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i can relate to this. all i can say is fake it till you make it. my stutter used to make me way more timid, shy, and anxious. i am still anxious but am able to speak way more confidentially despite my...

Tips to improve stuttering from a PhD researcher

Tips to improve stuttering from a PhD researcher **Tips:** 1. there is no easy answer to improve speech. Easy answers are seldom correct for complicated events. Speaking (and stuttering) involves an ...

I 100% agree with you. I'm confident because I accept my stutter. But, there is a lot of negativity around stuttering on here. PWS can feel how they want to. But sometimes, it sets others back and mak...

Honestly, I am weary of those self-help books. The same hammering breathe this way, do this, do that, don't do this, etc. ~ it all feels rather restrictive for me. I am a student of literature and whi...

Yeah in college I’ve found that almost nobody cares that I stutter, and if it’s an issue for them then I just move on. A lot of people just genuinely enjoy talking and listening to other people. The o...

Hello, fellow PWS! Just dropping a positive message for everyone!

Hello, fellow PWS! Just dropping a positive message for everyone! From a fellow person with a stutter, I want each and every one of you in this subreddit to know that you are doing great. Everyday is ...

I personally do not “try to have mindsets” for the sole reason that it’s never worked for me. Except for one time, Actions are the only thing that works for me. After having a bad day/bad block, I t...

Lol, no. If anything I steer towards a normal life. Because, as a stutterer, that’s not easily achievable....

Let them find their own confidence, An understanding of your stuttering and accepting it will last longer than short term assurance. The reason why a good amount of stutterers feel isolated and alon...

Do you really want to be a science teacher? Then you could find ways to do it. But it sounds like you don’t, and of course there’s no reason to push through what would be a lot of genuine difficulties...

You can’t live like that anymore, beating yourself up for stuttering and deciding your life is over before its really begun. Why do you need to live a quiet and isolated life? I stutter and I sure don...

I’m lawyer with a severe stutter. I stutter at every hearing, every deposition. I still get paid and have good relationships with clients and some judges/opposing counsel. It’s rough, especially at f...

Yes. But you can choose how to view life and you can choose to work on your stutter using books/therapy. As for being a social part of the world, good luck....

Low intelligence? You have a degree, Thats HUGE! Doesn't matter what grade is attached to it unless if you want to work in canary walf or wall street. I'm a 23 year old stammerer and I've learnt to ...

YES, YES & YES!!! I wake and the first words I say are : "This is going to be an AWESOME day!" Self-love & acceptance has propelled me to do whatever the hell I want and I notice a differen...

Ty for this post, lets we stutterers keep trying in life! :D...

Yes I do the same and still do lol. But I find that we’re too harsh on ourselves on something that we have little to no control over. So nowadays, I tried to think to myself “hey, at least u tried ur ...

I've stuttered since I remember, with a short break at 5-8 years old and a 'triumphal' comeback as I entered puberty. This sucks and sucks, honestly, a lot. However, I am nearly 40 and have spent 20 ...

My significant other is patient and gracious. She says that she doesn’t notice my stuttering very much. I think I’m my own worst enemy regarding being critical of my speech....

I haven't been to speech therapy in a long while :') the trajectory has been a little different from me. When I started college, I fell into the right circle, I suppose, so I started my journey toward...