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Have to give my first ever presentation in English Class on a word that best describes me, i chose "Restraint"(Big mistake btw). How should i handle the anxiety while presenting, have this fear that my delivery would suck and i wont able to finish it.

Have to give my first ever presentation in English Class on a word that best describes me, i chose "Restraint"(Big mistake btw). How should i handle the anxiety while presenting, have this fear that m...

Personal Experience: Ashwagandha + L-Theanine Helped Me Become Fluent!!!

Personal Experience: Ashwagandha + L-Theanine Helped Me Become Fluent!!! NOT AN ADVICE. This is my personal experience I’ve been a stutterer all my life. Maybe since I was 4-5 years old. I am now in ...

It's definitely happened to me on numerous occasions, and recently. I'm 24 and still struggle with this response, especially since it's always from adults who should know better. I really thought this...

I recommend to not link self-esteem to your speech performance. I find it more effective to feel fear or tension, and speak anyway, I argue that this kind of '**confidence**' is more effective than 'n...

Great. Happy to help! I recommend you to do this **homework**: everytime that you block, ask yourself: '*Why didn't I move my speech muscles to the next sound (just now)?'* Likely, you would return an...

That's reasurring to hear, and I think I agree with your conclusion. So far, the stutter techniques I've learned have only made me more aware of my stutter, so I might be better off just seeing a psyc...

According to research *almost all people with a late onset stuttering* will fully outgrow or recover from stuttering within a couple of months or years. I argue that '*speech techniques*' will make yo...

I think this also happens to others too, not just to people who stutter. Some people can be bossy, condescending and think they know what others think, or that their job is to tell others what they sh...

There is debate on this forum whether or not stuttering is psychological og physiological. Some begin stuttering after being bullied, or experiencing traumatic events. Me myself, as many others, was b...

Standing up for yourself

Standing up for yourself How do you all deal with people assuming what you want and literally putting words in your mouth when you can't say a single word in order to say what you actually think? Like...

Little stutter rant

Little stutter rant Hello. I haven’t been on this subreddit for long, I have posted here and there though. I’ve had a stutter since I was able to talk, had speech therapy for about 5 years, and I’m no...

Unfortunately, I am in my 40s and still have the whole mindset. Social anxiety and depression as well. But I have made lots of improvements from my teens and 20s. I started stuttering at 12....

I wanted to continue!

I wanted to continue! So today in my class we had to present and I honestly was nervous, we all have been there. Heart is beating, stomach is tight ect. So I get called and I right off the back start ...

The best tip I can give you is to just give yourself some time. In my case my stutter worsenes when I am consciously thinking of stuttering, and since you mentioned you are worried about a potential s...

Late onset stuttering?

Late onset stuttering? Hi, fellow people who stutter! As you might have guessed by the title, I have a peculiar case of stuttering that first came every once in a while when I was about 18, and now ...

>*If a stutterer can speak in front of himself comfortably and without stuttering (most of the time), why doesn't he do the same in front of people?* You suggest: "***If a stutterer can speak in f...

>All fear and negative preconceptions that we will stutter will be gone and confidence will increase. You suggest "***All negative preconceptions that we will stutter will be gone***". In other wo...

>letter Z is zah zah zah Thank you! You suggest to say 'zah zah zah' when pronouncing the letter Z. **Question**: What should I do, if I blame fear to stop breathing or to stop articulating which ...

>if you cant prounounce the hard word or letter wirth the technique, exaggerate the letter for a minute ( using hiting the first word ) Mah..Mah..Mah..Mah..Mah.. Thank you! You suggest to exaggera...

That is your anxiety talking, I know because I had it too. Especially surrounding my stutter. The examples I listed all seem valid reasons to me. You have to start somewhere. I began by calling u...