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I’m working a cashier position at Walmart rn (I’m 17) and that helps me to improve my social skills generally, including making eye contact. I’m surprised how quickly working started helping my speech...

Phone calls are the WORST for me. Luckily I do pretty well in IRL conversations, to the point where many people didn’t even know that I stutter until I told them...

It used to be almost everytime I was asked to speak/talk knowing people watching me, like in school, when ordering at a restaurant, basically anywhere. Then I got a job in retail and had to talk all t...

I heard B1 was good with stuttering. Been giving it to my son who Inherited this awful gene. Previous post on Citalopram. That is the only thing that has helped me. I’ve gone from someone who can’t s...

Stutterer here. I went from a severe stutter in my childhood to a more mild one as I made my way through high school. You have no obligation to deal with or take on anyone else’s problems— no matter w...

Just a little win for today

Just a little win for today So last Friday I went to a job interview (nothing too prestigious, just a fast food restaurant where I would work during weekends and nights), it was my first interview so ...

I Conquered My Fear

I Conquered My Fear Last week, I went to a tech convention to promote my business. I didn't have a vendor booth but I had swag to hand out and I needed to figure out a way to talk to people. A friend ...

First, congrats on your new job! The name thing gets a lot of us it seems, it’s awful. I’ve resorted to saying, “ sorry, I stutter” on a few occasions after blocking. Maybe your new boss will facilita...

Good! Thank you, if you remember please let me know how u feel about them. I feel like that, before I had the B-complex I couldnt have the "energy" to speak properly, now I have the energy to speak bu...

I feel you brother... I imagine people at my work think im weird as hell, but I keep speaking anyway. I work in psychiatry but sometimes I feel like I should be there as a patient lol....

As a person who stutters and whose job consists mainly of talking on the phone, I can empathize and have some advice: Make those calls and talk. If you happen to stutter on the call, accept it. Stutte...

Have you tried toastmaster? and did you stop talking when you feel your words blocked? I've also tried many methods you have listed, the only method truly that works for me is to just try to talk li...

My boss gave me a Starbucks card today at 10 am. It was in someone else’s hands by 11 am....

Give it a shot - it was probably the single-best thing for my speaking confidence I've done outside of speech therapy. It's a club full of supportive, helpful people. My employer at the time had a g...

Hi there, I'm also a long time lurker here. I'm 40 years old and I've always stuttered and when I was a kid I could hardly talk. I still stutter with some blocks here and there but in my years I lear...

I used to be terrible on the phone, so I know that feeling of dread when you have to make a call. Years ago, I got a job that, unbeknownst to me, required a fair amount of talking on the phone. Long s...

I did McGuire when I was in the U.S. Although I have never used the technique on a daily basis, the whole experience gave me more confidence in a way I know if I stutter I can use the technique taught...

I killed a stand up comedy set.

I killed a stand up comedy set. Just wanted to share cause I know this can be a very gloomy sub where you start to think you arent 'normal' cause of your speech impediment. I struggle with social pr...

Severely stuttering woman who changed Portugal’s history

Severely stuttering woman who changed Portugal’s history Hello all, If you haven’t come across this member of the Portuguese parliament, check her out. https://youtu.be/4LGQBK4pw24 https://ww...

Does anyone else stutter more when they're talking to someone in a higher position than themselves? A manager, etc.

Does anyone else stutter more when they're talking to someone in a higher position than themselves? A manager, etc. I'm fairly fluent even though I stutter. In my normal day I probably stutter 70% of ...