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Mine gets worse during stressful situations or when I’m anxious. I’ve been noticing lately that lack of sleep REALLY increases my stutter. When I say something and someone asks me to repeat it, I almo...

who else can speak flawlessly with themselves when there's no one, but stutter only when there are other people?

who else can speak flawlessly with themselves when there's no one, but stutter only when there are other people? [deleted]...

Lifelong stutterer here. Currently 43 with a good career and have a pretty solid handle on my stutter these days, but wasn’t always the case. I was a pretty happy go lucky kid too, except when it came...

Is Acting And Voice Impersonation A Realistic Strategy For Stuttering?

Is Acting And Voice Impersonation A Realistic Strategy For Stuttering? As everyone here knows, there are some actors who stutter but don't stutter when they act. Like Rowan Atkinson. There's somethi...

I know this may be a weird question to ask, but how many people exercise here/go to the gym

I know this may be a weird question to ask, but how many people exercise here/go to the gym I feel like ever since I started going to the gym, my stutter hasn't been as bad? Dunno if it's just me gain...

Stuttering couples

Stuttering couples How do you guys do it? Who orders at restaurants. I personally don't have a stuttering s/o she's very outgoing well spoken and very social. I on the other hand. I'm curious as to ho...

I don't think that anxiety has something to do with stuttering

I don't think that anxiety has something to do with stuttering This past months I've been experimenting about how to stop stammering, I wasn't satisfied with my experiments though. One of it is making...

Blocking is difficult to deal with. If you're covert, ok I'm not going to tell you not to substitute on difficult blocks because that's not the time to work on speech. Again, this is where a really go...

Story-time: A little while ago, I was in France for work. I was travelling with a colleague who was "ok" in French. He would usually order taxis and take care of the small stuff in situations where i...

I really focused on mastering the art of not giving a fuck. My stutter is moderate, at times severe and really messed with me as a teen and young adult. The social anxiety was crippling, so I really f...

stuttering as a teen

stuttering as a teen when i was young i wouldn't stutter i would talk with anyone of everything they wuanted to i would speak with strange people and it was ez but with the age at like 12 i started sh...

Anyone get by their stutter by pretending their memory is just awful?

Anyone get by their stutter by pretending their memory is just awful? For example if I’m blocking on “Peter Street” I’ll just be like “What’s the name of that street.. I think it’s ... why can’t I rem...

Alcohol Dependence

Alcohol Dependence For me, alcohol is the only true relief I get from both the mental aspects of stuttering and the actual stutter itself. It truly helps. But I've gotten to the point where I literall...

How to stop avoiding feared words?

How to stop avoiding feared words? Ok. So i am a covert stutterer who has been stuttering since when I was a child. I think the primary reason for my stuttering is that some of family members constant...

confidence and belief systems

confidence and belief systems Hey everyone. This is the first time I've posted here and I felt compelled to just reach out to this community because I have never been close to another stutterer before...

Also a good way to inspire a work out. There are so many thing we do have control over that effect how people perceive us. I'm looking to max out all of those departments before I beat myself up abo...

That's so true, that never came to mind. I have almost perfect hygiene so I'm good in that department. That's a really good way of thinking about things....

No problem. Something else that will help is presenting well and actually talking a lot. When someone meets a stutterer for the first time they're going to think something is wrong with them mentally....

The Problem With Speech Therapists

The Problem With Speech Therapists This is going to be long. But I want to start off by saying this is not intended to disrespect any Speech pathologist out there. I do understand that you guys have t...

I'm a little late to the party. Firstly, best wishes for graduating and what a great idea for a documentary. I think dedicating a small part of the documentary to some "a day in the life of a stuttere...