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“So in short, ask him to become aware of what he is focusing on during a speech block (eg anticipation, stutter pressure, body tension, tensing speech muscles, hearing himself stutter, techniques, wor...

Helping my brother

Helping my brother My brother has been stuttering for a long time but in the last six months it has gotten a lot worse and I'm scared that it will affect him going into highschool. Parents don't wann...

Same here! In my case The triggers are psychological English is my second language so i have fear of being judged for saying things wrong of being laughed at, that fear is unreasonable because no one ...

It feels like nobody actually knows me

It feels like nobody actually knows me I have stuttered since i remember and i have most of my life adapted my life to my stuttering. To as simply as going to the store and buying something to skippin...

how to find a job with a severe stutter? I'm worried about that

how to find a job with a severe stutter? I'm worried about that I'm 20F. Currently I'm studying at University. 2,5 years behind, after 1,5 years I'll finish it. It's very hard for me to study with sev...

> Only 8% percent of your worries might come true, so 90% won’t I get what you fear from and the truth is that you’re stronger than what you think you are and you’re going to be ok when you’ll stut...

Yes exactly. We know what it is but for someone who has not had any exposure to stuttering it can be alarming to see that they ask- U okay? You can’t take it personally. They just don’t know any bette...

DH thinks it’s just automatic: people see someone struggling and feel like they need to do something so they ask if you’re okay. I think it’s just particularly annoying to me because usually the peopl...

> I think part of the reason why I stutter is my anxiety and I don’t know how to overcome it either My tip is to distinguish instinctive anxiety from your personal anxiety as well as distinguish s...

Same here. It can be really hard for me to start my sentences in phone calls so I get the "hellooooo?? Hello?" Then hang up lol...

i think we need to be friendless to stop feeling this fear of socializing. i always walked beside my brother, so unconsciously i never needed to socialize forcibly, even when i felt lonely and unable...

Finding Hope in Life

Finding Hope in Life Hi, I’m in high school right now and I have a stutter for more than a decade now. My stutter has been very severe lately and I was wondering how to have hope in life and keep goin...

I feel extremely alone

I feel extremely alone I couldn't socialize properly in my teenage because of my stuttering and social anxiety, and now I'm 21 and still can't socialize. That makes me feel very lonely, especially tod...

I do the same thing when I speak Spanish. That’s the main reason I don’t speak Spanish to anyone. I’m pretty good at it, but I get so embarrassed....

Stuttering in a foregin language

Stuttering in a foregin language It stresses me out big time. My foreign language is actually english but when i practice pronunciation or speak to myself i hardly ever stutter. I don't remember mysel...

Anybody else find that their stutter triggers the most when trying to talk to someone who doesn’t know you’re there?

Anybody else find that their stutter triggers the most when trying to talk to someone who doesn’t know you’re there? Something about being the one to initiate the conversation first without anything b...

Bro I didn’t have my first job until I was like 24 because I had such bad social anxiety because of my stutter. It’s cool. Don’t worry about anybody but yourself. You’re in this race against yourself,...

looking for a job

looking for a job is my first time in my life looking for a job, and i am tremendously anxious about it. i'm 21 and i feel so late in life, entering my last year in college, never worked before, don't...

Hey, I hear you. I had a lot of apprehension about a work related call today. It went better than expected, thankfully. In there lies some of the difficulty. We can be convinced the call is going to g...

Thoughts on this excerpt from the book “The Courage to be Disliked”

Thoughts on this excerpt from the book “The Courage to be Disliked” Hi all, I’m currently reading The Courage to be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga. It is a great book and I do recommend...