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My stutter gets worse with the feedback loop of how I perceive my speech at the moment. If I have to speak loudly, I guess I can notice my voice shaking or breaking, or the blocks becoming more pronou...

Feel you on the shallow breathing for sure, I’ve noticed breathing is huge too. And grab those loud overwhelming environments do get stressful…worst thing for me is ordering a drink at a loud bar...

yes, this is exactly my experience too. same with being quiet for a long time, it feels like my speech flows better first thing in the morning. had a date with a girl at a somewhat loud restaurant las...

I work in the entertainment industry as a manager. My job requires me to meet with labels, brands, publishers, venue owners and more. My stutter isn’t severe but people recognize it. I used to work in...

I have stutter and I have noticed for a while now that my stutter gets worse when I am under stress, not only at that moment but my overall life....

Same, if i speak for a long time my breathing becomes shallow and that is really bad if you have a stutter. In a loud enviroment i get easily overwhelmed by the noise, that puts me in a weird anxious...

That would to stressful, I've spent my life avoiding making or receiving calls as much as I can.. I dread my phone ringing.....

thank you! i think it is true that a lot of people are judgemental so it might be good for him to just not be judged by somebody....

Why do long speeches create a feedback of anxiety and stress for you, do you think? Does it differ between when you’re talking to someone new or someone familiar in these situations?...

Same. Long speeches create a feedback of anxiety and stress which makes prolonged fluency difficult. Loud environments also cause you to increase your projection which puts your speech in a non-ideal ...

I absolutely get it, I work in customer service and mine too isn’t terrible but talking to strangers and on the phone is when it’s the worst. I haven’t been in this subreddit very long at all but just...

Our every interaction is like looking at my younger self but I still find that I do not know what the “right” thing to do is!

Our every interaction is like looking at my younger self but I still find that I do not know what the “right” thing to do is! For context: I am 16 and my school makes me volunteer every week. My volun...

I feel like that from time to time. When I do though, I try to remind myself that's mainly my own brain telling me that. Sure it may be harder for us, but it's doable nonetheless....

Dreams

Dreams Does anyone else experience really vivid dreams of yourself not being able to get a single syllable out for hours upon hours it feels like? I wake up extremely winded and feel like there’s a to...

I’d Genuinely Die Over Giving A Presentation

I’d Genuinely Die Over Giving A Presentation I saw a similar Reddit post on r/Stuttering. I’m 15 and I’m genuinely suffering from my stutter. It’s gotten to the point where I’d be deathly afraid of sp...

Speech therapy is great! But I feel like psychotherapy might be helpful for you, too. For me, my stutter became less of an obstacle in everyday life once I worked through some of the trauma that came ...

Love for you buddy. It will improve for sure. I´m 30+ male been stuttering since 5 years old. A little advice that has work for me is understanding that the judgement of the people is not really the...

Id rather die than speak

Id rather die than speak At a point where id rather rope than face another person, particularly the judgement. I'm 18 and I don't really understand how or why things ended up this way. It is somethi...

I struggle with service settings as well! I think for me it’s because of a couple things. A big thing is that customer service settings seem to be the main place where I face discrimination now that...

Retail or food service tends to have a context around speed. For myself, that is usually what trips up stuttering. There is a long line in a coffee shop, you are up next, and the person behind the cou...