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Yeah it sounds like severe PTSD, and those anxieties come from very real negative encounters. The problem of the dysfunction is that you start to view every interaction as the same. Stuttering for me,...

>Stuttering is associated with nervousness/anxiety which unfairly gets attributed to incompetence. You hit the nail on the head. I would personally say that this is the main reason why we are all mis...

Stuttering and Military

Stuttering and Military I'm in AFROTC, and I'm wanting to commission as an AF officer when I graduate, but I do have a stutter. It's not horrible, but it does get bad especially during more intense si...

Thank you! Your advice was so on point. I’m definitely trying it next time. I'm replying to your comment now after I got back from the presentation this morning, and honestly… it went better than I e...

Thank you for sharing your story and advice. Yeah, being not fluent in English is one the reasons make me stutter more. And I fully agree with you about the more we are nervous, the more stutter we do...

It's not just that they might misinterpret stuttering for being "slow" when you stutter it naturally causes a disconnect in the sacred Homo Sapien obsessed flow and dance of speech/communication. It i...

Truth be told, as a 31 year old I wish I could go back to being 18. I always pushed myself into situations and careers where I was forced to publically speak. I did it as a way to empower myself and t...

Help: I have a presentation tomorrow

Help: I have a presentation tomorrow Hey everyone, I have a group presentation at uni tomorrow and I’ll be speaking for about 2 minutes. I’m extremely nurvous and worried that i might block or stutte...

I LOVE THE IDEA and I think you’re gonna get more comfortable as you’re midway thru your speech when you realize that all the people you thought might be judging are all of a sudden TOTALLY on your si...

I experience the same with speaking languages other than my native English. My stutter is much worse in a different language. I also attribute it to a confidence issue. I am less confident speaking in...

So sweet for you to ask. Do as you usually do. Try to keep what you were doing when the stutter began. I stutter and I also have ADHD and am uncomfortable with eye contact. I talk to people who stut...

I have yet to hear those but I would have to agree most stuttering is based anticipation of the words then fear driven...

Is life significantly harder as an adult who stutters?

Is life significantly harder as an adult who stutters? I recently turned 18, and I graduated high school in May. I didn't go straight to college (poor), so I decided to take up a trade to help pay for...

This breaks my heart. Stutter causes anxiety which causes avoidance. The biggest wake up call for me was when I understood how I was using stutter to hide from life. Please talk to her about this and ...

Downvoted because of #3. High intensity training leads to better overall fitness, confidence, and better self-image issues, which reduces overall anxiety and “caring about what other people think of y...

Honestly, the nerves make total sense — especially when you’re already dealing with a stutter. One thing that helps a ton is lowering the pressure: you don’t need to sound perfect, you just need to ke...

My theory is that when you talk they expect you to be like everyone else and once you start stuttering they forget what you said and fixate on your stutter and most people don't know what it is. I mea...

Man I really hate how everyone views us. If you aren't speaking completely fluently then you assumed to be dumb....

I have no problem asking my wife for help calling someone or whatever. She's there for me. I try and do all I can on my own, but there are some days where my speaking is really bad. I hope you can be ...

Stuttering very often comes with anxiety and other mental health issues though....