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Is this a stutter, or something else?

Is this a stutter, or something else? I used to stutter a lot when I was younger, maybe 11 to 13. It went away gradually pretty much and I didn't have a problem for a while. About three years ago, whe...

Taking the TOEFL speaking

Taking the TOEFL speaking Taking the TOEFL speaking day after tomorrow and pretty sure I'm gonna botch it because I was not given the ability to speak. I guess I should just mentally prepare myself to...

Thank you for supporting mate. To be honest, I suggest that dealing with educated people are not really productive than with others because they usually notice vunerable places such as one thing we're...

Yes, but hard to differentiate that from anxiety from fear of stuttering....

I don’t specifically stutter on s’s. Also let me drop my 10 cents: I don’t think that looking for a relation in such sense is going to turn into a ‘theory’ on letters frequently stuttered from us. I g...

My stutter got worse when I went to uni. The anxiety feels like air pumping into an already full balloon. I was afraid to talk to my friends about it. I was afraid people would know that I stutter (lo...

Saying bye

Saying bye Hey, I need some advice/opinion about saying goodbye to people. I have some trouble with greeting, thank you, bye, good night and so on. But mostly with saying good bye. These are this si...

Just go into it being confident! Drugs help relax and/or give confidence and I found that pretending I already have that confidence helps me out a bit...

Hi, I am 18 (male) and have had stutters my entire life. I normally have a block, on certain words, so I guess you could say its pretty mild. Something that I realised is that stuttering happens in pe...

If anxiety is the problem, I would search up what the spotlight effect is. For me, understanding this concept was 90% of curing my social anxiety. I wish someone had told me this when I was 4 😭😭...

I too have experienced my stutter getting worse lately. I used to be able to give presentations just fine, now I stutter a lot and I really don’t know what happened. Not to mention meeting new people ...

My stutter also gets seemingly worse when I’m anxious, nervous, or in new situations. What helped me is over-exposing myself socially and realizing that nobody cared more about my stutter then…me. I’m...

If it's really your anxiety that is causing issues (anxiety aggravates the stutter), then there's hope! Work on changing your mindset about your anxiety. Everytime you get anxious about talking to s...

Worrying because of stuttering and stuttering because of worrying

Worrying because of stuttering and stuttering because of worrying Hi, I am 17 years old and I have been stuttering for 5-6 years. In the early years stuttering was almost non-existent. But since last ...

Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. I think your mom has a point. The more you put yourself out there, the easier it becomes. When things get easier, you begin to try new things, and the o...

It's only getting worse..

It's only getting worse.. Hi so I'm a 22 year old girl in uni and I noticed that my stutter has been getting worse the older i get.. I've been more anxious than ever and i almost never leave my house ...

I've been in 3 long term relationships( currently engaged) and several casual dating situations, and my stutter has never been a problem when the interest was already there. My lack of communication ...

I was much like this as well during my time in high school and throughout much of middle school. In elementary school, most didn't care, but in the higher grades, when students became much more judgem...

What this person said. I’m 31 and can say it gets better. Your stutter doesn’t define you. Just makes it hard to talk sometimes. Remember you’re not afraid of stuttering, you’re afraid of what people ...

Stop being a wimp. Look does it suck yes. Will you het through this - yes. Get therapy and stop caring about what others think....