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Havent tried it. I dont think it's a bad thing but not sure if it's going to help in stuttering....

Have you considered going (back) to speech therapy? It's really find a good therapist who gets it, but if you can it might really help....

Cheers for the advice, found out today that the slt centre is very near my town so I'll be ringing them today to arrange an appointment. It's weird that im not nervous about the phone call (I usually ...

try speech therapy. now. simple as that. might wanna try several therapists, they're not all the same. be aware: >to be able to talk like I can when I'm on my own this is not what you're going f...

Online vids to help my son understand his stutter

Online vids to help my son understand his stutter My son (7) goes to speech therapy weekly at school and I would rate him like a 3/10 in severity during everyday activities. At home he's like a 1/10 b...

Thanks! I really feel today was a breakthrough. Ive begun to keep a speech journal to document every social interaction each day and to focus on the positives. I find that stutterers get discouraged...

I too struggle with speaking on the phone. In your case, one option would be this: Assuming you will be contacted for an interview, allow the to go to voicemail. They almost certainly will leave a mes...

If necessary, you could make use of some TTY service. I've never done so, so I can't give any insight as to how helpful it would be, though....

Yea I see where you're coming from. I have a hard time just saying words on the phone. I guess have someone else call if you feel you need to in order to get a job. One thing you culd try doing is jus...

Unfortunately I actually havent read any stuttering books. I only went to the therapist. I do know that the Stuttering Foundation of America has free e-books on their website. That would be a great pl...

Yeah I've never thought of the resources available on youtube. You seem like the kind of person who might have a good recomendation for a self help/motivation book that I could read. Any ideas? ...

Here's what you do bro. You start working on your speech. You go and read some things, you watch some youtube stutter help videos. You can even contact ol' GolfEnt and I can show you some of the exerc...

go see a speech therapist! maybe there's something specific you can do to get some of those words out. don't let the notion that stutter is "holding you back" settle in. do something! also, i'm not s...

Sorry if this doesn't directly address your main problem, but I found that even though I myself didn't have a huge need to hear other stutterers, I started to feel way better once I joined my local st...

If you want to talk/vent, feel free to pm me. I've never really encountered people that were truly insensitive to my stutter, but regardless it has always bothered me 10000% more than other people see...

Nobody makes you stammer, you just have one like a lot of other people here. There are ways of controlling a stammer but I don't think it will ever fully disappear. Look for some speech therapy classe...

addressing the elephant in the room has made things almost worse...?

addressing the elephant in the room has made things almost worse...? My bf and I were in a LDR for roughly 11 months, which made hiding it easier. I am usually quiet anyway though. Though he never men...

I love your attitude. Have you ever done anything with the National Stuttering association? They need people like you....

Congrats! Do you mind sharing how you prepared for the interview, what went through your mind during the process etc? I'll be facing tons of interviews after a couple of months and I'm already stresse...

But what about the fact that I won't be able to offer them any kind of tips as to how they can reduce their stutter? If you were in the situation of these people I'd be working with would you not rese...