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you are not your friend. don't let his experience determine your own actions here. if you can, go see a speech therapist. it might work for ya. personal variance is a real thing. i'm not familiar with...

can you get your speech therapists to try something else? can you get to another speech therapist? "pray the stammer away", eh?... :| i guess family's out. what of friends? but seriously, thinking i...

clarification: your friends said it's not really worth it because they don't think speech therapy is worth it (are they stutterers?!), or because they don't think your stutter is noteworthy? "outsider...

how old are you? have you talked to anyone professional about this? maybe your doctor, maybe a speech therapist... what of your familiy/friends?...

as just stated there were 2 lines. one was directed at OP. the other was based on a look at toastmasters.com (and this was before someone dug up that stuttering event). i don't see that things coul...

>If you weren't sure s/he stuttered why question the advice for toastmasters so strongly in the first place? two seperate lines of inquiry: one pertaining to OP, one pertaining to replies....

I never thought you were angry, per se. I wasn't even annoyed until the end (After the insinuation that I omitted things I did get a bit peeved). I wasn't confused whether it was known whether OP stu...

This whole exchange is predicated on your declaration that the advice to seek out toastmasters makes no sense. So we're starting from an aggressive place. But whether or not you've been intentionally...

How to get my stammer to show itself?

How to get my stammer to show itself? I'm going to assume that this is opposite to the regular kind of question on this sub. I'm finally going to try for professional help with my stammer but need t...

see, now, _that_ comment made a whole lot more sense than the others. here's nuance and detail, and a different angle on/frame for the merits of "toastmasters". i do wish you would've begun like that...

Dropping out of university for fear of oral presentations seems a bit extreme to me. Taking some time to get perspective might be good. Perhaps you should email the professor to find out the requireme...

OP - do you, in fact, stutter? there are various ways of learning to deal with stuttering, depending on your specifics. if you haven't been to see a speech therapist ever, now would be a good time....

Tips for giving presentations?

Tips for giving presentations? I'm literally thinking of dropping out of university because I'm so worried about giving presentations. Anyone got any advice? Thank You. ...

Nice article. I would have liked some more practical advice about things like meeting your potential SOs family or friends for the first time and things like that....

it's quite common for stutterers, yes. however, how exactly _you_ feel about might not be the same as what _i_ feel. that's where a speech therapist comes in... i've you've never been to one, give it ...

I think most of us have problems on the phone. I think th toughest part for a lot of us is letting people hear us stutter on the phone (calling at work, conference calls, etc...). As I see it the only...

I tried to write a little guide on dating for people who stutter. I would love some feedback if someone has time!

I tried to write a little guide on dating for people who stutter. I would love some feedback if someone has time! ...

i'd rather not want to see people writing in here getting "diagnosed" by redditors. i mean, "social anxiety" is rather specific. we should at least get more information from OP, and even then, i feel ...

For the people who have tried the self therapy pdf on the national stuttering association website, has it helped you?

For the people who have tried the self therapy pdf on the national stuttering association website, has it helped you? ...

This is very helpful indeed. Thank you so much for taking time to post this. I am more convinced now than ever that we should have a consultation. Thanks again....