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Does anyone else stutter in their own native language(a) but speaks fine in non native languages?

Does anyone else stutter in their own native language(a) but speaks fine in non native languages? I'm this and it's annoying af. I don't even know why I stutter in Russian and Belarusian but don't stu...

What can be the reason for stutter starting to happen later in life?

What can be the reason for stutter starting to happen later in life? So my stuttering started only in a last year or so. Most of the time I don’t even register it happening, I just realise after the c...

I tend to think out loud, and people have always called me weird for it. But It never bothered me...

44 yr old journo with a stutter

44 yr old journo with a stutter Hi Thought I'd do a post about my stutter in the hope that even a tiny bit of it can help someone. My stutter was noticed when I was at nursery. So, I've had one for ...

>On a positive note, my technical skills speak for themselves, and given the right resources, I can create solutions that can even replace certain HR functions. Horseshit. Comments like that are j...

Talk to myself sometimes

Talk to myself sometimes Wonder if others who stutter also do this. Try to keep it when I’m alone, but it creeps out some. Makes it even harder for me....

This is a great answer. The only way to not care that you stutter is to talk to AS MANY STRANGERS AS POSSIBLE. Disclosure helps. Most people don’t care, and those who do you will see are assholes who...

I worked at a job where for some reason my stutter got triggered constantly. Mainly, on the phone. It was terrible. Ever since I’ve been scared of the phone 🤣 As I get older I try to remind myself...

Thank you for the kind words and encouraging words. I don't want to face the embarrassment that comes from the blocks. I can present or talk to people no problem but having to say my name is my bigges...

I've been exactly where you are 10+ years ago. And the best advice I can give in a situation like this, is to brace yourself and go to the doctor. I went to a speech therapist for years, and a big par...

Need to go to the doctor and I'm trying to avoid it, all because of the speech blocks

Need to go to the doctor and I'm trying to avoid it, all because of the speech blocks I hate going to the doc or going places where I'd be asked for my name. I don't want to feel the anxiety that come...

I´ve heard something similar once. Then I relapsed. Later I´ve heard something similar from somebody else. Then I relapsed. Later again. Then I relapsed. Now I dont hear it anymore :D True story,...

I really wish I was advised to get into acting as a kid. I truly believe that it would have helped a great deal....

Whatever you are scared to do, do it. Start with ordering food at drive thrus, then progress to in person orders, make social interaction comfortable...

What should I do? (Advice request)

What should I do? (Advice request) I (male, 18yo) have a severe stutter since I started to talk, I have been to a speech therapist and taking pills to depresion and anxiety for 5 mouths, all my life m...

Of course, started stuttering at 5 years old and this shit getting even worse, currently at 19. Feels like being in cage, can't be myself, can only watch people around chatting freely, flirting. Eve...

My own brother makes fun of my stuttering

My own brother makes fun of my stuttering I had to ask my older brother a question, and he was in his room, I was in the hallway. He didn't hear me, so I rephrased the question a bit oddly. He asked m...

Do's and Dont's of Stammers in Fiction

Do's and Dont's of Stammers in Fiction Hello there. To preface, I do not have a stammer myself, and therefore obviously am not a part of your community. I've done research into the condition, but woul...

Yes I am the exact same, I actually love talking to people but never do, 1 because its too much work (emotional and physical) and 2 because I can never be my true self like you said. I really want...

There is the me that could have been but I'm not that person. I could never have been. This is my life. I'm the person I have had to be. Most of the things that put people off about me aren't my stut...