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Struggling. :/

Struggling. :/ Stuttering is so isolating. The struggles are so specific. No one in my life can relate to anything like that. I've had times in my life when I coped with my stutter and had a lot of co...

I tried to find that exact clip but found this is instead. Very helpful. I also like to follow how Matthew McConaughey uses his voice and hand movements to tell stories. Whenever I had a bad word, I o...

Any tech professional who stutters?

Any tech professional who stutters? I have a tech job. It's really hard to nagivate and articulate my thoughts. My school and college days were competitive and i didn't care about others as I wanted t...

It made me such a better kid and person I started QB I was class clown when the teacher asked who wanted to read I put my hand up PROUD.. Why, because my dad stuttered and he wasn’t ashamed he was my ...

Exactly, you hit the nail on the head. As you pointed out, if we don’t like our own stuttering or feel afraid to show it, how can we expect others to accept it and be comfortable with it? It’s somethi...

You mean, why is it hard to admit to people that you have a stutter and to start talking with a stutter? Because we are ashamed of it. People, in general, find it hard to admit their imperfections, li...

I can speak for myself: Its so hard for me to accept stuttering because stuttering is not something I see people commonly do. Even if I see someone stuttering they stutter gracefully. In my case its m...

Thanks for sharing your experience. You are right about the same solution that is not applicable to everyone. Mirror practice or avoidance techniques are not only solutions. We need to work on minds...

Honestly, them "overcoming" the stutter is a big exaggeration. Generally, this means they just learned to control and suppress it by doing specific exercises. Even for those who supposedly overcame it...

Here's something that is true for me and for lot of stutterers that I've met: The more you try to hide your stutter, the more you start stuttering. The less you try to hide it, and just stutter openly...

Aaaand just like that you discovered what eastern meditation philosophy, esp, the buddhists and hindus have been teaching for thousands of years. Its a fascinating topic which I've also started gettin...

I get flack all the time in this community for saying this. I don't have bad intentions in saying so. I've improved quite a bit from stuttering but not quite there yet so I'm still here looking if peo...

I see, I do agree with you. Even though we live the same struggles, the way we cope with them is very different. Personally, that “speak freely” attitude is a double edged sword for me, but it might h...

Onset at that age is more rare, but not extremely rare. Some people's stutter develops later. The good thing is you can deal with it in a more productive way than we did when were kids. Don't try to h...

Don’t feel badly. We do whatever we have to do. If that can allow you to more comfortably express yourself it’s the right thing to. Another stutterer....

Job Interview - Sales

Job Interview - Sales I just had a job interview for a sales job! I think it went okay... As okay as you would expect a person with a non sales background to do. I have a very mild stutter. its very...

The best treatment is to acknowledge you stutter and stutter freely. Then you start worrying less so you end up stuttering less. So take a job that entails a bit of talking, it will be tough but in th...

I actually know ASL and am fluent in it! Communication is hard for both, it’s shocking how little the hearing world actually knows ASL let alone how to accommodate for deaf people. Don’t give up hope,...

I wouldn’t suggest lying about being hearing impaired as people struggle with that and lying about it seems a bit wrong (in my eyes ). I use asl whenever I have a particularly bad stuttering day and ...

On a personal level, fighting my stutter means letting myself stutter freely, and it’s mentally draining. There is no sole method for all of us unfortunately...