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Bringing up that I have a stutter early in a phone conversation is remarkable in the sense that the weight of explanation or wondering what the other person is thinking of your fluency is off your sho...

Similarity between urination and stutter

Similarity between urination and stutter Sorry in advance for this super weird question, but I am very curious about it. I have stutter and as any other person with stutter I can speak fluently when...

I’m 22m and when I was 15 I was in the same situation with my parents but I’m thankful for that because it’s honestly helped my stutter and gave me confidence to talk to people openly and make phone c...

This is how I am. You say you’re comfortable with them and explain they’ve never brought it up. You can be yourself with them, so you’re all natural. We all have different mindsets about how we handle...

If that’s the case, do you know why I seem to stutter more with my friends? It’s very weird as I’ve never gotten into any big arguments with them and you’d think I’d be the most comfortable around the...

childhood trauma

childhood trauma hello, i was wondering if yous could help me out here. im trying to work out if I have some form of sub conscious childhood trauma with my dad. Im 21yo, male. Ive been staying at my ...

realization

realization It just hit me at work that...... I will stutter my entire life. That shit got me so depressed right now. I'm TIRED of the awkward interactions and people judging me....

Stuttering on purpose

Stuttering on purpose Today I started stuttering on purpose while ordering food to desensitize myself to the fear of stuttering, but I started laughing!! “C-c-c-c can I gggget a mmmmeatbbballl sub” ...

Omg ! I really feel for you so much 💔 like it’s soo shite to have this on a daily basis. I’m the exact same nothing works I’ve just used my own coping mechanisms but still when someone asks simple qu...

Thanks for the graphic. It's just so hard to get out of my comfort zone, because I feel like you'll be judged even if subconsciously, I know they mostly likely won't. I keep telling myself that they'r...

Exactly! It's a combination of reducing (secondary) anxiety and learning to speak with (primary) anxiety. Most anxiety \*fear of communication \* \*fear of negative communication outcome\* \*fear othe...

So you’re saying, by definition, the core anxiety is the bit which is unchangeable for the most part? In that case, I’d say my core anxiety was much smaller than I originally thought it was 10 years ...

Chronic anxiety is defined as primary anxiety and secondary anxiety. The core anxiety that is carved for years whereof every time one opened one's mouth one learned that one will stutter. This core an...

I’m in the marine corps and just the fact that I can run into new people everyday that I have to speak to due to rank. It causes my anxiety to sky rocket....

I understand. I’m in the Marine Corps, and when I was arriving at my new unit I was told to expect a call from my new platoon sergeant. Great. So, fast forward later that day I got a phone call from ...

Hoping to eventually apply to officer school/ a social work program in the army but I still need to gather my thoughts along with getting over the anxiety of scheduling an appointment over the phone...

I've been on Adderall for about 2 years. Stuttered my whole life and diagnosed with ADHD at 38 (40yo now). I find that the Adderall helps my anxiety, which usually helps my stutter. With that sai...

Yep! You can reduce personal anxiety but not system anxiety. You will build anticipation of a stutter, if you are uncertain about the fact that you cannot speak without stutter (having no confidence) ...

Yup. I think that working on that anxiety helped reduce my stutter....

Certainly agree. My uncertainty, anxiety and believes contribute to anticipation of stammering. I assume it's the same with you...