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Yes, that means its anxiety backed stuttering. Happened to me a lot as a teen...

I am the same way. When presenting in front of multiple people I do not have that direct eye contact and connection with one specific person. If I am in a conversation though then I feel like I am mor...

I'm on Lexapro 10 mg and it did help a lot. I also take clonidine to manage my blood pressure and anxiety attacks, and both in combination help my stuttering quite a bit. I still struggle with blocks ...

Financial independence Vs Fear

Financial independence Vs Fear I'm 23 F. I've only worked fast food jobs during summertime. I'm still in college. I have to find a job to have my own money and be able to get away from my controllin...

Bit Of A Trauma Dump And Call For Help

Bit Of A Trauma Dump And Call For Help (Disorganized post) Hey there, after dealing with recent events I just needed a place to rant a little bit. I’ve been actively stuttering since I believe at l...

How are you in public (but not online)? I think I do better in an online setting for some reason. I can be focusing on some random spot other than the people on my monitor but to them it looks like ...

>not confident, weak and strange Thanks, those are the exact words I'd come up with. I wanna get into politics but it's just so much harder with a bad stutter....

Happy for you but yeah nah having a stutter fuckin sucks. Missed out on so much because of the anxiety that comes with it...

I stutter super bad at work and have to meet with directors all the time and do presentations. It suckssss...

Have SSRIs helped anyone here?

Have SSRIs helped anyone here? I suffer from a lot of depression and anxiety related to stuttering. I manage ok. I have a good job and happy marriage, but my stuttering is at an all time low and prett...

Im also going to a new school next September, im really nervous, talking to a bunch of new people is very hard for me, not only becouse stuttering make me unconfortable, but also becouse it tires me o...

Thank you for responding and sharing your story! My husband was genuinely concerned about becoming a father and feeling like a failure due to his stuttering, which made him doubt his capabilities (ju...

Hey! So sorry to hear about your situation. I'm a father of an almost 1 year old myself. Stuttering since age 6. Could it be that your husband's low self esteem has grown since the arrival of the...

Yea me too… I find everything super sad and I find I know exactly how people feel in almost all circumstances haha like it distracts me from things how much empathy I have 😂 I’ve noticed this since h...

Now where are all those people saying that stuttering is neurological? ... I have read about many people who started stuttering because spent a lot of time with people who stutter. This shit is purely...

I have always thought of it as both mechanical and psychological. Everyone has stuttered at sometime when anxious. Doing a physical task + anxiety = greater chance of error. Like walking on a balan...

Anyone have this happen to them where they’re fluent with people you know but are stuttering with people you don’t know?

Anyone have this happen to them where they’re fluent with people you know but are stuttering with people you don’t know? So to make it a long story short I don’t stutter at all when I’m with my parent...

Great reply! It wasn’t until I started working on fear and the mental aspect that I really saw significant improvement in my stutter. My therapist used to say “pretend you’re reading aloud in a roo...

I am autistic which I wasn't diagnosed until a few years ago but, I also struggle with strong social anxiety which has gotten worse in recent years and that definitely impacts my stutter. My stutter ...

I have pretty bad social anxiety, but I had it before I developed a stutter. The two don't really affect eachother, because my stutter comes up in specific situations, in the presence of a person who ...