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commentr/StutterApr 28, 2024
3 points

I sure hope things have changed. Just letting it fly got me ridiculed throughout the five years of highschool (Australian). My advice is, if nothing has changed, to tell the teacher beforehand to work...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacySchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionSelf-Advocacy & BoundariesSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterApr 26, 2024
5 points

I don't think there's an opportunity to tell the examiner since everything is recorded the moment you enter the room. At least in my case this is what happened. It's a lot better if you have a certifi...

School & Work
School & Academic Life
commentr/StutterApr 26, 2024
7 points

If you can tell, just tell. They usually fine with it. Keep in mind they might give you some nerve due to their poker faces. I did fine on my IELTS test despite of my stuttering (7.5 OVR). I am sure ...

Social & RelationshipsSchool & Work
Disclosure & Telling OthersSchool & Academic Life
postr/StutterApr 26, 2024
7 points

IELTS speaking test on monday

IELTS speaking test on monday I'm an English native speaker required to do an IELTS exam for my masters .I have made significant improvement on my stutturing through out the years. I dont know if i...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & WorkAnticipation & Avoidance
Anxiety & Social JudgmentSchool & Academic LifePreparation & Rehearsal
commentr/StutterApr 25, 2024
1 points

Chin up soldier nothing to worry about even if you can't speak certain words sometimes. Hard relate on the creator making me crippled by speech but physically fine. I am at such a point where i can't ...

Speech & StutteringSchool & WorkEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesSchool & Academic LifeAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 25, 2024
1 points

I’m in the same boat, people think I’m stupid also and when I said I wanted to be a surgeon I was made fun of by others in my class and from then on I wanted to quit my dreams...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Shame & EmbarrassmentSchool & Academic LifeHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterApr 25, 2024
2 points

Been in speech therapy since the age of 4, now in High School and currently going to the one at my school. So far it hasn’t really been helping. Some of the techniques are useful like easy onset since...

Therapy & ProfessionalCoping & AdvocacySchool & Work
Seeking TherapyTherapy ExperiencesFluency Techniques+2 more
postr/StutterApr 25, 2024
1 points

Please help

Please help This is probably the first time I’m accepting my stutter somewhere, so I’m planning to study abroad for my masters, and I think my stutter will affect it. I have a minor stutter, not a sev...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Severity & FluctuationAnxiety & Social JudgmentSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterApr 24, 2024
3 points

For me, blocking could be anywhere between 6-10 seconds before attempting again, then get blocked again. Then when I do say it, it sometimes sounds like I’m out of breath. Stuttering (for me) really d...

Speech & StutteringCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesSeverity & FluctuationAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterApr 23, 2024
1 points

people just misunderstand it, they see it as a flaw or a personality issue because when they hear about the word "stutter" they think about the normal one, it absolutely sucks to be misunderstood, i m...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Stigma & BullyingSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterApr 23, 2024
3 points

Surprisingly, I'm a substitute teacher. My stutter mostly goes away around young children. I try to stick with 2nd grade and below because the older kids can get really mean and disrespectful about my...

School & WorkIdentity & Disability
School & Academic LifeStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterApr 22, 2024
4 points

Yup, been there and remember those presentation days all too well. I know how embarrassing it is but you just have to say fuck it and stutter. It's a few minutes that seems like a lifetime but once it...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & WorkEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionSchool & Academic LifeAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterApr 22, 2024
11 points

I have a 6 year old that started starting pretty hard last year and we're lucky to have an understanding and lovely older teacher. She is very understanding as her husband went through years of stutt...

Parent & CaregiverSchool & Work
Home SupportSchool & Academic Life
postr/StutterApr 22, 2024
11 points

Lowkey, I'm tired of stuttering

Lowkey, I'm tired of stuttering It has not gotten any better since my last post. I've tried to implement strategies given to me into my daily life but I can't think like that, especially while using t...

Coping & AdvocacySchool & WorkEmotional Experience
Fluency TechniquesSchool & Academic LifeHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterApr 22, 2024
24 points

It's unbelievable how a lot of teachers doesn't know what stutter is or how it works. I'm from Brazil and went through the same problem in my teenage years, it was awful. I hope they understand your p...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Stigma & BullyingSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterApr 22, 2024
4 points

I had a teacher try to explain to me why I stutter and kept insisting it was aphaxia. No matter how hard I explained that it wasn't at all that she wouldn't hear it. Later she marked down my participa...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & VariabilitySchool & Work
Stigma & BullyingTrauma & PsychologicalSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterApr 20, 2024
2 points

High schoo can make him or break him it can develope into bad or hood talk to him every day ask how his day went let him role play and help reduce social anxiety...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anxiety & Social JudgmentSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterApr 19, 2024
2 points

Have you tried ChatGPT's mobile app? I've used it as a voice chatbot before. You can get it to act like an interviewer or ask you whatever kinds of questions you want....

Community & SupportSchool & Work
Advice RequestsSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterApr 19, 2024
2 points

Med student as well here, what I learned over the years is to not think about stuttering and speaking in a low voice so that you don't gasp for breath in between. I have an osce exam coming up as well...

School & WorkCoping & Advocacy
School & Academic LifeMindfulness & Breathing
commentr/StutterApr 19, 2024
3 points

I’m not sure but if you need someone to ask you questions and listen in an interview situation, we can turn cameras off! Then I’m more than happy to help...

Community & SupportSchool & Work
Advice RequestsSchool & Academic Life