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Adderall cured my stutter completely when I was younger. I was so excited I went to my doctor to talk about it and she laughed in my face and told me there was no way she would ever prescribe me adder...

Can speech therapy help with stuttering or am I doomed?

Can speech therapy help with stuttering or am I doomed? I have social anxiety so it goes hand in hand....

100% me and my stoner neighbor both stutter and both agree it helps us a lot. Effortlessly. I definitely use it to cope with many symptoms I experience not just my stutter. I have anxiety and now t...

Hey. Not for me but is it very common. I think it is because of the following reasons: 1) Since your name is usually the first word or sentence you said on a conversation you don´t want to start t...

Worst Stutter

Worst Stutter Is anybody else’s worst/scariest stutter their name? Because that’s what I struggle with a lot. I even avoid situations if I think somebody will ask me what my name is just because the f...

I haven't gone away yet but am very close to it. Right now I have maybe 1/2 silence blocks a day. I work in recruitment and interview up to 10 people a day, do presentations, answer calls etc. Befor...

Subconsciously, you might feel like your younger self and still holding onto your stutter in a negative way. That’s why when you go to ask a question, the subconscious fear emerges and turns into a bl...

Any MBAs with a stutter?

Any MBAs with a stutter? Anyone done an MBA and trying to progress in a business career and feeling stuck just cos you can do shit but the daily anxiety and avoidance just consumes you? I attended t...

Honestly I would be a grocery store cashier if I were you. You interact with people but usually speaking can be kept to a minimum. This will help you with your anxiety which is paramount for a happy l...

Damn, this is pretty much the exact same as me , I thought I was the only one who had a variation like this. I used to have an awful stutter and as I grew older it slowly went away. But letters starti...

Mainly blocks. It’s the anticipation that gets me and the formality of the situation. If I’m with friends and we’re all laughing I rarely stutter. But when I’m saying something that I think is signifi...

Anything that is said negatively about something, a body characteristic of which we have no control hurts us. Such characteristics such as color, height, weight, physical deformity, even gender are pa...

Update: Still feeling great, my stuttering came back a little bit because of some stress in my life, but I still feel more calm and under control than usual...

It’s similar to me but I get it during mid sentences as well. Only a few people know I stutter though which makes things a lot harder for me as it’s constantly trying to it. People think I’m less conf...

I dreaded school for the same reason. It was rough but ultimately we have to get through these situations, it’s just the nature of life. I freeze up saying my name as well and it’s absolutely the wors...

This is the one that hurts. I was at work and had a bad block when talking to a high up manager in the company which I have never met, and he said this. We were discussing a very important topic, so t...

That’s amazing that your stuttering was fully emotional. I have never heard that before. My 17 yr old son stutters and your comment that not all stuttering is an emotional cause but all stuttering tak...

I really don't agree, or at least for me personally. I've alwase been very social and friendly, but stuttering just has a death grip over my life, like a mental cage. If that were to be lifted then I ...

I’m from the US but I live in the Netherlands. It’s very difficult trying to not stutter during social interactions, remembering the right words/grammar, and trying to pronounce things correctly....

Practice will give you the confidence to speak. As your confidence level increases you will stutter less. You need to put yourself out there and overcome the fear of stuttering. In my opinion this is ...