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Congrats on getting started with therapy! I found the initial session was the worst for me, and you're already past that. I would definitely ask your therapist what their goals are and what success ...

Hi Schmidet, I totally get your frustration. Despite having a very difficult stutter, you seem to have a good attitude and continue to try to progress through school which I commend. It's very good th...

I am very sorry to hear of what you are going through. I can relate to what you are saying, may be not that intensive but i can totally understand your anguish. I too have gone through university and ...

I might give that a try. I always thought I was doing good, but now that I've started therapy I can see that stuttering left some bad influences on my confidence and anxiety. I might talk to psychote...

stuttering is something that is a part of you. there is no cure. You probably dont want it gone as much as you want to stop suffering because of it. You dont have to suffer with stuttering. I would c...

Thank for the answers! I want to tell people about my stuttering, and i have tried for so long but i just cant. But in the future, i will do it. I just feel that i need a reason to do it for some reas...

Yea, reading your post was like looking a mirror. I am currently doing the clicking thing. It's evolved from a grunt and numerous other buffers I have used over the years. I will be starting a 1 hour ...

Real simple, get help. Get back in speech therapy. I've been doing it for months now after years and years of procrastination and it has helped tremendously. It's the best money you'll spend even ...

Have you ever received any help or support? Speech therapy or learned breathing technique? Managing your fluency is something that will need to become a part of your every day life. I can sympath...

Im 18 years old, and stuttering is ruining my life. Please help me!

Im 18 years old, and stuttering is ruining my life. Please help me! I want to come in contact with people that has tried speech theraphy. I have stuttered since i was a child, but nobody knows i have ...

Finally starting therapy this week

Finally starting therapy this week Went in for an evaluation at the speech pathology department of my college. I stuttered on 12.9% of all syllables spoken. Seemed like fairly little to me at first, b...

It's been more than 10 years since I've read the book so some details escape me but I think this is the gist of it. Bill's theory, which he plainly states in his book has yet to be proven by scienc...

Yes. If you live in North America, come to the NSA conference!! I'm there now so I can only reply on my phone but go to stuttertalk.com. It's a wonderful podcast and search for "Vivian Sisskin". She h...

I had an immense amount of trouble with this when I was younger. Speech therapy helped me so much. Sometimes I go through phases where I have similar problems. Try coming up with things to say before ...

So I'm going to attend a McGuire program course on Wednesday......

So I'm going to attend a McGuire program course on Wednesday...... The McGuire program is an intense few day course that works on breathing techniques and the like. It's a big price, but I get to exp...

Are you able to see a speech therapist? They can only do so much. I know that at your age it can be very difficult. Kids can be cruel and teachers can be insensitive. I did a lot in college to overcom...

See a speech therapist and a mental health therapist. You can never cure your stutter, but you can learn to manage and live with it better....

Yeah that makes sense. Did speech therapy help you at all? I'm looking into finding one that I can at least just talk to about my stuttering. ...

Its been a gradual change over the past year or so. I basically do not give a crap what anyone thinks. If I stutter, I stutter, so be it. Starting speech therapy with my University's speech clinic at ...

I'm in speech therapy as well. I'm also a cashier at a grocery store (raising money for college) so I get hundreds of opportunities to practice my greetings, which I often have trouble with, everyday....