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Yep! You can reduce personal anxiety but not system anxiety. You will build anticipation of a stutter, if you are uncertain about the fact that you cannot speak without stutter (having no confidence) ...

Fear of anticipation makes stuttering worse that you can block on every letter, when you learn that anticipation is not a threat as Matsu explained, then you let go, you are free....

Thoughts like "I'm broken" will do you much greater harm than your stutter. “Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outs...

Nice work! You deserve to celebrate! It also must be nice to meet people who can look beyond your stutter and see you for who you are, and what you know. What you can bring to the table. I'm proud...

And when meeting new colleagues, please proudly tell them you stutter. We tend to block *because* we are trying to hide the fact that we stutter. Congrats!...

Time for a victory dance!

Time for a victory dance! Got a new job..as a DEPARTMENT MANAGER! I’ve been stuttering since I was 10-12 years old. Was brutally bullied because of it for a long time. (I’m now 27) Last time I was ma...

To establish a 'healthy' social circle, you should befriend those who can accept you, who also tend to be good friends, instead of those who are labelled as 'inferior' to you by yourself, and you shou...

I understand that blocking for 5 seconds might be a lot for you. It is for some, for others it it not. I have myself blocked in front of many people, during large lectures, presentations etc. in the m...

Thank you very much! I will definitely check that podcast out this weekend. It's interesting that voluntary stuttering is common to other programs. I feel like with Lidcombe there really isn't much ta...

Yeah I understand that side of things. I used to avoid social situations and never disclose that I had a speech impediment. Over the years I’ve been avoiding less and disclosing more. Acceptance for m...

I would search the sub to see if anyone else has posted this same question and received some good replies. I'm guessing it could helpful for self acceptance....

I get it, but It'll be with you the rest of your life. If you live resenting it, you'll have a miserable life....

there is nothing wrong with your stutter, don't force yourself out of it....

Stay at home and get a personal assistant to do all the verbal interaction. Seriously though, acceptance that sometimes things will be uncomfortable is the only to way to deal with that discomfort. R...

He’s a guy who overcame it. He wrote a book. No gimmicks, no nonsense “control techniques” or fluency methods etc. He’s the man....

I totally get where you are coming from with your view on speech therapy, as I used to view it that way too. It can be frustrating to see that there really isn't a way to get rid of a stutter fully, b...

"Is "accepting" the stutter also like giving up? " Many people who have removed stuttering told me that 'confidence' to believe you can do it, is important. So in that vein, if you give up and believ...

Is "accepting" the stutter also like giving up? Where you just accepting it and talk without worry. Would this allow us to overcome the stutter?...

Research shows that 80% of kids remove stuttering completely (it's called outgrowing stutter). If you give up or label as 'I'll always stutter' then by definition you expect a stutter (reinforcing hab...

Trust me man the more i tried hiding it it just became more of a burden for me now i am getting used to it and am comfortable about telling people about it and my stutter has comparatively gotten soo ...