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All I can think of rn is screwing up a word so badly that it morphs into a swear word......

I hear what you are saying. I don’t love the thought of someone solely relying on tech to communicate when they actually can speak. There are plenty of things that don’t have kiosks though, there are ...

>*" Jack Menear"* This is my attempt to summarize the ex-PWS Jack Menear: * He naturally recovered from stuttering after 20 years of stuttering * When speech blocks are identified as the outward ...

Watching someone else stutter does make me feel sort of self-conscious. I might think; “Do I look like that? Do I sound like that? Do people feel embarrassed by it the way I do?” I would not let that...

I always thought forcing yourself to do things like this would improve fluency.. getting out of your comfort zone etc Speaking on the phone to strangers is one of the methods used to overcome stutter...

No, it will never be possible because it’s too easy to fake a stutter...

I feel defeated by this disease.

I feel defeated by this disease. In every aspect I am doing alright - I have friends, a girlfriend, a decent job in an office with good benefits thats not warehouse work and I keep in touch with my fa...

Really? I thought if we milked it then we could get a bit of cash. The joys of a stutter 🙃...

Reasonable adjustments at work

Reasonable adjustments at work Hi guys and girls, my stammer has been getting increasingly worse at work lately especially when making phone calls to the extent of me struggling to introduce myself an...

I always use my mum as an example. She grew up in the era where if you wanted food, you’d go down and ask. If you needed the doctor, you’d go down and ask. There was never a screen to hide behind and ...

My dad does. When I was younger, mine was way worse than his. I've gotten to the point where I can quickly change how I speak to avoid most stutters so his would seem worse than mine, depending on the...

First of all I did't try to be rude. Yes I agree, nobody is 100% fluent, but 'fluent' people doesn't have silent blocks where they can't get word out. My goal is not to be 100% fluent, but to remove ...

Yes, when I am angry I am 100% fluent. I had problem with my name in the past by over time it disappeared. However, I still have a problem with one or 2 words. One was in my old address. But only whe...

Literally.. when i say something and anticipate a stutter i try to come up with replacements for the word and i end up changing the sentence and restarting it 5 times and stuttering on all 5 😂 so a h...

Mind races while talking

Mind races while talking It's like when I talk, my brain start an avalanche of different words in my head, like suggesting different ways of saying what I want to say, leaving me confused and overwhel...

Honestly, I don't know if stuttering causes us to mature earlier; maturity goes hand in hand with each individual's mindset. While there are people like yourself who developed early maturity due to th...

A general advice would be to try speaking a bit slower(I almost sound out each word sometimes)Yes it might feel a little awkward, but if it makes you feel better who cares right? Another thing which ...

I'm not sure if I can meet your expectations; I'm just a teenager who considers themselves a 'stutterer.' But I can share some thoughts I have regarding all of this. Firstly, I'd like to start with t...

I agree with you that we appoint a value to a feared word. As you already pointed out, a value of fear or distrust that we won't say it correctly or can't say and might get stuck. So one could say tha...

After some advice - work related

After some advice - work related Hi, I’ve had a stammer for my whole life, ever since I’ve been able to talk. In my job, it involves making calls to customers a few times a day. A few times lately I’v...