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You dont have to answer if you dont want and sorry if I'm being too personal, but what type of work and what's it pay? If you'd rather PM me that's cool too. I'm a bartender currently and for some rea...

I was born a social, extrovert person but my stutter has always made me mute and introvert

I was born a social, extrovert person but my stutter has always made me mute and introvert In my mind at school I always wanted to talk and be active in conversations but I always just stood there and...

How did you guys accept your stutter? (Practice Self-Acceptance)

How did you guys accept your stutter? (Practice Self-Acceptance) I'm a very severe pws, like facial contortion, block on every word bad. I'm also very covert about my speech, I try at all costs to avo...

Same that I am experiencing, when I can't talk to my friends much and they think I am selfish and closed from them. I feel that and I hate myself :(...

ya it sucks, i just want to thank people and not stress about stuttering...

Can't even say a thank you

Can't even say a thank you Whenever I try saying thank you or thanks all that comes out is th-th-th-than-........ Then I just stop talking, I feel like a fucking idiot can't even thank people let alon...

You’re absolutely right. Just tonight I overheard a conversation where a lady was telling a friend how exhausting it was having severe food allergies and how it’s always on her mind. I instantly thou...

Exactly this. While I haven't gone down the rabbit hole entirely as I'm not physically addicted to benzos or alcohol yet, I'm basically crying out for help before it's too late. I really do want to be...

This was a good response. I think the problem that some of us have with acceptance is that sure, we accept that we stutter, but stuttering makes us feel useless (at least that's how it is for me). I ...

I used to try to do that, but by the time I've stuttered in front of someone, the embarrassment worsens it and I'm unable to get through a sentence like "oh, I stutter" lol (why did they have to call ...

I don’t know if it’s that sad compared to a life spent consumed by anxiety, fear, insecurities and a constant feeling of failure because you can’t say your name - THAT is the tragedy. Plus, we don’t c...

That's a good idea, I'll test it out and see.. I know what exposure therapy is I know I need to introduce myself more often to feel comfortable with it but it just leaves me feeling weird everytime.. ...

I feel you. I hate when I have to work with someone new and they introduce themselves and expect me to do the same and I just can't. It makes me feel so stupid like it's just my name why can't I say m...

Help can't say name

Help can't say name I am seriously struggling to introduce myself to people. It's so difficult i don't even engage with people, I just take orders and have 1 word replies. I don't even talk to anyone ...

That I had Tourette’s. One time in high school I was stuttering mid word when I had actually been having a good day of fluency. My classmate who had not known I stuttered held up his hands in a surpri...

Most PWS fear the word stutter because of what stuttering means to them. To most of us, stuttering means: a problem, confusion, something to get rid of, embarrassment, anger, frustration, no answers e...

I feel like this with my mother. She feels like I'm totally disabled just because I stutter and to her everything has to be perfect;Especially around others. I can tell she's embarrassed when I talk a...

Not sure if it counts as a misconception but I sometimes find it hard to start talking early in the morning so I often stay quiet for a lot of breakfast conversation at work (it's 7-7 shifts so we get...

I think i misexplained sorry, i had that oral nearly 5 years ago, went grand in the end more or less, but that part was fair awkward haha especially with 'B' being one of my worst letters, alongside '...

I've had several friends that are girls call my stutter cute before. It made me upset. As if they were playing it off as if it was nothing. I mean obviously to me it's a really big deal.. it's just we...