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My stutter is weird, I think it's related to anxiety. Cuz outside I speak 99% normal. But at school I used to stutter so bad. But it wasn't always the same, sometimes I didn't stutter, other times I s...

I can relate to that. Sometimes when I want to ask a question for example "Do you like strawberries?" I know it's going to be difficult, so I just say "Are you a fan of strawberries or are you interes...

I was always sort of popular and had many friends in school. I was outgoing and tried to be funny for the most part. People would tease me, but I had a good attitude about it. I also wasn’t afraid to ...

For one I always hated popcorn reading & especially where the teacher would start with one student then we go from front to back of classroom, that made the anxiety worse knowing it’s almost my time t...

That’s very real. The anxiety when I’m not even talking because I know I’ll have to talk soon is exhausting and never ending....

I just graduated college, school was a weird place for me. I feel like my stutter has actually gotten worse over the years. I was made fun of and laughed at, but never seriously bullied. I had friends...

I have a problem when I have to greet someone in real life. In school I usually raise my hand as a greeting, but on the street it is so much troubling. Today I saw my close friend (well we have only k...

Hell yeah. Kids can be mean. The thing I hated more though was when teachers would give me the stares. You’d think an adult would know what a speech impediment was. I vividly remember one HS teacher c...

I can completely emphasize how you are thinking. I'd only suggest you calm down and don't take so much pressure. It's okay to stutter. You're worrying because you think people will judge you. Surely t...

Before I get downvoted to hell. I mean don’t put so much pressure on yourself to make a good first impression by being funny and witty and interesting. If you don’t feel like saying something then don...

Meeting New people

Meeting New people There’s nothing more I hate (aside from presentations) than meeting new people. I feel like I would get more used to it the more I do it (and indirectly my stammer would improve bec...

Answering a phone is my nightmare also, my dad gets mad at me when I don’t answer but when I do answer, I get so nervous...

I’m not sure, I do feel like I’m treated lower as a human being sometimes, and feel like I’m taken less seriously. There’s been times where I felt like a teacher was treating me like I was a little ki...

Call Simulator Suggestions?

Call Simulator Suggestions? Hey, so I’ve just started a new job about a year after graduating from my undergrad - in my final year of college I was outgoing, sociable and chatty. My confidence really...

I hate it more than anything that I can’t express myself. People think I am stupid when I can’t finish a sentence and they start to treat me like a little child. It messes with my self-esteem....

Can’t say hello or hey when answering the phone

Can’t say hello or hey when answering the phone A couple weeks ago I randomly started having some trouble greeting while on the phone. It’s almost like my throat tighten & I can’t get anything out. I ...

I have the same issue. Because of this, I stopped going to school and studying. It's been six years since this problem started. Now, I experience anxiety when writing in front of others, which makes m...

People thinking you’re mad or upset when you take a minute to breathe before replying to them. Or making involuntary facial expressions as you’re talking and it comes off as being upset or frazzled. ...

Stuttering took a very bad mental toll on me.

Stuttering took a very bad mental toll on me. Depression, social phobia, avoidant personality disorder. I'm 28 and I've been suffering from this since I was 15. I've been in therapy but it hasn't...

I think because we are different and people stereotype us from movies and tv shows. I think sometimes you may be the first stutterer the other person has ever met so they don’t know what to do with...