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Slowing down. Toastmasters for a little bit. Toastmasters training me for the stressful situations that make my stuttering more difficult. I think getting comfortable with being uncomfortable and slow...

Damn you are so smart. This is also why my wife and I will never have children and why I kill puppies by the truckload every weekend so I can make sure I never get an excess of that naughty, naughty d...

Stopped caring. The more I thought about not stuttering, about techniques to avoid getting stuck, it seemed that the worst it got. I still have bad days and good days, and speech therapy definitely he...

Take biggg deep breathes! Usually helps me and don’t worry about what other people think! I tell everyone I meet I’ve a stutter just to get it out of the way otherwise when I was younger I kept it to ...

Acceptance and exposure therapy reduced my anxiety about it and built confidence which increases fluency which increases confidence which increases fluency. I still have periods where it's bad but I ...

Hey, it might just be that you're subconsciously trying too hard to make friends (I used to do that too and never realized until now), and others are reacting to that. DM me if you like to talk about ...

I didn't really do anything....it just got a lot less intense on its own, although I still Stutter and mostly when I'm anxious or I think about me stuttering...

So I still stutter, but I just became more confident, that in itself helped me. I became more confident by putting myself in speaking situations (presentations etc) I also find taking a deep breath...

Anyone here NOT struggle to make friends?

Anyone here NOT struggle to make friends? I feel as if I am exceptionally bad at making friends, and I know that my stutter plays a role in that. But I want to know if this is the main reason why peo...

I think the military is gonna skyrocket your confidence, and you'll make a ton of progress with your stuttering....

Malcolm Fraser! This quote is on page 145 of his book on self-help for stuttering. I read it years ago and it's stuck with me, it's a great analogy! https://www.stutteringhelp.org/Portals/English/boo...

Thanks for the response! I am right with you. My biggest fear when it comes to stuttering is arguing with someone other than my mom and brother. I’m afraid that the other person will continue to put m...

Same bro , first week in uni and it sucks hearing all the people around you talking and making friends while i am struggling just to say my name , stay strong bro...

Perhaps you need to redefine what you mean by “ruin the whole thing”. When I think of what it means to “ruin” something, I think of destruction, and this only happens in a conversation when something...

I’m so cripplingly lonely and frustrated

I’m so cripplingly lonely and frustrated I’m well over a month into university, and it seems like everyone has already made strong friendships. While I did do well in the first week of university, I’v...

I think my moment of improvement was realising that 1) many non-stutterers also struggle with starting/continuing conversation 2) 99% of people you speak to don't care that you have a stutter, they h...

I cant start conversations or continue conversations because im scared i’ll stutter

I cant start conversations or continue conversations because im scared i’ll stutter Whenever im talking to somebody or going up to someone to speak with them, i find it so difficult to get the confide...

So interesting. For me, if i am able to make eye contact, i don’t stutter. It’s when the person isn’t looking at me or via the phone that i have the most trouble and experience blockages. Stuttering i...

Thanks a lot, your words make a lot of sense. It's just one month away, and all of a sudden I went into full panic mode today and broke down into tears once I started thinking my soon to be kid could...

First off, Practice many times before if you have the time. If you have to do it kind of on the fly, i always start with a joke which calms me down and boosts my confidence. I feel when I am more conf...