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I'm 25 and my parents never took me to a speech therapy. I started to speak very late in my childhood many thought i was dumb but after tips and tricks by parents i started to speak at the age of 5 . ...

As if stuttering wasn't enough of a handicap. We had to be worried about further judgment. If I ever was asked to do a field sobriety test, I'd fail you because I have a balance disorder as well as an...

I HATE when people ask me a question like “what’s your name?” Or “what’s your college major?” And there is a block and they ask “haha did you forgot?” No, you just don’t understand...

Just go for it. Trust me people don't always judge you as much as you think and you've got to make the best of what you have. I'm mid 30s now and have been thru these feelings and situations, don't wa...

So true. I personally liked Lee Lovett’s methods for ‘fluency shaping’ but i liked Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy for the anxiety, or blushing or sweating etc. and especially for the blocks hahah...

First word block

First word block Hi, guys! First time sharing here I have occasional speech blocks meaning I get blocks when in situations that puts me in pressure. It started in my childhood years. My family has al...

> Despite the fact that you have a challenge that none of your peers have to deal with, you get up every morning, you go in to school, and you do your best. That's a goddamn success. Well I suppos...

Yes I was pulled over a couple years back for an improper turn. The officer seemed to think I was lying when I struggled to say my name until I gave him my ID it. I was tense and struggled to physical...

I have been placed in the back of a police car because they thought he I was lying about my name. He asked my name and I blocked. Then he got really suspicious and thought I may be drunk/high. I’m s...

Haven't outright been accused of being drunk, but had them not believeI was a stutterer before (thank god I had friends there and after some convincing they believed it and mocked a bit), but one time...

Ever been pulled over by a cop and they thought you were under the influence because of your speech?

Ever been pulled over by a cop and they thought you were under the influence because of your speech? This happened to me a couple years ago, I got pulled over, and as you can guess did not speak very ...

Scared for my future.

Scared for my future. I’m now in my teenage years and with that I’m scared for job opportunities, my stutter is bad with almost every letter I can think of and talking like that in a interview, boss, ...

now I'm in a period where I stutter even when I'm alone

now I'm in a period where I stutter even when I'm alone I am 21 years old and every day Is getting more difficult, now I’m stuttering even when i am alone idk why this happen...

>you stutter. You can’t use that power to speak fluently all the time because you’re letting others I'm starting to try this, like when I'm feeling that I'll stutter, I remember that I am the onl...

I’m in the exact same scenario as you. In my case, It is internal anxiety coming out as a stutter when I’m in a better mental state it is nearly gone. However lately I’ve been dealing with some other...

i had a similar situation in english class during freshman year on the first day where the sub told us to write things ab ourselves and we had to say it aloud. when it was my turn, i was so nervous bu...

Is my form of stuttering curable?

Is my form of stuttering curable? 25M. I have been stuttering since I was 4 years old, but it comes and it goes. There are times when it is really bad, like in times of high anxiety, stress etc, but t...

Man I wish I knew about this in high school. I straight up dropped Spanish 5 because of the speaking final. It made me so anxious I dropped out of the whole advanced program and took regular classes t...

Yeah, I do the same. It's frustrating because I know exactly what it is, I just don't wanna embarrass myself by having a block....

"I remember this one time I stuttered in front of x person I liked it was so embarrassing" V.S "I've spent every waking moment of my life questioning my own intelligence because of my speech" It's j...