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The bigger question for me is how many opportunities have I fumbled, self sabotaged or avoided to create a daily life with minimal stuttering. My stuttering impacts me "a little" "daily" but my daily...

I think it was the lack of social interaction that caused it for me. I did have a bit of social anxity when I started to hang out with people again last year. My stammering has however gotten a lot b...

I think it’s important to come to terms with the speech impediment because being uncomfortable with it can create barriers in avoiding it....

As I matured, I learned to love and value myself. I would no longer my stutter to define me or my worth as a human. It would deal with ME, not the other way around. I met my wife, and have a happy mar...

Agree, the more I’ve accepted myself for who I am, been more open with my stutter and stopped trying to hide it, the better it’s gotten....

I'm glad voluntary stutters has helped so many people. It didn't help me when I tried it, though. It just made me more self-conscious. Maybe I didn't have the right mindset at the time but I just felt...

Yes, exactly. I personally *vastly* prefer a really abnormal life over none at all, and I don’t even think stuttering is an intrinsically horrible ailment. Everyone has problems, and I feel lucky mine...

Self-disclosure is confidence building, at least for me, so long as it's stated in a matter-of-fact way and I'm not apologetic. [The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soloish/wp/201...

Same surprise here. Why suicide?! Even if the whole world thought I was a complete fool, living is still fun (maybe even more so then!) And there were ALWAYS cool people who could see past my stutter ...

Yeah but youre redefining my statement to meet your own definition. I was strictly talking about the conventional prolongations, repetitions and blocks and embracing those. Then you added all of t...

> Becoming comfortable with your stutter is never on the table. I have seen a lot of people on here say they are comfortable with their stutter, including myself. Or am I misunderstanding, and ar...

If avoiding stuttering was a possible way to overcome it, it would've worked by now

If avoiding stuttering was a possible way to overcome it, it would've worked by now Imagine everytime you walk down a hallway a bowling ball drops on your head Are you going to continue walking down...

Not wise in regards to what? Under a fluency lens? I know it's radical thinking for most people, but if you're truly comfortable and proud of your unfiltered disfluency, should you only choose to emb...

Embracing a panic blocking w extreme avoidance behaviors is not wise, but embracing repetitions is....

No, suicide is not the solution. It never was and never should be! Just speak up whatever way you speak. It won’t matter after sometime. Just own your stutter and do not let stutter own you. Life is b...

Yes, gratitude and acceptance are very powerful. Everyday I am grateful for the position that I am in, no reason to feel down about things that I cannot control like my stutter :) Accepting that it is...

Yes, mostly in my teenage years. but imagine that someone is much worse, many people have much worse complexity and disease. I don’t know if it’s correct to compare, but when you drown, it doesn’t mat...

For my interpretation, I take fluency out of the equation. Voluntary stuttering, fear reduction/tolerance/acceptance is about feeling in control of the situation and doing whatever I want and saying ...

To stutter on purpose. The reasons to do this, as it has been discussed it can be used for desensitize; that is to reduce fear and when stuttering moments occur, it will allow you to react to these i...

I am able to do this sometimes, but after some time I always begin to doubt myself and this leads to more stutter and anxiety. How to you remind yourself that stuttering is OK and dragging yourself ou...