my stutter

Acknowledging my stutter I’ve stuttered probably my whole life. My family doesn’t really acknowledge it or have talked to me about it. I think they don’t want to embarrass me but really all it’s done ...

Now that I’ve acknowledged my stutter it seems worse

Now that I’ve acknowledged my stutter it seems worse I’ve stuttered since I was a kid but never really thought about it because lots of little kids do. Now I’m a teenager and pretty much no body else ...

I have a similar thing, it may be because we're to preoccupied on the presentation to worry about stuttering...

Advice on College

Advice on College I've had a stutter for about as long as I can remember, though it briefly went away during my tween years. This summer I'll be heading off to college at Purdue for Engineering, I was...

A little lost

A little lost I recently (in the last few months) have started to stutter. Or at least I think that’s what it is. It started to concern me more, but my SO says I don’t stutter which confuses me becaus...

Frustrated

Frustrated I really really do not get it now , why do I stutter in spot situations, yesterday I was out with friends and my stutter was virtually non existent, even when I speak to my younger brother ...

Stuttering Problems :/

Stuttering Problems :/ I've recently just found this subreddit and I couldn't be more happy to find this. I've always had a stutter since I was a little kid. And as everyone I was hella made fun of ju...

Feel like I lost out on a great job opportunity because I stutter

Feel like I lost out on a great job opportunity because I stutter So a little background. I’ve had a stutter/block since I was 4. I’ve come a long way and can hide it pretty damn well these days. The ...

A knock of confidence

A knock of confidence I grew up with some ridicule over my lisp, but it's something that I never let hold me back, I love reading, and have never had an issue with public speaking/presentations etc. A...

Interviewing for jobs with a stutter

Interviewing for jobs with a stutter Hi everyone, I'm graduating from university this spring and am currently interviewing for jobs. It hasn't gone very well this far, and I can't get rid of the thoug...

Had trouble leaving a voicemail for a job interview

Had trouble leaving a voicemail for a job interview I had applied for a job a few weeks ago and called the HR department to see if there’s any updates. The lady was on lunch so I had to leave a voicem...

The problem I have is in speech therapy I learn tons of techniques to use, but in situations where I need them most my anxiety takes over and my brain is almost wiped clean. When this happens, I am so...

Obviously there’s no “cure”. I stuttered horribly as a kid and eventually it stopped completely. I never thought about it and after years and years (maybe 5th-11th grade or so) I forgot I ever stutter...

I’m 27 and in IT. I’ve been struggling with it my entire life and lately I’ve been doing way better with it. I find it helps to just talk slow and not only relax yourself, but relax the mind. Once you...

A source of most of my stuttering is being nervous and thinking about stuttering. One thing that helps me is really concentrating on relaxing when I talk and taking my time....

If you take it hard, you will become more and more stressed and anxious. To me stutter isn't really bad. I can still speak pretty good. The main thing is the more you think about your speech the harde...

Hello Ryan, I'm also Ryan, about to turn 18. I've stuttered my whole life and it's been horrid, sort of. It has overall gotten better probably and my outlook on it has improved to where I don't worry ...

Thanks to the amazing support of this community, I went to my first job interview today.

Thanks to the amazing support of this community, I went to my first job interview today. Last week, I posted a topic on this subreddit saying that I was seriously considering canceling a job interview...

I’m going to beat this and so will you.

I’m going to beat this and so will you. Hey there, My name is Ryan. Was not a stutterer until the age of 18 or so, cant explain the reasoning, but it is been a mild to extreme part of my life for al...

Stutter less after waking up?!

Stutter less after waking up?! I have mild stutter for the past 15 years. I stutter more when I am put in a spot or one can call it consciousness stammering. One interesting thing I have noticed is wh...