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I AM TRIED OF FIGHTING NOW !

I AM TRIED OF FIGHTING NOW ! I am contemplating suicide because of stammering. Everyone feels i am not confident because i cant speak without long pauses. It's tough to get a Job and also getting invo...

Anyone else stutter more when they talk to someone with bad hearing?

Anyone else stutter more when they talk to someone with bad hearing? When I say something and is asked to repeat it, I usually stutter and it makes me more nervous and unleashes a chain reaction. I n...

Do you control your stutter, or does the stutter control you?

Do you control your stutter, or does the stutter control you? I've seen countless times people saying how horrible stuttering is, not being able to order the food you enjoy, tell a friend something th...

Things my stutter has stopped me from doing this year

Things my stutter has stopped me from doing this year Getting a job (fear of talking to customers and employers) Getting my drivers licence (fear of talking to driving instructor) Making friends in ...

Stuttering in front of the whole class.

Stuttering in front of the whole class. Hi, I am a Swedish student with rather good grades. School has always been my number one priority and I excel at a lot of subjects. A couple of days ago in Engl...

Stuttering and work question..

Stuttering and work question.. Hey everyone, I frequent this sub under my usual name (life long stutterer - mostly controlled but still somewhat obvious) but I wanted to exercise some discretion for t...

My life is ruined because of my sutter.

My life is ruined because of my sutter. Hello everyone... I'm 20 years old, my name is David, I stutter so bad and I want to share my story. I can't really do anything with my life, I can't even talk....

Anxiety and stuttering

Anxiety and stuttering I've always had a stuttering problem, a very bad one, since I could remember. During my high school years it got better but it would come back when I was stressed/excited. So, d...

i need help, my mom is forcing me to go to a terrible therapist

i need help, my mom is forcing me to go to a terrible therapist so.......some months ago i used to see a really good therapist that helped me improve my speech skills and taught me a speech, but one d...

Poor writing composition skills related to stuttering?

Poor writing composition skills related to stuttering? I've had a minor stutter my entire life and while it bothers me when it pops up, it is not debilitating and has not prompted me to seek speech th...

Do you feel that you spend more energy on trying to speak without stuttering instead of focusing on the content of what you want to say?...

If you were talking to yourself in the mirror could you articulate your thoughts? I'm trying to figure out if you have a problem articulating or if you hold back because of your speech....

Articulate stutterers?

Articulate stutterers? I have noticed that some stutterers are articulate with their speech inspite of having blocks in their speech.They usually know what they want to say exactly but have blocks in ...

I tend to communicate a lot. I guess some of it is "smalltalk", although I'm not quite sure about the qualification. I mean, I just talk to a lot of people about a lot of things....

What happens in you emotionally when speaking in public? How do you feel? And what do you think before, during, and after speaking? How is this different in public vs when you're alone? You could c...

**Shutdown in public**

**Shutdown in public** I have been living in the U.S. for a **very** long time now and I still can't speak English at a decent level. Whenever I speak to someone in an open, public place (classroom, s...

Is smalltalk a problem for you?

Is smalltalk a problem for you? I was wondering about how you're handling smalltalk situations. Personally I was not the most social guy when I was younger and I had huge difficulties smalltalking -...

just kill me now

just kill me now I just had one of the worst speaking experiences of my life. I had to give a short presentation and I legitimately could not get through three sentences. i wanted to shoot myself midw...

I don’t mean to speak for anyone else but I had an experience that maybe was similar to the OP. Prior to speech therapy I had a stutter (blocking). But I was willfully ignorant to the mental side. I’d...

Job related phone calls, hell

Job related phone calls, hell Hello, guys, need an advice. I applied for few jobs, but shit went down, when they called... Not able to get a single word out, not even introduce myself, so it ended up ...