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**Question #1** **Killing the difficult letter:** Make a phone call and exaggerate the difficult letter by hitting it three times or elongating it for 5 seconds. Once you kill the difficult letter,...

I think about that rarely but when I do I try and use it as a placebo effect to try and help me stutter less...

In the book Life on Delay: Making Peace with a Stutter, the author John Hendrickson goes into how OCD and stutters are actually quite related in the brain, so this wouldn't actually shock me. Highly ...

It helps me to see it from the other persons perspective in situations like this. 99% of the world doesn't have any idea what stuttering entails. It sucks, but he's just doing his job with someone he ...

I agree that “we take longer and it takes more effort” but in the reality of OP and many others, there are also many circumstances where *we are not able to fully say what we want to*. Many people ...

My issue was getting people who would hang up on me. I've also had people at dr.s. offices when I'm calling to schedule an apt tell me that I need to call back when I have someone they can better und...

Oh, you poor thing! I've read here the post of another stutterer who, when stopped for a routine traffic reason, was detained by the police officer who thought he was holding -back information or usin...

Oh nooooo, OP I’m so sorry. My husband finds this happens to him when he has to speak with law enforcement. One time they thought he was drugged/drunk....

Thank you so much, this really helped me before my first shift. You are 100% correct, I judge myself so much more than anyone I serve. I’ll speak poorly to someone and they won’t bat an eye but in my ...

Hmm, okay. Have you seen the SBSK video 'life with a stutter and social anxiety'? Do you think that stutter is severe?...

Bad experience through immigration

Bad experience through immigration Hi all, I just landed in the US and had a terrible experience when going through the US border. Any interaction I have with law enforcement or with someone who has ...

It's common for stuttering to be more pronounced around other people, especially if we feel anxious or self-conscious. I think your theory is spot on – when we're alone, there's no one there to ju...

sometimes i just wanna be deaf whenever i’m talking…

sometimes i just wanna be deaf whenever i’m talking… because whenever i have my airpods on with noise cancellation, i know that i can’t hear other people or any type of noise that clearly, so i don’t ...

Mine is 100% stress, anxiety and the anticipation of stuttering. The more I work on anxiety reduction, Relaxation and acceptance the more my stutter improves...

My stuttering trigger is anxiety and stress, I can be perfectly fluent if I am calm and not triggered. As I got older, I get less triggered so I stay mostly fluent. People around me today don't really...

Mystery

Mystery I stutter to other people but never to myself or by myself. My theory is that I’m just too anxious around people and when I’m alone, no one is there to judge me so I don’t stutter when I’m by ...

First College Presentation

First College Presentation Hello! I have my first college presentation coming up in 3 weeks. I have plenty of time to prepare, but I wanted to ask y'all for some tips. Presentations in high school wer...

1. There is such a thing as biological resiliency or simply having more biological likelihood of happiness. Two people can experience the exact same horrible event, but based in their biological re...

I remember feeling like this when I was first beginning to date up until I met my fiancé. I wasn't in a real relationship until college, and in that relationship, I stayed because I was afraid no one ...

Well, I think that my stutter is mild. In the first sessions with people, I stutter more, but as the time goes by, and I get more comfortable, stuttering is decreasing. It can be good as a therapeutic...