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This is exactly it. I talk pretty much fine to my immediate family like my wife and two kids but, phone and video calls are pretty much a wreck for me....

Video interviews and meetings are always tough for me too. Not sure why, but there's something about being on camera and being stared at that makes me a bit uneasy ......

Had a very bad video interview today

Had a very bad video interview today Jus wanted vent somewhere, where people understand me. Everyone says just be calm they are just people. But it doesn't matter if I'm calm or not. I stutter regardl...

Lol I kept it real with people on this subreddit and was attacked because people kept being optimistic to the point where it was kissing non stutterers ass. "Oh accept me for who I am", that's all bs...

No negative effects for me so far. I rather think it helps my anxiety and therefore I don’t overthink and stutter less....

To me it was more about me bullying myself. With all the disorders I have I felt like a inferior black sheep and I also have a mild autism I did not know about until I turned 27 I misunderstood so muc...

Serious questions

Serious questions I understand that I need to 1000% accept my stutter and realize that it's ok to stutter, In order to make my speech more fluent. But all that accepting and optimism falls face flat o...

In my personal experience my mental state dictated how well I could control my stutter. In my teenage years I was very confident and socialized often which resulted in me not stuttering very often if ...

Answering phones

Answering phones Hi all, first time poster, long time stutterer (21m). I work in an office and am expected to answer the phone if nobody else can get to it. It has only happened twice since I started...

I've NEVER dated but I don't think I'd have that problem. I just have this fear that I'm unlovable because I'm a freak. And I'm also terrified the only person dating me would be an insecure loser or s...

That's one of my main reasons why I won't have kids. I will have social anxiety and be unable to parent. Toddlers have an attention span of 5sec how are they gonna listen to me and take me seriously...

Was any of you passive aggressively bullied?

Was any of you passive aggressively bullied? I never was really bullied. But I always felt like I was an easy target. And people/friends would just out of nowhere say stupid/rude stuff to me that I d...

Consider what it is that you're afraid of: people laughing, feeling embarrassed, making unusual gestures, etc. Talk about your fears, write about your fears, think about your fears. Don't ignore your ...

Exposure therapy: looking for ideas for introducing myself

Exposure therapy: looking for ideas for introducing myself I am mostly fluent, but introducing me is my nightmare. It’s like gambling. Sometimes its perfect, even in front of 50 people, sometimes it’s...

And what's the way to overcome that, i don't seem to stutter when I'm taking to myself or my pet but I get worse at times speaking to people i think it's mainly because of anxiety, any ways to prevent...

Please help me

Please help me I have been selected for the Orientation team and I have to interact with the new students. And when I tell my course name 'Programming' I stammer at that word and some other words too....

I've never had a problem getting any girl I went after. Being timid does not mean you don't have confidence, it means you don't show confidence. Too much confidence comes off as cocky, and alot of wom...

Hey OP i would personally prefer 1. Something I searched up that I feel like would help you alot is the “spotlight effect” which can help with social anxiety. And that basically means “We tend to thin...

You don't need a way to overcome the stutter. You need a way to overcome your fear of stuttering....

I have the same issue! I’m 27 and have gone my whole life saying my name fine, although I did have a small stutter I grew out of when I was little. Over the past year, I have developed a speech block ...