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Anyone else feel like a parrot? Like you block… then someone says what you wanted to say and suddenly you can say is without blocking/stuttering.

Anyone else feel like a parrot? Like you block… then someone says what you wanted to say and suddenly you can say is without blocking/stuttering. ...

Stop controling your stuttering it just give it more power. Give up the techniques. There is no try on speaking because it is all automatic. It is your disorted belief that speaking is like a skill,...

Stuttering and Dating

Stuttering and Dating Hi guys, I'm 28 and I have honestly never been on a date. It's mostly because I have always told myself that I stand no chance. My stutter completely blocks my speech when I am v...

Accommodations Participation

Accommodations Participation So I have accommodations for participation and last time we had to do a task where we did small research on the topic went around the class with everyone saying what they ...

Unemployed because of stutter

Unemployed because of stutter I stuttered ever since I was a kid (it’s genetic). I recently just graduated university and have a degree in engineering. I cannot land ONE single job because I stutter i...

I’ve switched to a ‘hey thank you’ a few years ago and starting with the H sound helps me lean more into my sentence and the TH sound....

> but at the same time I just want him to know it doesn’t change anything about who he is or how I view him. Tell him this. Some of us are really cagey about our stutter. Be forthright with him. ...

I think I've quite a similar stutter to your boyfriend, in that some people in passing wouldn't maybe realise that I had one. I'd be someone who would bring it up though, I told my fiancé even before...

I think I get what you’re saying. Is it because sometimes when you stutter you contort your mouth a certain way to help get certain words out? Like you don’t want someone to notice your mouth moving i...

I myself am a pretty heavy stutterer. I'm still 23 and just got my first job this spring so I don't have nearly as much experience as you, but I hope this comment can help somewhat. So, I've felt a l...

Add an "H" to all trigger words. Like "I" was rough for me so anything with the "I" sound would trigger a stutter. But adding an "H" quietly makes the word come out easier. Like "H"Ice cream or "H"Eye...

It feels like the chorus is the perfect metaphor for the journey I've been on with stuttering. ​ Like even when I have bad speech days, or feeling embarrassed NOTHINGS GONNA SLOW ME DOWN ...

When I’m entering a new professional situation (regardless of demographics) I give them a kind of jokey heads up along the lines of “I have a stutter, so I might take awhile to say some things. So buc...

Something That Has Helped Me

Something That Has Helped Me Hello y'all, I've been lurking at your posts for quite sometime now, so I decided to give my 2 cents. When I talk to myself I speak fluently, but in public I'm more pron...

Same lol, I was a swim instructor same age range: I legit just continued talking and they never brought it up again. If the parents were around I just said I had a stutter and left it at that....

I honestly would never do this but that is just me personally. I was a very similar situation as OP( taught swim lessons to 5-12 year olds meeting weekly from once a week to 5 times a week) and I just...

I relate with you man.. even I stutter saying my own name I think my stutter lies between light to moderate ig, but what I did to tackle situations like this was to get engrossed into what the othe...

I only say the words I know I can say so the 99% of ppl don’t think I have one and the 1% sometimes don’t notice. But I’ve met several ppl that notice and we connect over it...

Melbourne, Australia here. Mum stuttered really bad when she was younger but has completely"grown out of it" in her adult life. My brother and I have had mild stutters our whole life (early 30s now) b...

How to ace the introduction part- Meeting new people

How to ace the introduction part- Meeting new people I don't know how many of you here can relate to this but if I somehow manage to get through the introduction part with no problems, I am set. But t...