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Okay, so my commentt might be controversial but it's just my honest opinion. I kind of agree with the advisor. The advisor did not say that YOU CAN'T DO IT as many commenters below have assumed. The ...

You can be an RN, as many people here have pointed out. However, you're also pursuing a career where you'll have to confront your stutter every day. Some times, it will be exhausting, and you'll fee...

My problem is that my mouth fills with saliva when I speak. I also struggle with the pronunciation and I usually swallow words. Anxiety worsens everything...

same! I still stutter all the time, but being anxious makes it worse. I am just anxious all the time lol...

I started an ssri for anxiety recently, since my stutter gets way worse when I am anxious I am hopeful it will help!...

You can stutter even if you're relaxed. You can also *not* stutter even if you're *not* relaxed. In other words, stutter isn't defined by relaxation - but some people might have more or less diagnosti...

I went to different speech therapists at different stages in my life. They did have a lot of techniques that helped me with my stutter like breathing through the nose and speaking on the exhale also t...

Yeah, it got better - that's very common. Both in that we learn to manage it better but also that we learn to manage our reaction and mood better. At the moment I'm swinging a bit back and forth I gu...

I’m a pretty social person by nature but that isn’t when my stuttering is at its worst. It’s at its worst when I’m stressed or tired and the pandemic isn’t helping either....

Recently developed/acquired stutter

Recently developed/acquired stutter Like the title says I recently developed or acquired a pronounced stutter. Over the past 10-12 years I have had a problem finding words, I’d fumble, pause, no sound...

I have stuttered my whole life and my parents would always tell me to slow down, which sometimes would make me more frustrated because I knew I had to slow down but still had trouble. The best advice ...

How can we help our son?

How can we help our son? Hi everyone. Our son is 8 and has a stutter. Sometimes it is more noticeable, sometimes it goes away. He is on the list for NHS speech therapy...again. He had a speech imped...

Oh boy, the same situation with me. I am a 23-year-old male too. In the college, I talk to a few "friends", and when I try to connect and express myself the people (in some sense) move away. For that,...

Yeah I definitely feel like it’s the stress of having Covid, my wife who is pregnant also has Covid and so does my 2 year old. Thankfully we are all recovering but stress has probably added on to it. ...

Stress definitely is something that will bring it out of you. That's what happened to me in university. What are you doing to help your stutter right now?...

i actually find that when i’m tired, my fluency increases because i focus less on speaking. when i’m painfully aware of my speech, my stutter gets rough. but when i’m stressed my stutter is awful....

Yes, absolutely. That is still one of my toughest situations - when I'm exhausted I feel the urge to stutter massively. My advice is complicated because I don't think there is a magic bullet solutio...

Stuttering and Covid

Stuttering and Covid So I tested positive for Covid a few weeks back (I’m ok just dealing with the lingering symptoms now) and I went off my ADHD meds (Vyvanse) when I was in the thick of it, very hig...

With Biden's life experiences and journey with stuttering, at this point he knows his triggers. I doubt anyone can push him to become more dysfluent. To answer your question: In many occasions stre...

What actions taken by others can cause a flareup of stuttering?

What actions taken by others can cause a flareup of stuttering? In a recent Politico article on how Biden could win or lose, stuttering was mentioned. which I thought was interesting. Can Trump do so...