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I'm learning French for work and irish Gaelic for fun. I stutter about the same or sightly worse in French, I suspect because it's work and high pressure. In Irish I stutter slightly less but it's st...

This is a very nice post to read cuz tomorrow i have two job interviews. One in person and the other is phone interview...

50M If you find a good speech pathologist, fluency can be achievable. I found fluency in my mid 20s after being a lifelong severe stutterer. How do you find a "good" speech therapist? I lucked into...

For me putting myself in the situations which scare me helped. For instance presenting in front of a large group of people, asking questions in a big meeting room with 20-30 people in it, socializing ...

I just had a breakdown today over this. My biggest thing right now is making phone calls so I ask people to make appointments for me. It’s embarrassing being 24 and asking people to make phone calls f...

I've had to opposite be true for me. I got along well with an acquaintance from one of my classes but one day I had a massive stuttering moment(couldnt even say a syllable without stuttering), after t...

This, I feel like stuttering doesnt matter as much with friendships than it does career wise....

Speech Therapy. Find a program that works for you and do the work. Severe lifelong stutterer to fluent in \~six months. I had done speech therapy in the past. Sometimes *you* have to be ready to be ...

Congrats on getting through the interview, I'm sure you did a great job! Sometimes right before the interview begins (and this includes on my current job) I just tell whoever is interviewing me that ...

I think the military is gonna skyrocket your confidence, and you'll make a ton of progress with your stuttering....

I'm going through the same thing, as I'll become a father by the end of Nov. Choosing a name has been tough, especially cause my wife likes names I know I'll have troubles with (she likes the R lette...

I just turned 40 and actually was living in Japan for almost a decade (just moved to Europe last year), and I gotta say, whenever I speak Japanese I do not stutter at all. I think its cause that langu...

How do you accept the ugliness of blocking?

How do you accept the ugliness of blocking? I understand the title can seem a bit harsh for those who may feel offended, but as someone who has stuttered all my life and deal/dealt with severe blocks ...

Finished an interview

Finished an interview Today I had a job interview and I stuttered but I still feel like I did a great job. I’ve always been a covert stutterer with a lot of self esteem issues so for me, that’s huge. ...

Disability claim generally errs against you; two months still shows you could do the work. It's not particularly good or fair, but it is what it is. You can always try and make the claim. It shouldn'...

Although a stutter is generally considered as a disability, it's generally not severe enough to have a meaningful impact on job prospects so you won't qualify or extra disability allowance. If you'v...

I wish we did :-( ive never been able to get help and I can barely say my name how am I suppose to get a good paying job??? Just getting by...

Yes you should be able to. Just Google it. I Googled it one day, just out of curiosity and I don't think I qualify to be on disability. Sounds like you might have better luck tho....

Can I get some kind of income help because of my stutter?

Can I get some kind of income help because of my stutter? Hey, my names Bri! I'm 28 and never have had any kind of government help besides foodstamps for a few months. I've had jobs in the past but th...

In my current job yeah, radio and phone. But in the military, people tend to understandably not want someone who stutters on the radio. You may play around with it in training, but that’s mainly just ...