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When I was in elementary and junior high, I had this happen too. Then I went to a new high school and went deep into a depressive, anxiety-ridden state. Since then, asking to read aloud causes me to s...

Do you think it's all that useful to hear about others? Wouldn't it rather be relevant to focus on your own experience? Like, how do you feel performing the tasks that would be required of you? (Or ar...

So you mean you keep replaying situations where you stutter in front of other people? I'm still working on this, but I try to adjust my views about the experience. In essence, I try to commend myself ...

Okay so situations like that, it seems that I keep on replaying them in my head and it's bothering me. What do I do? Could you please respond and I'll PM you to further expand on my post? ...

In principle, I suppose, yes. You can ignore it. I'm not saying it's necessarily easy. Focus on what you want to say and see if you can't forget whatever else is going on right in that rough moment....

I have/had periods where I would stutter more on certain words or letters. I've come to the realisation that for me, that is because I start to notice it and then make it a problem in my head. I get n...

I stutter on similar sounds and they change, for example sometimes I find 'f' sounds really hard! I would say it's probably because you have built up a fear around that word, and every time you need t...

That's what happened to me. Even if you fall short of your expectations, you'll gain greater awareness of how you speak in the process. Which will lead to better control. ...

Pretty much. I just, like yoga style, breathe in and breathe out (let all that tension out). It's not fool-proof, but it generally helps. I also talk in front of a lot of people fairly regularly. What...

What have YOU done today to improve yourself?

What have YOU done today to improve yourself? A lot of you come here to whine and complain about your stutters. Blah blah I can't talk, blah blah job interview this, etc. But what are you doing to ac...

Yes yes yes I am the same way. Because I am not thinking about what I have to say or how I say it. I think with you and I our minds block us from speaking our thoughts. We do it to ourselves without...

Hey thanks for the reply! I have been really having a rough time these days because everything I try to get involved in requires a lot of talking. I just tend to break down whenever I open up about m...

Thanks for the reply! Whenever I catch myself with a block, I try to stop, inhale and try to go on, but this becomes harder for me to do the less familiar I am with the person who I am talking to. I ...

How do I deal with blocks?

How do I deal with blocks? Hello Reddit! I am new to this community, and I wanted to get some insights on dealing with my stutter. I am 21 years old, and I recently became very open about my speech i...

Today I smashed it

Today I smashed it My background: I have had a stammer since I was 4yrs old. I apparently stopped talking altogether when it started and went through 12 years of speech therapy. The problem with me,...

Stuttering Mom and Stuttering Kid - Advice Welcome

Stuttering Mom and Stuttering Kid - Advice Welcome Ok, so I have a stutter. Severe as a kid, but it's less noticeable now. My daughter is a little over 3 and what I thought was kid talk has turned int...

Competitive Debating

Competitive Debating Has anyone here had any experience with competitive debating? I just entered the debate club at my uni and I wanted to know what other stutterers think about debating....

Stutter seems to control my life

Stutter seems to control my life Just found this subreddit, glad I did. I'm 21f, began stuttering when I was 8. It improved but now I'm 21 and it's worse. I do have anxiety, more social anxiety, so I ...

Life sucks when your own mom gets tired of your stuttering

Life sucks when your own mom gets tired of your stuttering I know my mom loves me, and I love her. I just feel like my stutter somewhat increases every time I’m around her because I feel pressured in ...

Sometimes it's just sad.

Sometimes it's just sad. I had an online interview today for one my dream internships and it did not go as well as I expected to, usually I stop intense stuttering after a few minutes of talking to a ...