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that's your choice until you want to change. people who are able to hide their stutters are called covert....

I’ve done the same tbf. My stutter is pretty bad, but like even my own family barely knows I have a stutter because I’m good at talking with people who I’m comfortable with. My family probably wouldn’...

Either your stutter is really minimal or you don't talk much. Hiding it for 16 years is crazyy...

yeah I have been hiding it ever since it started. I'm 19 and I've got two best friends who I've known for the last 16 years. I started stuttering around the age of 7 or 8 and still both of them don't ...

Does anyone else hide there Stutter?

Does anyone else hide there Stutter? I’m a senior in high school and I know of 2 other kids who also stutter. These 2 other guys are very open with their stutter and don’t really care if people know a...

Hi, doctor in the NHS here 🙂 I quite enjoy speaking with stroke patients with aphasia, because they often really get what I feel (and they know I understand their frustrations too). Sure, a stroke ca...

What are the most significant challenges you face as a person who stutters?

What are the most significant challenges you face as a person who stutters? A background on me: I've been stuttering since I was 2 and I just entered my freshman year of college. When I was younger I ...

_This is a copy-paste of a previous comment I've made since I think it might be beneficial to you. I don't want to take away from your confidence, but this is advice I'd have wanted when I was in your...

i fr have to know atleast three ways to say anything. its never as easy to say as "im going home" but i have to change it several times, change the place of the words nd play out a fucking play in my ...

This. It’s exhausting. They have no idea. I’ve often had feedback at work about not being overly chatty, being quiet or not speaking enough in meetings etc - they have no idea the effort it takes so I...

wearing a face mask to "distance" people from their stutter

wearing a face mask to "distance" people from their stutter I went on a date last night with a really cool gal. She told me prior we met that she stutters felt insecure about it. I knew someone in mid...

I'm passing as fluent to the point that the average person can't tell. My speech has varied throughout my life. From blocks, repetitions, and full blown tracheal spasms, to where I am now. Speech ther...

:( was at a therapy session yesterday (I've got a handful of challenges: ADHD, OCD, GAD, Dyslexia and, yup... Stutter!). Explained that exact thing! Navigating words that just won't come out - chan...

When you’re talking about stuttering and they say “but you didn’t stutter right now” after you just did 2 minutes of mental gymnastics, changed 5 words, and nearly passed out holding eye contact to sound fluent.

When you’re talking about stuttering and they say “but you didn’t stutter right now” after you just did 2 minutes of mental gymnastics, changed 5 words, and nearly passed out holding eye contact to so...

I still stutter but it doesn’t have nearly the impact on my life as it used. For me self acceptance and mostly overcoming the negative thoughts and feelings that come with stuttering have been absolut...

Exposure therapy. You need to be talking as much as possible in situations you're super uncomfortable. Meanwhile, learn how to mask. Switch headspaces from you to an authority character. You need to b...

You are somewhat of a madman eh. Seems like you're just in your head so much when the pressure is on. Ultimately exposure therapy then. Go do scary things all 5 days like talking in front of people or...

Ikr, spf so shag haha I have speaking anxiety, especially if it’s a presentation or ordering food, because I’m in a queue. In fact just yesterday, there was a food vendor who told me to hurry up whil...

That’s a dopamine and seratonin antagonist, which basically blocks those receptors in the brain. What are some of the side effects of Risperidone? This could potentially work for people/stutterers w...

Maintain normal eye contact, too. We stutterers are sensitive about that....