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I'm so stuck pls give me some advice and share your thoughts and experiences please 🙏

I'm so stuck pls give me some advice and share your thoughts and experiences please 🙏 Hello everyone. I'd like to have some advice. And here is my stutter story. I'm 16 years old who stutters. I star...

If someone has a silent block when asked for their name when ordering coffee or when asking for “extra tomatoes” on a Subway sub, that’s not a high demand situation, and it’s *extremely* predictable....

First, none of this is your fault and you can’t blame yourself. We think we’re just going to wake up and be fluent tomorrow and we beat ourselves up when we aren’t. You don’t need to carry that burden...

How to present with a stutter?

How to present with a stutter? So I have a really important presentation tomorrow and I'm so nervous because of my stutter :( I already know that I'm going to fail again, it makes me feel so hopeless....

In my situation, it's when I don't stutter for days at a time. Mostly it's because I'm mostly home and don't interact with people IRL much, except for my wife. So around her, I'm usually relaxed and d...

I don't have a specific example, just something I noticed he did sometimes in his speeches. Makes me think he has a mild stutter too....

I’d like to express again that when a person has a stutter, stammer, or speech impediment…it is in NO WAY LINKED TO any psychological condition—albeit anxiety or mental illness. While I was in colleg...

just had the longest block with my friend's friend group

just had the longest block with my friend's friend group I got introduced to them then my block came, it lasted for like a good 15 seconds, those seconds felt like an eternity. Saw one of them laugh s...

Anxiety stimulus + anxiety response: So how does it work exactly? I mean, how does our subconscious brain link anxiety stimuli to speech execution? How does our subconscious mind, thru repeated reinforcement, condition the anxiety stimulus with an anxiety response and its manifestations

Anxiety stimulus + anxiety response: So how does it work exactly? I mean, how does our subconscious brain link anxiety stimuli to speech execution? How does our subconscious mind, thru repeated reinfo...

me just yapping about how I am just realizing I do in fact stutter a moderate amount

me just yapping about how I am just realizing I do in fact stutter a moderate amount Hello everyone, recently I realized I stutter quite often. I never really realized it as much, I mean i knew I did ...

Any advice for my severe stutter?

Any advice for my severe stutter? I usually do stutter (been stuttering since I was a kid) but I’m stuttering more than usual … I think it’s from life stressors, social anxiety, or just general anxie...

Sometimes when I'm thinking of what to say, I just know I'm going to block on a word before the word even comes out. I don't know why this happens, its strange....

Remember when presenting take a deep breath the only way to get better is present all the time IK it’s hard but we all have to keep pushing we’ve all been there...

Does anyone's stutter randomly vary in severity?

Does anyone's stutter randomly vary in severity? Hey everyone, I've stuttered since I was a young kid, maybe around 8 or 9 years old, and even now at 29 I still stutter. Over the years my stuttering ...

I experience stuttering in my head before saying the word a lot, It's like a mental block where there's nothing I can do to not stutter. I've tried not to focus on my stutter, and while it does reduc...

I've had trouble with this too (I'm John). With introductions, I try to get it rolling with easier words. Deep breath in, and "Hello there" or Nice to meet you" followed by 'I'm John". Or I start by...

Yeah this feels like what I have, I anticipate it and overthink it which causes it to happen. Mines also started happening due to a medication I’ve started for something else, which has started making...

Can you "develop" stuttering just by becoming hyper-aware of your speech?

Can you "develop" stuttering just by becoming hyper-aware of your speech? I’m trying to understand whether what I’m experiencing is actual stuttering or something more psychological. I’d love to hear ...

Are there any techniques for blocking?

Are there any techniques for blocking? I’m 18, and sometimes I have to read in school. Out of school, I only stutter a little bit when I’m responding to questions or saying very few words to people so...

Two Days Until the Presentation: Nervous but Trying

Two Days Until the Presentation: Nervous but Trying I'm really nervous and worried—I'm almost shaking. In two days, I have to stand in front of 300 people and give a 3-minute presentation. It's not l...