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Sometimes I find people who have some kind of different energy or whatever and it feels way better talking to them, with less blocks and stuff....

I use all the strategies in this comment. "Professional voice" has been a lifesaver for my professional life generally; I've only managed to learn to sound like myself at work after a decade of puttin...

Insecurity and stammering

Insecurity and stammering I feel like I’ve made my stammer such a big problem in my head that I can barely interact with people. Today I went to my friends house, and there was someone there who asked...

Im not sure if this applies to you, but at least for me one way I manage my stutter is by basically having pre-made phrases that I pull up when needed, usually phrases that avoid some of the sounds th...

Being self conscious has helped

Being self conscious has helped I'm in my third sem of college. For the past year I've suddenly become self conscious of when I stutter and when I do stutter i think to myself ,"why did i stutter ther...

We too make a habit to give weird answer

We too make a habit to give weird answer To escape saying more words , i kind of made a habit of giving weird short answer and make people assume i am weirdo Like my roomate asked why you switch off ...

Has anyone ever been able to get a support job (tech support, customer service) after telling the company you have a stutter?

Has anyone ever been able to get a support job (tech support, customer service) after telling the company you have a stutter? Ok I know there are people on this sub with varying intensities of stutter...

Because we aren't confronting our fears,,,and aren't addressing the problem which is very, very complex. It was very hard to do, and I still do it (change words) but with practice it'll become a refle...

Hey! Me too. The best way to deal with a block (imo) is to not change the word & say the word only (no "ums", "ok" or other words we might use to try to run past the block). So the best way is to ...

The only thing I do that has ever come close to helping in this kind of situation is to sing I'm the car loudly and proudly the whole way there. Songs you know well, maybe songs in that language that ...

I'm in the same boat. I stutter constantly and talk fast and it hard for me to make friends ! I can't even makes jokes or talk because I stutter....

No I stutter around in other people around me too not just girls...

My internal dialogue is soooo much better than my speaking it makes me sad

My internal dialogue is soooo much better than my speaking it makes me sad Im funny asf but i have to change 75% of the stuff i say or not say it at all, it fucking sucks man...

Absolutely agree. Sometimes breathing will unblock the speech block that arises but not always. One has to then further locate the physical "sensation" that arises (mine is sort of in my throat most t...

Hard time asking for

Hard time asking for ¿Do you have a hard time asking for something? I do. Whenever I need to ask for something I can feel the struggle and the anxiety on my throat and body. I dunno why. It can be b...

I wouldn't consider it a block, but yes sometimes I forget my overall point when I get stuck too long on a word....

I've been here! I swear it gets better 🙂 32 with a job in marketing with regular presentations. You and your stutter will adjust to each other, and usually, people really don't care as much as we thi...

Tbh if you stutter in a language thats not native to you i think People wont really care. It happens even to fluent speakers...

Basic terminology that we must learn.

Basic terminology that we must learn. Hello ppl, I've been stuttering all my life. A few things I have learnt from my experiences (& from the internet recently) that I would like to share with AL...

Change your voice and talk as if you're doing impressions for some cartoon character. Then make that voice closer to your real voice Also read something simultaneously with your friends or family mem...