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> move to San Antonio sadly born, raised and still live here. you will learn to love it once you start finding the good Mexican restaurants. as for your actual point, i have good news and bad ...

my story (venting) and looking for skype practice

my story (venting) and looking for skype practice I'm 20 years old and have had a mild stutter since I was very young and have visited a few speech therapists while growing up. I've had times in my li...

I guess it's a shame thing. Once you get over the shame then there's nothing to be afraid of. Too bad that's the hardest part. Thanks for the comment's :)...

thanks for the comment :) It's just so hard to "not give a fuck" because even though i don't care if everyone accepts me, i want to do normal stuff without the intense anxiety and embarrassment, whi...

Staying positive sure is hard!

Staying positive sure is hard! Hey folks, I've used Reddit in the past when i needed help with unimportant things like video games and stuff and I've always left with some great information so after d...

Glorious, yet uneventful. I use to be a partial covert stutterer. In the context that I used to hide my stutter when I could. But I couldn’t always do so… If that makes any sense. Hiding your stutter...

Day-to-day stuttering annoyances

Day-to-day stuttering annoyances When non-stutterers imagine what stuttering must be like, they tend to "think big" - difficulties giving presentations, speeches, etc. But for me, the most frustratin...

Taking the easy way really only makes it harder in the future. I have been unemployed for these last two months. Mainly because I just feel too tired to look for a job. And every time I look through t...

I cringe at myself whenever I speak. I don't want to cringe at both of us. Sucks even more when it's a teacher or someone talking infront of an audience. I notice all the small ways they try to avoid ...

I also really don't like hearing other people stutter which like you I feel is pretty awful cause it's like "we're all in this together" but I still find stuttering annoying even though I myself stutt...

I hate talking to people that stutter despite the fact I have a stutter. It reminds me of my own flaw....

Well coming here, posting, owning up to the embarrassment is a first step and it's a big first step, so feel good about that. I've known a lot of people who stutter, lots of covert stutterers and this...

Hell yeah, this horrible introduction misunderstanding: "Hi, my name is S...Susan." "Haha, hi S-Susan." Sometimes they don't even mean to make a joke. And then they are quite embarrassed when they fin...

No, you're completely right, I'm really embarrassed about my stutter and avoid talking about it or confronting it at all costs. If I see someone on tv with a stutter or someone makes fun of stuttering...

> I don't know what my 18 yo is going through but it is has changed his quality of life. You aren’t alone. Being 18 yo is tough, stutter or not. When it gets worse (I'm guessing that is the case ...

I don't know what my 18 yo is going through but it is has changed his quality of life. He didn't go to school for several weeks after he felt embarrassed in school when forced by his teacher to speak ...

This feeling, the point of your title, comes in waves it would seem for me. Not all the time but I feel it. Sometimes it lasts for a short while, minutes if you will and those times are a great time t...

Overwhelmingly so! I don't feel so constrained anymore and I have all of these "new" and confusing emotions that I'm pretty happy to get to experience. Sometimes my stutter makes me frustrated as wel...

My stutter is very mild, I'm a very lucky person in this regard so it's not too bad for me, most people who I work with, they don't know I have a stutter, the only person who does know is my team lead...

I think the combination of how I feel when I stutter and people's reactions to my stutter have created my negative attitude towards stuttering in general. This might explain why i'm so uncomfortable ...