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I used to beat myself(metaphorically) up whenever I had a block and didn't force it through at the fear of making a weird sound. I thin that is okay as well. A mindset shift is required. We need to un...

The only realistic step is to accept it and let it be. Just communicate how so ever. Stutter, break, write or use sign language, doesn't matter....

!3 year old with a stutter

!3 year old with a stutter How to best to help a young teen with a moderate to severe stutter. He is in speech therapy. We see little to no improvement. He doesn't want to practice his exercises at ho...

Please help! I'm really struggling.

Please help! I'm really struggling. I have been stuttering since I was 10 or 11. Now I am 29. I am really struggling with my stutter. it happens in the form of blocks. a block can last even for more ...

Shit happens!

Shit happens! Went to Chili’s for dinner tonight and when it was my turn to order, I had a very hard block on ‘chicken.’ The waiter actually laughed at me. I was hot, tired and stressed. It happens. W...

I hate ordering pizza, yet one place I go to the waiter there is so nice and let me take my time and I can see that he truly cares. Try to forget about it and enjoy your pizza....

You’ll get more fluent but you’ll still have a stutter. Having a stutter isn’t the end of the world and there’s so many worse disabilities you can have. Just speak and improve your fluency for your ow...

It is a shame when he had to be - of all bad policy decisions he might've taken - to get his campaign derailed due to a stutter - I remember Trump making fun of it in 2016 . I have nothing to do with ...

I totally understand you man, there's nothing like the intense feeling of shame that comes from having to pass off the phone or resort to writing or something. But suicide really isn't the answer. T...

💯 well explained! I'm going through the same problems due to the speech blocks making life frustrating and impossible to live....

This happens to me quite often as well, too. I could be speaking perfectly fine with a coworker and then the phone rings, and an immediate vocal block happens when I try to say hello. It's to the po...

so true. my life would genuinely be SO much easier if i could just speak fluently. people really take it for granted. i'd be living a really different life to be quite honest if i didn't stutter...

We go through so much because of our mysterious disorder. Only we stutterers really know how limited our lives of stuttering are. Even just the frustration they will never understand....

Stuttering is a complex issue that involves fear, anxiety, low confidence, and a lower quality of lifestyle. While speech therapy can help improve your speech, the effects often fade after a few days ...

How do I have un-awkward conversations

How do I have un-awkward conversations Every single conversation i have has to be awkward obv bcs i stutter. How do i have normal conversations despite stuttering coz am done with this....

Stutter

Stutter Has anyone else just wanted to stop talking and using alternate ways to communicate? Talking is just so painful and exhausting and takes so much effort and time. ...

It’s like the difference between no WiFi and slow WiFi if you know what I mean. I would much rather be mute and use sign language than stutter through everything....

Advice for stuttering

Advice for stuttering I'm 20 years old and I've had my stutter ever since I was about 9 years old. It wasn't as bad as it is now back when I was a kid, but as of now it's personably unbearable. It's a...

As I see it, people rarely takes us seriously, they might just show us kindness, but we are really just viewed as slow people, and not a real disability. Its probably because they have a hard time un...

Depends on the severity, but most likely yes. The key phrase is "if it significantly impacts your normal life". Mine counts as a disability and my job works with me to accommodate. I Have also had my ...