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Stuttered in class So today is my first day of classes for the new semester. I went to class today trying to hype myself up for the introduction part but when it came to my turn I just couldn’t do it....

I feel you on that bro. Hate when I stutter even when talking to the people I’m most comfortable with. Glad I’m graduating college this semester....

It’s ok everybody has bombed a job interview sometime in their life. Even people who don’t stutter. The more you interview the better you’ll get at it. One thing that helps me is before i start the in...

I understand you, have the same problems in high school, i feel like lost my friends for no started interaction with they, it for fear fear of stuttering....

Same here. I’m 40 and don’t stutter much these days, but the possibility of having a block is always on my mind when talking in front of a group. I’m also returning to school this week to begin a new ...

In the same boat as you. I think all my classes this semester require participation but there’s one class in particular where I have to give a 25 min final presentation (it’s a group one tho) and mult...

That's what I do. I'm now 43 redoing uni online and my once severe stutter is now mild, but still I don't avoid the meetings or speaking assignments. I tell any group members that I stutter and to jus...

I feel like stuttering is making me loss my friends I had made.

I feel like stuttering is making me loss my friends I had made. So last year sept 2022 i moved to a new city for my bachelor's degree and everything was going well for a like one or two months, but th...

I've always tried to face my fears head on. But I understand that is easier said then done especially in a school/ college environment. I think if it is negatively impacting the rest of your life you ...

Should I drop this class that requires heavy participation and presentations?

Should I drop this class that requires heavy participation and presentations? This semester I have a class that requires heavy class participation and presentations. My stutter along with social anxie...

You fluently told you're nervous and other sorries because you are comfortable in owning that. You are comfortable being nervous in front of people hence you were able to tell that fluently. I think ...

For me personally: What makes it worse: talking to family (don’t know why), talking to crowds ex. class presentation (nervous/anxious etc, heart rate def increases), calling on the phone (nervous mayb...

Thanks for such an informative comment. I will try all those steps. As you said, I do feel extremely nervous and mostly have blocks rather than repetitions. I think it's because I want to hide my st...

I'm 27(f) now and was a serial dater until I met my current bf. All through my 20s, I did the dating app scene and all I can say is that any guy who does not know how to react to a stutter is an emoti...

As others have said, a silent block is one of the three types of primary stuttering behaviors. The other two are repetitions and prolongations. But however you want to describe it or talk about it, i...

I'm on SSRI for years and had a bad block last week in a meeting. Couldn't say the person's name. Eventually stuttered and got it out. And I don't stutter most of the time except when I pych myself ou...

Stuttering is not only repetition, blocking is also part of it. I'm the same as you, as in I block mostly in anxious situations, like presentations and interviews. What I noticed is that, in my case,...

Dating advice?

Dating advice? Does anyone have any dating advice for people with stutters? I've tried the online dating scene but I'm very self conscious about my stutter and feel like I can't possibly be perceived ...

What is this? I don't stutter, but I "block", and it only happens when I'm anxious. The anxiety can be due to speaking in front of a crowd, or it can be anticipatory anxiety about a certain word that begins with a certain letter that I know I've blocked on in the past.

What is this? I don't stutter, but I "block", and it only happens when I'm anxious. The anxiety can be due to speaking in front of a crowd, or it can be anticipatory anxiety about a certain word that ...

In person I talk mostly normally, no issues. On the phone I stammer a lot if it's not a close friend because I feel like people are busy and need to rush through it. I even sometimes stammer on the ph...