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I hear you! Way too much negatively on this. Self acceptance is the absolute key. The more you avoid speaking and keep beating yourself up about the way you speak things are never going to get better,...

I’m also guessing it seems fairly classic covert stutter that is often bad when needing to rush or in response to emotional upset See if this helps...

I definitely stuttered less with a mask. I felt more confident in my speech for some reason. Maybe because a mask makes it more difficult to hear so you're sort of forced to focus on making your speec...

Yeah the most promising treatments right now are partial dopamine antagonists, but none have been FDA approved for stuttering, only Tourette’s syndrome. Have you tried a beta blocker?...

I really have gotten so much more fluent over the past few years. Last week im at a drive thru struggling. And the order taker keeps going what speak up, i cant understand you. I finally manage and th...

I incorporate a neck gaiter into a minimalist techwear type look for such reasons, and general insecurity. Helps me feel less out of place when I incorporate necessary things like that into my fashion...

I did not have the self esteem to be able to stutter on purpose. I found stuttering to be a curse which really upended my life. My goal was to overcome my stuttering and to become fluent. It took res...

To everyone with their bold BS answers about how great they'd be... Do you think you, as you are today, would like this imaginary person you'd supposedly be? If you're not being who you want to be, ...

I have that impression as well. Although I have nothing against masks I just personally find them annoying to wear. But because my gf does stutter (something I don't) and because it makes her feel mor...

This is such a big one more me, just wanting to be polite, bit of chit chat with people I interact with, hello, thank yous etc. One of my biggest stressors is feeling like I've been rude to someone wh...

Wearing a mask to "cover" your stutter

Wearing a mask to "cover" your stutter My girlfriend stutters - and since the pandemic wear masks became common - she wears one in public because she feels self-conscious when she stutters. When she g...

I do doordash so when I had people food if I quickly say "have a good day" I don't stutter but this one guy said huh and that threw me for a loop and I tried to repeat myself but nope and he looked at...

stressing out for induction day on Monday

stressing out for induction day on Monday its a couple days away and im already overthinking and stressing out about what to do. My stutter is so bad and severe whenever I'm under pressure or speaking...

I also had a peak of stuttering in university. So many new things, plus this age when you are supposed to develop and show yourself to the world. We had to obligatory and voluntarily answer on semi...

If you're looking for advice, what has helped me is in those situations to just whisper or completely drop the first part of the word and just say "...ank you" or oven "...k you". Non-stutterers do th...

My mind goes through all the substitutes like “appreciate it” or “hey thanks”. I usually get one of them out, but take a second sometimes and I too think I may come off as ungrateful....

I had to order like 4 drinks for my mates at a casino as they wanted to hold the black jack table, i stuttered for deadset a whole minute on rum and coke, and the bartender was like “did you want a pe...

when im getting hesburger ( its like mcdonalds for those who dont know) they sometimes have this thing where with your order you get a free coffee. they ask "black or white?". i,knowing that i hate bl...

ice latte with whatever syrup when i'm with a friend, "this thing there" when it's just me, thank god for the third wave coffee trend of seasonal drinks, that means there's always a random "new here" ...

Yeah I usually want a mocha or cappuccino but can most often only say latte. I can't even ask for a caramel shot 😞...