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I am my own worst enemy. How do I break this cycle?

I am my own worst enemy. How do I break this cycle? The more I stutter, the more I think about stuttering. The more I think about stuttering, the worse my stutter gets. As the stutter gets worse, I ...

First post, seeking advice

First post, seeking advice Hello stuttering friends. This is my first post here; I just wanted to share my experience/ask for some advice. So. I am 21 and in college. When I was young, my stutter was...

How do you guys manage to live in this world ?

How do you guys manage to live in this world ? When I was young , hanging out with many friends but avoided to say the words which might stuttered me and I am good at saying funny stuff so I have a lo...

Sorry for the late post - I appreciate the mention. What I can tell you is it's all to do with mindset. This is especially apparent when you do deep research into how the bran works and your subconsci...

I did some research about stuttering and foreign languages ( I did Korean language post last month )

I did some research about stuttering and foreign languages ( I did Korean language post last month ) Hello, so, my theory is that.. like i said before, i stutter in Czech and English, but not in new l...

Block stutter...Please read

Block stutter...Please read So I am new here, I guess I finally wanted to hear other people's story's. I feel I need to vent so here I go. I have stuttered since I was born, almost 98% always blocking...

Well you're lucky the cashier managed to figure out what you wanted. I had a similar experience in junior high, I went to the teachers room to look for a certain teacher, but I couldn't manage to say ...

If it's impossible to beat how do you so many people who have beat t.

If it's impossible to beat how do you so many people who have beat t. By beat I mean gotten it to a point where it isn't significant and people don't give you weird looks. Here are some example from t...

Thanks for all the positive feedback everyone! An interesting thing about myself is I live with my old man and he has meniere's disease so his hearing is not great at all and I have to repeat myself q...

The story of every day, man. I'm doing calls to very remote communities all morning where they don't know me yet and there's a lot of silence and "....I can't understand you." ...

My parents were not interrupters but some frequent people I interact with are. And of course, the dear phone - where people THINK no one is on the other line because I'm blocking and they keep talking...

Stuttering -- My personal approach

Stuttering -- My personal approach Let's say you stutter. Of course you do. What else made you decide to read this very text on stuttering? As a stutterer aged 24 who joined the fight against his pe...

If you haven't already, take a public speaking class. Once I realized that *everyone*, even those who spoke fluently, feared it I finally felt like I was on an even playing field and it was really emp...

Gonna watch your vid! I agree with all things you just stated. I am sure you are familiar with Michael Williams, currently I am a few weeks in his program and by going out there and desensitize mys...

I'm sorry to hear that happened to you. We all have our moments of disfluency where things seem to go to shit. However, please avoid putting thoughts into other people's heads i.e. guessing what other...

Ummm. No, I haven't tried speech therapy I have zeroed in on the main causes of my stutter, and it seems that I get too nervous about what the other person may think, or how he/she will react to what...

Keeping calm won't necessarily control your stutter. Getting a better grip on your behavior when stuttering might. Have you tried speech therapy?...

How to keep calm during a convo ?

How to keep calm during a convo ? So I suffer from this stuttering problem. Thing is that I don't stutter around everyone.... I don't stutter when I am with people I am comfortable with, like my cousi...

You're right anxiety is a big problem for me, wish i could just cast it aside when situations like that occur but my brain just goes full potato mode and everything goes to shit. Oh well.. I'll try to...

Are you Russian? You have a Russian sounding name. I am Ukrainian and grew up in a Ukrainian/Russian culture, but live in America. In our culture (especially in Russia and Ukraine), any abnormality cu...