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Do you know when you are going to struggle getting a word out?

Do you know when you are going to struggle getting a word out? When I am trying to have a conversation I already know that I'm not going to be able to say a word so I am constantly changing what I'm a...

It helps me to remind myself that very few people in the room will actually be listening to me at any one point, and even fewer care about what I'm saying. It sounds a bit sad, but it's mostly true. ...

Just realised I cover my mouth and break eye contact too, amongst other things. I hadn’t thought about it much before joining this subreddit, now I’m a little worried I look really weird 🤦🏻‍♀️...

I work as a sign language interpreter. Primarily at a high school but secondarily at a Video Relay interpreting call center. Basically a deaf person has a camera attached to their TV, they call a hear...

For those of you who talk on the phone for a living what do you do and how did you get the job?

For those of you who talk on the phone for a living what do you do and how did you get the job? I read a book years ago that mentioned stutterers who were able to get high stress jobs like 9-1-1 opera...

I throw in a lot of "umm/ahhhh/well" to avoid stuttering. I screw up my face a lot when stuttering, and so I tend to cover my mouth, whether it's looking away, holding some paperwork in front of my mo...

As Stutterers we all pick up bad habits trying to speak. How have you conquered your bad habits?

As Stutterers we all pick up bad habits trying to speak. How have you conquered your bad habits? Hey everyone, first time poster in this Sub. I’ve had a stuttering issue since I was 4 (now 28). Altho...

If you were a woman, black, or an amputee, your interviewer would immediately know what was up with that, with no confusion and no need to ask. If you were gay it would be none of their business to kn...

Thanks for sharing. (i pasted the two questions she answered on stuttering below) Q: Was it hard to connect with other students? You were just a kid then. I didn’t have friends, but I don’t think i...

I can get away with not telling people I have a stutter as its super mild most of the time. Most people who notice it and tell me, say its barely noticeable and they only know because of consistencies...

I gravitate towards Asian restaurants cuz they don’t expect a white person to be able to pronounce the names of dishes and it’s totally acceptable to point at things on the menu. I’m working on the e...

I used to go to this bagel truck once or twice a week and when the dude asked my name for the order I’d stutter so badly. Sometimes I’d just pause for an awkwardly long moment to try and collect mysel...

I have an important presentation today for work, I'm nervous and trying to stay positive

I have an important presentation today for work, I'm nervous and trying to stay positive My stutter is moderate and not generally a huge problem...except when I'm teaching or presenting live. I teach ...

I see. That makes sense. I can see the validity especially if you cannot pass for being a fluent speaker. It explains your speech beforehand. But I think its a lot harder when you are very covert, or ...

Eye contact is something I'm working on, yes. It looks strange because I maintain perfect eye contact while the other person is speaking, but once I start talking I look away. I feel like it also fuel...

Yeah, I find that my chin/jaw area really clenches in a weird way when encountering w's, but I dont stutter on them often. I hate the way it looks though, so Im gonna try and fix that. I find myself c...

Is the eye contact something you are working on or something that you dont mind? I try to keep eye contact even when I stutter really badly... I heard it keeps the person from reacting awkwardly and k...

Incredible how I came onto this sub to post something just like this, then I saw your post. My story is different, but our problems are the same. ​ My speech was good enough to get me th...

This isn't really something that happens when I stutter, but when I speak in general. I avoid eye contact and blink, not rapidly, but way more than necessary. I think the looking away is because I don...

Thanks for sharing! It's good to get different opinions and attitudes about stuttering -- it feels like such an individualized issue, we all have our own story. ​ I have done or do some o...