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It’s so Fucking weird! I grew up in the 90s where taking on the phone was completely fine. My first jobs were talking on the phone. Now I have such anxiety of speaking on the Phone!! I always sound ...

>now it’s just become this “thing” where I’m so afraid to stutter You have your answer. The only way out is to challenge your fears and let yourself stutter....

Welcome to the club. I have a similar experience. Years ago I was presenting to my class in a regular basis, I was nervous yes, but I wasn't scared. I stutter here and there but I was somewhat comfort...

Stuttering gives me anxiety, and anxiety makes me stutter.

Stuttering gives me anxiety, and anxiety makes me stutter. I used to not GAF about the fact that I stutter, then for some reason, I got a huge complex about it. I started trying to “play it off” and n...

Dude it does. I have a bad stutter and I'm 31. When I was in highschool it went away like 50 percent. Came back in my late twenties hard. I have my good weeks and bad weeks. Sometimes I feel it has a ...

Im software developer and I'm changing jobs for the first time after spending 3 years with my first company. Here I didn't have to attend meetings if I didnt want to, expetially if they are in English...

Drinking more will definitely help you in the longterm?? the fact that you are more fluent w lower boundaries should be evidence that the problem is more anxiety/emotional. I’m aware of the agony o...

I miss him or is it co dependency

I miss him or is it co dependency We had met in college in September 2019 and we had started off as a one night stand. After that we had sex every weekend as we was busy during the week cause of schoo...

This attitude is most likely going to only hurt you by make your blocks worse. It’s only evil toward yourself. How do you actually know they felt bad for laughing about your stutter? They could hav...

My question is: Do you really become the leader when drunk, or do you THINK you become the leader? If you really become the leader, think for yourself «How can i bring this feeling of confidence back ...

Thanks. Yeah, he’s done all that with good results, but he’s regressed slightly. It’s worse when he’s tired. Obviously, family are really patient, but his friends just tend to talk over him and he’s f...

Yeah I'm not sure how I can improve my confidence, although I know it would be life changing if I could be just as confident sober as I am drunk...

I don't really get spoken to in a patronising way, but I definitely feel that part about being the conversational fifth wheel....

I feel like this is the moment they check out of the conversation and want to start talking to someone else...

I may come here and tell you to not give an f, but let’s be honest we all do. As time passes by, you get used to all this stuff. It still bothers me, but I just don’t focus on it anymore. Try to think...

It probably has a lot to do with the way you are far more social when you’re drinking as well. I know when I used to drink, I became the most social, talkative, hilarious and popular person in any g...

How can I stop being afraid of saying words that I think I’ll stutter on?

How can I stop being afraid of saying words that I think I’ll stutter on? With certain words, I tend to say it ok when alone but when with others, I will tense up and I can feel the fear in my head wh...

Mate I'd highly recommend taking the approach of trying to tolerate the ignorant people. Not for their sake but for yours. You'll have a better life if you are less angry at a the world Most people ...

I never stutter when I’m drunk am I am treated infinitely better. The contrast between how I’m treated drunk vs sober is stark....

I used to go to therapy years back. Maybe when I was 6 or 7 and I don't think it necessarily helped? It made me more aware that I was "different" in a way. And throughout school. I never had many frie...