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Struggling with Stuttering in High-Pressure Situations – Need Advice

Struggling with Stuttering in High-Pressure Situations – Need Advice Hi everyone, I wanted to share my experience and get some advice. I often struggle with starting a conversation in certain situat...

Feeling demoralised from speaking on the phone

Feeling demoralised from speaking on the phone Hi guys, I've just moved back to Melbourne after a year of travelling and am now looking for a job. I've missed out on quite a few job opportunities bec...

Now how the Hell do I deal w/ microbiology class

Now how the Hell do I deal w/ microbiology class this course is gonna be the death of me man.. what do you mean we’re barely just starting and the words peptidoglycan, lipopolysaccharide, and glycocal...

"Is this how you talk to customers?"

"Is this how you talk to customers?" I work in customer services. Every time when I picked up a call, I could only say "hi". I wanted to say more, like "thanks for calling ..." or "this is ..., how ca...

Has anyone had a brain study done while getting blocks?

Has anyone had a brain study done while getting blocks? As the title says. I'm curious what our brain is doing while we block. I get extremely frustrated whenever I block because the stupid word(s) wo...

Unable to secure any job offers due to my stutter

Unable to secure any job offers due to my stutter I (28F) have a situational stutter meaning you wont find me stutter in normal occasions but when I am giving interviews, I really get stressed and I g...

Weird way of stuttering…

Weird way of stuttering… I say “ like “ every time i cant say a word, and then try to say it again that way The reason for this is flow, obviously we all know we dont stutter when we sing, because it...

Something it worked for me for severeal years for dates and interviews.

Something it worked for me for severeal years for dates and interviews. Hi, First a little bit of introduction. I have been a stutterer for as long as I can remember, it has always been with me, sinc...

Stop hiding, just do it

Stop hiding, just do it So basically without any thinking i decided to get into this subreddit and share half of my day cuz i feel stressed ( it's the same feelings that i got for like 6-7 years, when...

I literally have the same issue as you and i know now why its happening to me so the thing is the stutters have a idea that they have to use effort to get the words out so they starting to build up ai...

My vocal cords are too weak?

My vocal cords are too weak? When I almost “ whisper “ while talking, I can say my words in full with okay punctuation. But when I talk at “ normal “ volume, I sometimes pause mid sentence. Or at norm...

Stutter worsening

Stutter worsening I've been stuttering since I was a kid. I've tried speech therapy a few times. It didn't really help. I'm almost 24 now. My stutter has significantly worsened over the past one year...

I block in the beginning. More like a whu whu whu muu muu kuu kuu. It's weird It's like my diaphragm locks and I can't get any air in or. My head twists and turns with the hope that the correct word w...

The problem is much deeper than just tripping over our words. It is the feeling inside that hurt. Feeling totally block and paralyzed for apparently no reason. And then the shame.... :(...

The best way, honestly, is to tackle the stutter directly. I’m guessing you get hard silent blocks, especially around words you cannot switch, like names, food order, address, etc? If you are intere...

Mine has changed over the years. When I was younger, it was only stuttering, no blocks. Now as an adult, I rarely stutter, but I block all the time. I wish I knew why it changed, not that it makes a...

Yes. My blocks pop up sometimes. Hard to pass through....

Yes and i think block stutter is worst, like you get freezed, your system is down and not responding. you are giving your everything to pull out the word but No, you get failed. you can not do that. a...

Yup, same. Traditional stutter probably til I was 10 or so, then shifted to blocks....

It's the beginning of a sentence for me. Once I get the first syllable out, I can usually glide through....