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Giving a presentation at university tomorrow

Giving a presentation at university tomorrow so ive been lurking in this sub for a long time and i never post, but today i just feel the need to. so im a guy with severe stutter coupled with social en...

Im an extrovert at heart, one time in my life I had many friends and an outgoing life. Now because of my stutter I am an insecure, paranoid and frightened stuttering mess. I feel like a fragile leaf a...

This is well said. I have a terrible stutter that amplifies drastically when in high stress situations. I’m in the military, and every time I try to speak with high ranking officials, it comes out ful...

Exactly my situation, you described it perfectly. I literally get locked up when I talk to people. I can’t even say the words I think are easy to say. Sometimes I can’t say anything at all. I’m a...

Stuttering, even during practice interviews

Stuttering, even during practice interviews I (25F) was born with a stutter and I have been dealing with this challenge for all my life. I’ve gotten speech therapy since I was a child and I still use ...

I've always been anxious even before I stuttered but my willingness to try new things and do what I want has pushed me to do alot of stuff. When I was in highschool I had to present what I had made in...

Explain to them how communication breaks down when someone stutters. Eye contact is lost. The person hearing has an emotional reaction – pity, mocking, empathy, whatever. They feel something. They kno...

When i play it on my pc, the bosses will not give their intro speeches because they have social anxiety related to their stutter, but they scream and roar without a problem...

Wanting to be an actor and giving up

Wanting to be an actor and giving up I'm 25, since the age of 9 I wanted to be a professional actor. Thing is I have a severe stutter blocks and all. I manage to control my stutter when I act. I a...

do have any tips when dealing with d, a and b blocks? I'm 17 and never had blocks until last year. I've always loved talking and growing up my stuttering was on and off/elongation. It never bothered m...

I get it but how did u face the looks of people and their comments on ur stutter...

I don’t stutter, but my friend’s a speech pathologist. She told me that it helps to stutter on purpose a little, as that moves the stutter under your control. Since you are using your agency, it also ...

If severe anxiety is exacerbating your stuttering, why not ask your doctor for anti anxiety medication to help you? Once you have your anxiety under control, or will indirectly help with your speech f...

I feel like for me, because I stutter, and the anxiety of the anticipation that I will stutter makes it worse. Also, because I try so hard to hide it and not let people know I stutter, it happens more...

Of course it’s just my opinion, but the most realistic and best performance of a man who stutters is in the movie a “A Fish Called Wanda. You can look it up… it’s an incredible cast, and a funny, amaz...

I’ve been a life long stutterer however I noticed my triggers in childhood stemmed from my overbearing mother and twin sister who would always talk over or interrupt me. I was always shy but became in...

I sold furniture for 7 years. I had some real struggles at times. Hard to initiate conversations with some customers at times too. Lots of anxiety. Glad I had a name tag on because saying my name is ...

Thank you! >why does this professor not follow the accommodations you have been allowed? I never spoke to this professor before as i was hesitant to do so, because I thought since I’d only be prese...

Two things going on here. First it’s the anxiety, fear, anxiousness, and the first time the stammer is probably meeting this man for the first time. I am the same way, when it comes to meeting someone...

Attributing a lack of decency to listeners natural response to a very uncommon situation is not going to help US, the people who stutter. In fact, the negative feelings we hold towards listeners ca...