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I barely masturbate, so no. Masturbation is unrelated to stuttering but the unhealthy consequences can lead to more stuttering. Masturbation is basically a biologically-created drug, and it is used t...

No….If you feel like you are becoming addicted/obsessed to the point where it’s wasting an inordinate amount of time, that problem can be dealt with independently of stuttering. Honestly, so can the f...

tbh i feel like my stuttering triggered my mental health issues. it def increased my anxiety. i’ve always been shy, since i was a toddler, but developing a stutter made it so much worse to the point w...

Are you sure? It’s not easy and mostly involves doing the opposite of what you are probably doing when you talk. It’s scary at first...

My stutter is my depression. Whenever I speak I can’t get words out so I always l have to abandon whatever I want to say. This makes me not be able to do anything from developing relationships and fri...

I struggle in subway, my worst part is when they ask if I want it toasted, I struggle on that. One time there was quite a few other customers in there and a couple started to stare at me when I stutte...

I don't know if it was depression from a clinical standpoint, but I did become numb to everything. I was socially anxious and was afraid to talk. Luckily I was never bullied because of it, and I could...

I have a sub saved in my phone notes that a friend recommended, I'm yet to order it but it's there if need be lol Foot long italian bread Chicken Cheese Bacon Toasted Lettuce and red onion Whi...

For some reason I feel mentally blocked by having that barrier at Subway between me and the other person. It’s like the physical blockage becomes a mental blockage lol...

For a stutterer I think large crowds are fine if no talking is involved. With social anxiety the problem is the crowd or anyone in general that could be judging....

I think the unknown creates the fear. I’ve been on small stage before as a performer and felt fine. Mostly because I knew my routine and didn’t have to talk....

Unfortenetly, stuttering also makes a listener lose interest more often then not!...

Maybe the folks that are not OK with stuttering think WE are not worth their time......when I stuttered many yrs ago to someone they walked away...they probably thought I was not worth their time.......

People tend to avoid feeling uncomfortable...and stuttering makes others uncomfortable so they flee the situation when it happens!!...

That happened to me this a.m. at sunoco!!! I randomly greeted someone --took a few seconds.....but they didn't reply...i simply assume they didnt understand me......I sort of just shrugged it off.......

Do you get frustrated or embarrassed if you greet someone and get no response?

Do you get frustrated or embarrassed if you greet someone and get no response? I find it very frustrating, because it just takes so much effort for me to eek out even a hi and then not get any respons...

I attend uni rn, when teachers announce at the start of the semester that there will be some presentation, I start counting days and feel the same the day before. I feel you:)...

It’s interesting you mention this, no I think people don’t notice it as much as I do. In fact, even times when I struggle people seem to just be happy I helped them. They don’t think I’m incompetent I...

I actually belong to the stutter and social anxiety community. I saw someone’s thread about having to give a presentation on a microphone to a crowd. Just wondering which is more intimidating…. a mic...

That looks terrifying. My fluent speaking wife looked at your photo. And now she has anxiety!!! 🤣 Well done with your speech! 👏...