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*As a disclaimer I typed this up a few months back, and it's quite heavy and direction-lead, I don't mean it to sound like an order, it's just what I did personally, other things may work for you too ...

Same. Most school days I'd go the whole day without talking, unless it was asking the teacher questions after class. Talking is literally the bane of my existence; there are no lengths I wouldn't go ...

I'm cured. It still sounds weird typing that. The physical act of stuttering is 100% gone, but I'm still working through what it has done to me mentally. I posted about my experience a couple months a...

Journalism. I approach strangers and talk to 10+ people every day. It's been a fantastic trial by fire to get over the mental aspect of my speech impediment. Took a few years to get truly comfortable ...

So he didn't try and proactively fight it? I can't just wait and expect to grow out of mine.. that's really lazy for me. Everyday I try to talk to a stranger , read and just overall Improve improve i...

Well ... I was discussing my stuttering with someone long ago and they asked me if I stutter when I write. At the time I thought what a bizarre and stupid question. Fast forward about 40 years and th...

Virtual Reality as possible treatment?

Virtual Reality as possible treatment? Hi! I've been reading over this subreddit for a while but never posted. My type of stuttering is based on social situations. I stutter on words that have a buil...

Thanks for the response! I'm 20 by the way, so I'm hoping I can "grow out of this". And yes I've tried that before, and it definitely did work, but I work in a service job where I'm going to multiple ...

I would say it indirectly affects my writing/typing sometimes in that I feel like I can actually say what I want to say instead of worrying about difficult sounds, so I take longer to choose the words...

Wow I can talk for hours through text messaging haha, it just sucks that I can't be fluent face to face....

Nope, stuttering is a verbal communication thing. We think, write, type, etc, at the same speed as everyone else. ...

The thing is though, people might not chat up with you if they know you stutter. Not because they dislike you, but just because they prefer to avoid the awkwardness or becsuse they think you'd like to...

Do you guys stutter when miming the words you struggle with, or do you only stutter when actually trying to talk normally with your voice box 'activated' as well as the mouth/tongue/jaw movements?

Do you guys stutter when miming the words you struggle with, or do you only stutter when actually trying to talk normally with your voice box 'activated' as well as the mouth/tongue/jaw movements? I'm...

I get the same way, and if it's really bad, I get a lip twitch. It's a speech block. If I'm stressed or anxious, it's very strong. If it's with family, like I have to tell them something important tha...

Tiredness from speaking?

Tiredness from speaking? I have just recently accepted my stutter.Earlier I used to avoid many speaking situations like talking on the phone,talking to strangers etc.Now that I have accepted my stutte...

I think most people are open minded and understand that it is a speech impediment. The occasional offhand remark comes up ("Did you forget your name?"), but I never get flak for stuttering. Their neg...

You might hear this phrase a lot on this forum; Immersion is one of the best things you can do. Just pick a phone and start calling people or businesses. Ask what their lunch special is are or what ti...

I can help you with this since I struggled with this but overcame it for the most part now. Just remember you are more then your stutter. You are not others judgement on you. Sure it may suck every...

I know what you mean. I stutter quite a bit but my worst stutter by FAR is my name. After being extremely embarrassed like 50 times with it, now every. Single. Time. Someone asks me my name I pretend ...

I like saying "thank you" as many times as I can to the same Chick-Fil-A employee to see how many times I can get them to reply with "my pleasure". The most I've gotten is like 5 or 6 haha....