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I am on the verge of giving up

I am on the verge of giving up I have had enough of this shit. I'm sorry to put down all your morale but this is true whatever I may say. Being a stutter I am facing dilemma. I always wanted to be in ...

I might have a stutter, pls help

I might have a stutter, pls help **PLEASE take everything I say with a pinch of salt. I haven’t seen a professional so I’m only really describing my experience; some of it could be accidental exaggera...

Impossible to appear confident

Impossible to appear confident Whenever I stutter , it makes it impossible for me to appear confident , Nature of my stutter is blocks mainly , so whenever I’m dealing with those blocks , my body aut...

Too scared to talk to people

Too scared to talk to people As a 16 year old guy in high school, I’ve recently tried to get a job. I’ve been applying for a couple months to multiple businesses, but I’ve never followed up with any o...

Hello everyone

Hello everyone I'm happy I found this community, I'm 27 and I've had a stutter since I was 5. When I was a lil kid I was emotionally and physically abused by my dad and step dad and I believe that's w...

I stressed myself out for the interview but didn’t even get the job.

I stressed myself out for the interview but didn’t even get the job. Now I’m left wondering if I didn’t get the job because they noticed my stutter (I stuttered a fair bit in the interview) or because...

> trying my hardest to hide it That's a bummer. You shouldn't have to hide anything. That's putting undue strain on top of something that's already taxing......

Tomorrow is my first day on a new job

Tomorrow is my first day on a new job Hello fellow stutterers I'm 19 years old, I'm a mild stutterer but with strangers it becoms quite severe..Recently I threw myself out of a comfort zone and accep...

Life with a Stutter

Life with a Stutter I am a 22 year old Male who has stuttered ever since I could talk. It was awful growing up but I got to a point where I could handle it and I didn’t care what people thought. Then ...

It used to happen to me when I stutter, when I stutter I used to divert my eyes from the listener or look close them during the blocks. but now I am getting used to maintain direct eye contact with pe...

When I noticed that I stutter

When I noticed that I stutter Sorry if my English is bad, I will try my best As far as I can remember I had a stutter for 8 years and I am 17 currently. My mom told me that I started stuttering after...

I think the main reason why I don't stutter when I am on my own is that I don't have to fight for the right to speak. I have full control and don't have to deal with other people. ;)...

Mcguire program for a mild stutterer?

Mcguire program for a mild stutterer? Hi, I consider myself as someone who has a mild stutter - I have absolutely no problem talking on the phone with a stranger, I mostly don't avoid ordering things...

Am I going to be stressing over this stutter my whole life?

Am I going to be stressing over this stutter my whole life? As a young 21 year old female I wonder if this anxiety around speaking or the disfluency of my speech will stick around forever. I’ve come ...

I rarely replace. It's an evasion tactic that's best reserved for rare occasions. I like to say the word that I want to say, instead of spending effort and energy trying to run multiple lines of dial...

I don't like it, but that scene from The Office when Stanley yells at Michael saying "Did I stutter?" doesn't help. I take the whole debate as how u/kfir97 puts it. It isn't a visible disability so it...

If your interviewer is going to realise at some point during the interview that you have a stutter anyway then I think disclosing the fact before you begin is the better option. At least this way: 1. ...

I agree 100%. You, I assume, have transcended into the promise land of being comfortable and owning your stutter in public. I’m still at the other end of the spectrum unfortunately (workin on it thoug...

The situation doesn't matter. Pulling this out only in sticky situations will reinforce the belief that stuttering is not ok if anything you'll find yourself relying on it more, not less....

You're introducing a junk trick into your speech. It may work for inserting something like "hey", but you're on your way to use "buffer" where they don't fit because it "helps". All it helps is for yo...