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Stuttered badly during an interview. Feeling hopeless now.

Stuttered badly during an interview. Feeling hopeless now. I'm a 21 year old male and have stuttered for as long as I can remember. I gave an interview today. It wasn't my first time, and I went i...

Finals week is over. Back home for three weeks before summer classes. Had dinner with the girlfriend. Blocked a little when ordering. A little embarrassing, but she held my hand and I was just fine. ...

Pretty much the main few things, most of them you have already. - Finishing off a sentence is a sin. The feeling is indescribable. It's probably the worst feeling I've experienced. It just makes you ...

I hate it when I'm speaking to someone who doesn't know that I have a stutter and they laugh. Not because it hurts me personally, but because I know in a second or two they're going to realize it and ...

Thanks for your answer. My head has this way about it that I always seem to think back on bad times with my speech. Especially whenever things get good. My mind was half in that mindset today. I basi...

I think if I was there in person it would bother me too, probably feel really embarrassed and upset. I would probably reflect on the moment a few hours later once I clear my mind. ...

I think of my stuttering as more of a problem for other people than it is for me. I never think about it usually, I just barrel on through. But in high school I did have a teacher write a letter for a...

> I remember once reading some kind of study that indicated people listening to stutterers tend to feel MORE uncomfortable than the people actually doing the stuttering. i dont know if that makes...

I have a similar enough story from when I was about 14. Back then it ruined my whole day but now I look back and laugh about it. Whenever my stammer comes up in conversation I tell people about it. Ma...

I've been there before numerous times. Sometimes if I'm really struggling I just say a different name that's easier for me to say, but that feels like a cop out. I doubt the cashier was trying to ma...

Embarrassed at a Starbucks.

Embarrassed at a Starbucks. I was ordering a drink at a Starbucks yesterday. The girl behind the counter asks my name and of course I stutter on my own name. "My name's Sssssss...ugh sorry lemme try t...

Good luck. I can say my first name, but not my last (without considerable difficulty), and it's a very difficult name to pronounce so everybody always asks me to say it for them. Needless to say, this...

So I wrote an essay about stuttering for a scholarship application

So I wrote an essay about stuttering for a scholarship application For a college scholarship application, I had to write an essay about overcoming an adversity in my life and I knew the biggest advers...

Does anybody twitch or their body kicks when thinking of a moment?

Does anybody twitch or their body kicks when thinking of a moment? Like right now, I was thinking about how I had to say grace at my gf's house on Thanksgiving and it was a little uncomfortable for m...

Last night at work, I was serving a gentlemen the main course of the dinner (I'm a 19 year old male college student who works for the university's catering company) and he asked me what my major was. ...

That's tough, I've had a good view experiences like that and time just seems to stand still while you release bits of words and noises. I think the important thing to remember is that worst case scen...

It's my biggest challenge. I have gone through a lot of desensitization and self acceptance but I have trouble getting over how anyone would deal with a first day where two people are getting to know ...

You know, reading your comment made me feel a hell of a lot better about this and you are absolutely right. If I stutter trying to be sexy who cares? He knows I do and accepts me the way I am and I sh...

Girl. I bet you look clean and fantastic, and I guarantee your SO would love to fix that and get you all messy ;). Though easier said than done, I bet your SO thinks you look fantastic and isn't tur...

This is very true, I just wish I could set my mind like you. Whenever I stutter with my friends I usually forget about it within the hour, but when its with a stranger or someone that I need to projec...