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>i need time to speak, It calms you down and calms the listener. It will make you use the techniques comfortably Woaw! Thank you and I agree that the positive effect of advocating could be: pract...

**Acknowledging Stuttering** is to say i have stutter and i need time to speak, It calms you down and calms the listener. It will make you use the techniques comfortably for exemple : **Short ac...

Woaw great post! I hope to see more informative posts like these. After reading it, I come with even more questions than before. My questions: "*Acknowledging Stuttering*". What does 'acknowledging ...

I’m happy for people and I respect their choice. For me I don’t want that even tho it works. I’m a normal person and want to behave normal....

What a kind and loving response. As stutterers, we're so used to feeling shame and embarrassment. It takes only one idiot person to undo many positive encounters. Don't that one encounter spoil your m...

I know it's hard, but don't let such comments get under your skin. Don't give people that power over you. You have your own dignity and the way you speak shouldn't give people the right to treat you w...

Your goals should be to be able to communicate your thoughts to others, in a way that allows you to feel understood....

Don't compare yourself to others. It's pointless regardless of stuttering. Set your own goals, and be happy with where you are...

Though I am glad I survived until age 70 when I finally achieved fluency. I had a good life even with my dysfluency. Married well, successfully raised two great children. We each need to value the ...

We shouldnt compare ourselves to anyone. That goes for both stutterers and non-stutterers....

Hang in there. What a pos examiner. I’m a board certified physician who has been in practice for 30 years. Yes I still stutter, less than I used to. I hated oral exams, like my anesthesiology Oral Boa...

I agree 100%. It is very individualized and nuanced, given a number of factors, including age, start date, trauma, severity, type of stutter, etc. That’s pretty much what I was saying in my smart ass...

I believe you can speak fluently. I believe someone who stutters less than they talk fluent is insecure. Just know that perfection is impossible, and you can never go through life entirely stutter fre...

I just finished it last night despite buying in the end of January (and reading plenty of others books during that period). It was painful reading at the beginning, because it brought back a lot of m...

Thanks, freedom. I think our maturity and relative success, although we belong tto this exclusive 1%of humanity club, gives us a little distance....

Oh I'm fine, I'm a ski instructor and a wildland fire fighter. I decided long ago that it wouldn't keep me from doing what I wanted....

Depending on the context, the phrase can go both ways. If it's used to mock or humiliate my stutter, I don't like it. But if it's used in a way that is unrelated to stuttering or is humorous in thi...

Keep us all posted. Good luck. It's never too late. I gained full fluency at 70! My stuttering was emotionally caused and relieved through psychotherapy. (female) Best, Sue...

I never, ever, had fun when I stuttered. I did fully recover through psychotherapy when I was 70! My stuttering was emotionally caused and dealing with my abusive childhood gave me fluency. It would ...

I fully recovered from stuttering at 70! My stuttering was emotionally caused by my repressed anger and resentment from an abusive childhood. Psychotherapy was how I recovered. Not all stuttering has ...