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I did speech therapy (in public school, US) and it helped me tremendously. It truly does depend on your therapist, the ones who were the most dedicated to my journey made the most progress with me. So...

Know the feeling, when you 1st start a new job, your quite for a week or two, then when you try to join in it happens! You end up wishing you just kept your mouth shut...

I don't believe I have any mental illness. I was tested when I was younger if I was on the spectrum, which I'm not, and I'd like to think they'd have noticed if there were any other mental issues. I...

There needs to be proper assessment of social anxiety (by a doctor ), if it is diagnosed, the options are psychological treatment, pharmacological treatment, or both....

I know this is 3 months ago, its just google led me here based on my question. In terms of jittery, do you mean nervousness or do you think theres a possibility of some kind of mental illness like bip...

Knowing that you will stutter increases anxiety, so you consciously or subconsciously, refuse to speak a lot to avoid that. If you think that you need help with that situation, I think therapy can be ...

Propranolol is antihypertensive, and preferably used under medical supervision. People who stutter have a higher percentage of social anxiety disorder, which is basically excessive worries of being ...

This is probably social anxiety, for a proper diagnosis and treatment I suggest to see a doctor. Social anxiety disorder is very common with individuals who stutter....

A few suggestions that have helped me though college: 1. Self-disclosure of your stutter is hugely important and will take a lot of weight and anxiety off your shoulders. I highly recommend self-disc...

Well ASL does heavily use the language areas of the brain. Though I’ve never considered this it doesn’t really surprise me. If there is an issue of language translating from thoughts to physical movem...

Get in touch with your disability campus counselor, mine helped me communicate my needs to my public speaking professor. Through her I was able to privately practice my speeches with my professor befo...

College and public speaking class advice

College and public speaking class advice I’m going to college, and I move into my dorm on Friday. I want to make friends in my classes and with my hallmates, but I’m really shy. If you guys could give...

Pastafazooll, How are you doing? I'm ok but going through a small slump right now I think because I'm trying to reduce my antidepressants because I' m having trouble sleeping. Beside that, although I...

Hola, gracias por responder. Por lo que he visto al parecer a la mayoría de los que hablamos español y tenemos al ingles como un segundo idioma se nos hace más fácil el inglés. Pero cuando hay que hab...

Sì, anche io tendo molto a entrare nel panico, ma ultimamente mi prendo il mio tempo e poi superato il blocco mentale riprendo a parlare...credo che la tesina sulla balbuzie sia stata una splendida id...

This and try to go into meeting people without expectations. That pressure does more than potentially making your fluency worse. Most friendships or relationships form by being around people without t...

I'm going though the same situation. Ever since I moved to another office and stuttered like crazy in front of my co-workers, my confidece took a dive and I'm having trouble finding the courage to do ...

I know and always have known that this would be the best thing to do. It just feels so hard to not care about what other think. What things or thoughts helped you with that?...

It could just be that you just get nervous around girls, it’s a very common thing. That’s how I was when I was first attempting to talk to girls, I could never get anything out cause girls can be terr...

Girls are thinking I'm rude

Girls are thinking I'm rude I'm extremely friendly person and i always wanted a friend who is a girl ( you know what I mean) and some girls do come talk to me, but I end up being silent which make the...