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I have a moderate stutter, some days severe, and I work in media, where I make calls and do interviews all the time. Was walking through the freaking gauntlet at my first newspaper job. I remember cry...

Yes yes hell yes! Breathing is a big part of fluency. I've been practicing reading aloud with deep and calculated breaths and my stutter is almost non-existent when I do it alone. Among people, I stut...

Well the root of the anxiety is pretty clearly the stuttering. You stutter worse because you fear that you are going to stutter. I don’t really see how you can just will that anxiety away. What was th...

Woah, that's pretty crazy dude. I sometimes wonder if the stuttering is something I have imposed on myself for some messed up psychological reason, sort of like what they are hinting at -- like if I ...

Hey Matt. We all have really bad days sometimes, buddy. It's good that you're venting here and we all understand. Whenever I have a rough day I make sure I get in a good workout in. You'd be surprised...

Buddy, I know this feel. I'm in 3rd year of my B.E. & in 5 days there's a presentation & I know, I will suck because of these fucking blocks. My stutter before age of 16 was mostly of repetit...

I’ve had jobs where I had to present in meetings and in large groups of people. Worst yet, since I am bilingual, i had to translate as well. And yeah, I had to do what I had to do. I faced my fears an...

You'll stop being anxious all the time when you stop running from speaking situations. Do you want to die a coward who worked some shit job because it allowed him to stay silent? Start engaging your f...

“Do you even stutter bro?” Ha. Hell ya I do! Stuttered my whole life. You’re right in one respect, it’s your choice to choose whatever job you want. I’m just trying to tell you that we can’t give you...

I've thought about this a lot. The short answer: find a primary physician and get prescribed something for the anxiety. I was seeing a psychiatrist (for ADHD) and he prescribed me something called pro...

Anxiety does seem to worsen the stutter, though the two are not related. A speech therapist could help, I think. For a long time my stutter was almost imperceptible and now I & others notice it mo...

You're not alone, amigo. My stutter has gotten worse the past year or so. I'm 31. I know it's due to social anxiety. ...

My stuttering has been a rollercoaster for the last 15 years (I'm 28). Sometimes I would be perfectly fluent for several months, then I'd pause, get blocks, the letters of hard words change, from mild...

Mild stutter becoming more noticeable

Mild stutter becoming more noticeable I first noticed my stuttering when I was about 11 or 12. It has always been mild; it disappears sometimes, but it gets bad at other times. Now I'm in high school,...

Thank you. I'm just so sick of it and the people I am around don't seem to get what it's like when you can't get words out. It's a vicious circle of being stressed out, then stammering, then st...

Awful few weeks - I'm done!!

Awful few weeks - I'm done!! So I have officially had enough with my stammer. I've had it since I was 4 yrs old and I had it under control until I started my new job, 4 months ago. For years, I h...

I'd say those nerves are _part_ of stuttering. It's something we have to continually face as stutterers, after all. That it went alright for you in the end is an important thing to experience! Keep t...

At least you made it through alive lol I know your pain. For me, the nerves I get before a speech are worse than giving the actual speech and stuttering. Like you, I always overthink the hell out of t...

Wedding Speech Nerves

Wedding Speech Nerves I was asked to give a speech at a relative's wedding this weekend gone by. It was one of those things that I couldn't refuse as it was with other people and I stupidly said befor...

I don't know what the jet programme is but I taught English and chemistry in China and they didn't even background check me or even check my qualifications if you speak English they're willing to pay ...