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Honestly, I care a lot more about how the bartender makes my drink than how fluent of a conversationalist they are. ...

I've always seen stuttering as my biggest weakness and so, paradoxically, pursued jobs where communication is key. Worked as a journalist for a year, got promoted to editor, then went corporate in a g...

Currently in medical school. Been relatively hard so far, but it makes me confront my stutter rather than be in hiding....

Im gonna make a big try to change

Im gonna make a big try to change First off, stuttering has been bothering me for years. Its held me back from relationships, and lots of other things because im so embarassed by it. Im a so-called co...

I've already ruled out ever being happy overall. My mood is heavily dependent on my rate of fluency. My communication issues go well beyond the "taking longer to say it" aspect (I'm sure this applies ...

I hate stuttering (not people who stutter, my problem with my stuttering/cluttering/block whatever you call it)

I hate stuttering (not people who stutter, my problem with my stuttering/cluttering/block whatever you call it) I have a problem, and I'm not saying it making it up, other people say I stutter. An...

A lot of things you said resonated with me, mostly the anxiety stuff, along with being unable to express yourself, that's definitely my biggest gripe with having a stutter, feeling stifled emotionally...

And I thought job interviews were the worst part

And I thought job interviews were the worst part I thought I would never find a job. After dozens of interviews I was sure that the problem was my speech impediment, not the speech impediment itself, ...

cant talk to them anyway i have a stutter whats the point...

Absolutely. I can put on quite a show when I want to, but in intimate conversation I stutter a lot....

I tend not to bring it up because I don't really care whether or not people know, or whether or not they understand it if they happen to notice. If they want to ask me, I'm an open book. But consideri...

I find this also, mostly because when speaking with people, all of my energy goes into not tripping up and blocking on my words and not what I actually want to express. It's unfortunate that we don't ...

You have to use your personal judgement to evaluate 1) when to advertise, 2) how to advertise, and 3) how to react to their reaction. For example, you shouldn't introduce yourself by saying "I'm Bob...

Thanks for your comments! In the past I would ask teachers if I could do verbal/oral assignments 1 on 1 and one time I was allowed to make a documentary (in which I spoke fairly monotonously and tried...

I usually try not to let myself avoid speaking but sometimes when it's been a hard day things like this are nice :)...

You actually bubble in your order with the sharpie - like on a test! -then hand it to server with your name on it. ...

Its the little things...

Its the little things... Got a haircut today and the total came to $13.99. When she asked "do you want to close the check at this amount" I felt like a $2.00 tip seemed appropriate. However, I could...

I usually block on the first sound of a word. To overcome it I use the technique of elongating it. If I find myself slightly out of breath, I take a deep breath. I used to find doing that might look o...

I presented to 7,000 people by way of a smaller studio audience, a live broadcast stream, and two time-delayed streams set for reasonable areas covering our offices in the rest of the world. It wasn't...

Oh that is interesting... I sent you a PM so we don't leave a million comments on the thread, I would love to hear more! BTW, my stutter is moderate with lots of repetitions and blocks, so being c...