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You don’t have control over how other people perceive you. But you do have control over how you feel/react to others. Seems like OP is salty about how others perceive him and needs to stop being a lit...

Anxiety doesn’t necessarily mean stuttering. Only people with an underlying stutter will stutter more with anxiety...

100%. Speak to your doctor about SSRIs, SNRIs and MAOIs (in that order) they can be a life saver for social anxiety...

I don't know your feelings on speech therapy or prior experience (likely bad), but finding good therapy at this point could be a priority. As for the date, did he know you stuttered on the first date?...

I need better advice than “push yourself”

I need better advice than “push yourself” I need advice from the only people who actually understand what it’s like... I’m so ******* sick and tired of people’s advice to be to “push yourself”...Tha...

Yes. For me I think its a combination of not being in those situations as often and the fear of being judged....

“I’ve been this way so long it feels like something’s off when I’m not depressed” - a line from Happy by NF I think this describes it well. I get what you mean. I’m the same. This fear, this cage I’m...

Agreed. The biggest problem about my stutter is the fear of it. Fear is keeping me from being my true self. I think it’s less about the stutter itself and more about your perspective on it. If the fea...

Help

Help my whole life I've had a stutter, it has gotten better over the years, but it still exists. I just have one big problem, because of my stutter I developed very bad social anxiety. basically, I ca...

I stutter less when I'm talking to someone close to me. Anyone else feel the same way?

I stutter less when I'm talking to someone close to me. Anyone else feel the same way? Like when I'm talking to my gf or close friends I realize that I stutter less frequently and less badly compared ...

Stuttering? You care more than anyone other

Stuttering? You care more than anyone other I just wanted to briefly describe my experience here, which has made my everyday life with my stuttering much easier. Namely, the fact that no one cares wh...

I think in some cases, like mine, we have a mild stutter only, but crippling anxiety and depression from a long time, which contributes to our stutter. So it may work for me to be more confident. B...

Thank you. I am experiencing exactly the same things : I feel so confident and self-aware too that when people tell me that I look insecure I think "What the heck ? I'm clearly the opposite of what th...

I get you. No matter how confident I feel people told me that I get across as insecure. It makes me mad because I don't feel that way and I know that 's because of my stutter. I'm pretty outgoing and ...

Does anxiety medications and such work ?

Does anxiety medications and such work ? I have a mild stutter as it is, it does flair up every now and then and it isn't consistent, I'm sure that's the same with most people. I also have some socia...

Do ignorant people tell you that "You lack self-esteem" ?

Do ignorant people tell you that "You lack self-esteem" ? ...because it happens to me all the time and I think it is due to my stuttering. I find it really irritating actually even though I know they ...

Its a classic shit test that women do. If your a minority/POC/disabled expect women to make comments about it when your first meet them. Its a sign that she's attracted to you. It's a good sign shes t...

Naw man don’t over think it. She obviously is friends/more with you and has seen you multiple times. If someone has a problem with ur speech they probably wouldn’t see you for a second date...

Something a girl I dated said to me

Something a girl I dated said to me So there’s was this Puerto Rican girl that I was talking to for a couple of months and she knew I stuttered but she never mentioned it but this one day it kinda jus...

Your right but the problem is despite what they say most ppl including girls care if you stutter its a fact. Especially a girl who has other options no matter how good looking u are. Hence why I only ...