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I Tired Of How My Life Is & Need Some Advice

I Tired Of How My Life Is & Need Some Advice I physically can’t continue life like this anymore. Although I’m doing quite decent at University, I keep getting into depressive slumps that tank my perfo...

Struggling In new workplace

Struggling In new workplace I recently started a new job, one of which I was really excited about at first until it’s now slowly been replaced with dread. I have a mild stutter, I’ve “managed” it my ...

This is it, My Final Attempt At Life. I Call It My Contract Of Death

This is it, My Final Attempt At Life. I Call It My Contract Of Death Being who gave life to existence, before the womb and before I had thought. Please be the judge and the reminder to seek a swift en...

Can I really do something against my stuttering?

Can I really do something against my stuttering? (First of all sorry for my bad english) I'm generally a shy person and barely talk to people, but I have no problems having to talk to someone or part...

This shit is actually nerfing me

This shit is actually nerfing me I go on omegle every once and a while (now ome tv cause omegle was shut down) and I have my camera on but don't use my mic and just type cause I dont wanna wake my fam...

presentation

presentation i have a presentation tomorrow and i am insanely scared if anyone could give words of encouragement or advice that would be sweet!! it's just that this presentation is my AP exam (for AP ...

For me, it’s not directly genetic. It’s a reinforced habit that was a symptom of other mental issues like perfectionism, insecurity, and anxiety. Speech therapy likely won’t do much unless it’s someo...

My name is Jill. I have always struggled with speech/communication. I remember when I was in junior high or high school that when I spoke, I would pause because I couldn't find the word I was looking ...

How do you build confidence and self-esteem with a stutter?

How do you build confidence and self-esteem with a stutter? I'm down in the dumps at the moment and completely at my wit's end. I could easily go days without uttering a word if given the chance. I...

Hey, thanks for the reply! I agree that I should feel like the boss when I go to a meeting with a neurosurgeon, but I'm always so anxious about hearing the results of the MRI, so that I cannot really...

Brain tumor and life-long stutter

Brain tumor and life-long stutter I've posted here earlier about this, but I'm posting this again just to make some of you who are adults and stutter without any obvious reason, think if you should ha...

Is it really worth fighting?

Is it really worth fighting? Hi to you all, english isn't my first language but I'll try to do my best. I stutter my entire life due to genetics. I had a minor stutter growing up so I was a friendly, ...

Performance Anxiety

Performance Anxiety Does performance anxiety also make your stutter worse? I feel like my stutter goes away (or reduce) after I’m out of a situation. It’s like an instant switch. Has anybody else deal...

Thank you! I have already read a summary of his findings, and I can find it relatable. Right now I am curious about strategies for this pesky subconscious fear of being interrupted or not allowed to s...

Yeah exactly! You go to explain, you then stutter more, and you totally lose the audience. I consider myself humorous too. When my brain does not cause me to stutter, I make people laugh, a lot. But ...

Interruption from the others gave me stutter

Interruption from the others gave me stutter Hi! My long-long-gone stutter reappeared after moving into another country, and I strongly suspect that it happened because of my new Arabic friends. In ...

It sucks really hard! Even more when one joke doesn't quite land you are asked to explain it. Then, even if the joke at first went okay-ish, the explanation is a rocky gravel road with potholes deeper...

I hate how stuttering affects my ability to be funny/tell jokes

I hate how stuttering affects my ability to be funny/tell jokes So much of being funny generally comes down to the timing of things when you say them. Having a stutter, I tend to trip over words until...

People always think I am mad at them??

People always think I am mad at them?? Any context where I need to explain anything to anyone the other person takes on obvious feelings that I am yelling at them. I need to speak in short clear phras...

Even if i write it in words i dont stutter with its about the anxiety building up causing me to stutter...