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What is her response when you stuttered in front of her for the first time?...

I took the course about 15 years ago. In hindsight, the program was not a good fit for me. The idea is quite simple: Focus extremely on breathing (and visualising); learn what you want to say ...

Honestly I thought that ‘practising’ certain words alone would help, but I don’t think it does. Even reading out loud.. I practised for so so long and it didn’t really make a difference. I feel like r...

Yes, i can relate. I definitely care way too much what people think of me and it makes me stutter. I even think if people are looking at me when i walk on the street. It's so annoying. Because of tha...

You know how they say women like confident and self-assured men. Getting words stuck in your throat when you approach them doesn't exactly come across as a man with confidence. That's the main reason...

I feel you, also I have to say congratulations on continuing your school career and I hope you succeed, unfortunately for me I was and still an scared of going to college and never pursued going. I wa...

My apologies :( but shout your question the trans friends I have do make a fake girl voice and I remember one time one of them said it was easier to talk because they kinda played a “act” as if they c...

¿Sucker for likes?

¿Sucker for likes? Hello there. Just wondering, whenever you make a post, it can be here or elsewhere: ¿Are you constantly worried about the other people responses? Checking how many likes, responses...

I feel the struggle. You speak clearly and then when people listen you stutter. It’s like all that perfection was for nothing. One time a group asked me for my name at a friends party and they made a ...

You will always encounter assholes and sometimes good people who don’t make it an issue and even people who may say or make strange faces only because they are uncomfortable. There’s still a lot of pr...

Personally, I find speech therapy to be an antiquated way of dealing with stuttering as it assumes it's something wrong with how we speak. There is nothing wrong with how we speak as the majority of p...

Stuttering Job Interview

Stuttering Job Interview Just did a job interview and completely bombed. My answers were good but I could barely get them out. I was stuttering soo much, more than usual! Life ain't fair. I know I am ...

Moving to another country

Moving to another country Hello, I'm a moderate to severe stutterer. I'll be moving to Denmark this August to pursue my master's degree in engineering. The last couple of weeks I have been extremely ...

Watching someone else stutter does make me feel sort of self-conscious. I might think; “Do I look like that? Do I sound like that? Do people feel embarrassed by it the way I do?” I would not let that...

I learned that blocks are what mainly caused my speech anxiety, have u tried learning a speech technique that helps u get through said blocks....

If I can suggest anything, it's seeing a therapist. Not a speech therapist, but a regular therapist. I have been seeing one for the last 8 months and its been hugely helpful. So much of our speech dis...

I feel defeated by this disease.

I feel defeated by this disease. In every aspect I am doing alright - I have friends, a girlfriend, a decent job in an office with good benefits thats not warehouse work and I keep in touch with my fa...

i think it's your mindset, you get nervous and keeps on thinking you are stuttering.. so work on speaking in public in comfort, then it will go away, it's not stuttering, it's confidence. and avoid t...

Feeling a little more confident or less confident, will affect how one stutters. And annoyingly, the more one thinks about it, the worse it can get....

¿Do you relate to hard-to-please relatives in your life?

¿Do you relate to hard-to-please relatives in your life? Hello there. I'm looking for common ground between PWS or to know if this just happens to me. My mother and my brother has a strong "male" per...