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I had a retail job where I spent plenty of time at the cash register, and eventually I found myself saying pretty much the same lines most of the time, so I didn't stutter much. Beyond that it was str...

There’s some good advice here as well I stutter on the first word a lot and my name a lot so instead of just pausing for mad long I’ll think of sentence arrangements that are easier for me to say inst...

There are few techniques that might help. First of all you have these pre-rendered phrases that you are probably repeating in your head and you already beleive you will not be able to get them across ...

I’m so frustrated please help

I’m so frustrated please help I work at a fast food place. I take orders (we are required to read them back) I can’t say simple things like “would you like onions with that?” “Would that be for here”....

Isolation is a choice. It’s not the stutter that makes you alone. It’s your self imposed prison. Stuttering doesn’t take anything away from you, you take opportunities away from yourself and use stu...

It depends. That can work as an exercise however the reality is people have short attention spans and don't always pay attention. You might feel ok with a Walmart exercise because it's something you s...

i’ve been having trouble saying thank you, so much lately. i hope people don’t think i’m being rude but it just doesn’t come out. i internally say thank you...

Some people has avoidance behaviour but does tremendous effort´s getting out of they comfort zone trying to dissolve their stuttering issues: Speaking about their emotions and traumas, going to phys...

Choice is definitely not simple. When I say choice, I don't mean instantaneously flipping a switch, but a compounding effect. I'll take dating as an example. You see a pretty girl you want to approach...

I sometimes will kinda put my hands together and up like the emoji when you type thank you, and give a little nod. Usually though when Im doing this the words come right out anyway, but won't if I don...

Exactly what dude? You know the severity of my stutter? As for superiority complex, no. It's you who feels yourself at the mercy of others' judgement. That's on you. My character is independent of yo...

I kind of agree with you. I don’t believe choice is so simple though. I choose to not care about how most people perceive me. Experiences I’ve had, my personality, the way I was raised, and the seve...

Around my part of the world " I appreciate you" Is a pretty normal stand-in for saying thank you. I don't even think anyone would notice because it's so common....

I know exactly what you mean. It's such a bittersweet feeling saying something perfectly because that means you can physically say it but for some reason our brains won't let us do it like that all th...

For sure lol. Another one I've learned is to silently skip the first letter of consonant words, such as "onathan" for "Jonathan". People's brains fill in the slight gap and usually nobody mentions it ...

I kind of understand this, there's ppl moments where I let someone know I stutter, or I'll start saying something and then it'll come out wierd and I'll explain and then for some reason it's like the ...

I can relate, I stuck with fast food places cause they place you in the back and your not directly dealing with ppl. I became awkward and kinda kept to myself cause it's so hard to say anything or con...

I always do something like "I appreciate it sir/ma'am, thank you" because once I'm rolling I can get the "thank you" out fine. Saying it in a different pitch, or like more of a happy go lucky sort of ...

yes!! Or when we're going around doing introductions and everyone just says their name but I pull out the whole "Hey, my name is..."...

Finally someone who has a hard time saying Thank you like me, every time I tried it genuinely can’t come out of my mouth...