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It's a jackass response, even if he didn't mean it as such. Maybe try voluntary stuttering on your name each time you say it, even if you can say it fluency. Take all the power of the fear of stutte...

we have to realize that people who judge us aren’t worth stressing over. one of the only positives of stuttering is that you can get a pretty good read of someone’s character within a few seconds of s...

I can’t even say my own name

I can’t even say my own name This is one of my biggest struggles and sources of embarrassment. Recently, I was at the club and a guy asked me for a cigarette, he then asked me my name and i couldn’t g...

I'm the same! I have had to bastardize my given name for years. At any job I have had I have asked everyone to refer to me as a name that's doesn't even resemble my given name!...

How to tell the word

How to tell the word Do u guyz have a technique to say the word that is blocked.. I have speech block... And when block appears.. I usually skip or use synonym, any trick to tell the word, i usually ...

Can't say present mam in class

Can't say present mam in class I am studying bsc nursing 1st sem, my stuttering started at 6th class... But i managed most of my stuttering till 12th... I can read without stuttering and i can say my ...

My habit is to say “I’m…”, for some reason my name is the only word I struggle with with that initial letter....

Any time I have to introduce myself I stutter on my name. Can be frustrating but it also helps me get it out of the way quickly. Other than that it seems to happen at pretty random times...

Yup it’s the worst especially the first letter of my name is one I regularly block on. At Starbucks I’m called Marc because I don’t struggle with the letter M 😉...

Same here. I was going to start using my middle name but realized it wasn’t my particular first name that was hard - any first name would be hard....

I always use “my name is” - I’m 57 and it usually works. But I’m still stressing before doing it 🙃...

I used to say my name then spell it out, but I have a pretty short and easy to spell name lol. Maybe I'll give the 'my name is' option a go. Makes sense what your speech therapist says though, I can ...

I'm the same way! My speech therapist said it's because of the amount of unconscious pressure that surrounds answering that. There's no other option for a word replacement, and the conversation is sta...

I’m the same way. I first try to start with “Yeah, my name is Cody” but if that isn’t working and I’m still struggling, I usually use another name like Matt or Mark. Something that I know I can say at...

Can't say my name

Can't say my name I grew up with a bad stutter, finally getting speech therapy during my teens after the teasing got too much. While the therapy wasn't an immediate success, I took the lessons to hear...

I stutter and want a job (advice please)

I stutter and want a job (advice please) Hey, I am new here and would like to get some advise from PWS with a job or someone who can give me advice. Background: From the age of 5 I stutter, especiall...

If you can say Stevie fluently when alone then you can do it anytime, right? I tell myself this same logic on names or words that I might block on. Finally after many years, I have techniques that hel...

My name begins with a plosive constant, where the first sound of my name is formed by blocking airflow in the mouth and then releasing it, and I always have a terrible time saying it. Think of trying...

most heartwarming experience

most heartwarming experience i was in class and my new friend was also there since we share a good few classes together i’ve mentioned my stutter to her and talked about what helped specifically duri...

Developed something

Developed something For the 3 last years I cannot say the Letter R I’m telling you it doesn’t have to do anything with my stutter . But I don’t know if it connects it somehow . ...