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40-something here. Just a couple of tips: Try to 'stammer forward' - don't repeat sounds, and always be trying to move on to the next sound whenever possible. Maintain eye contact (not in an 'establ...

i know what that feels like. to just feel like a slave to your voice. it's the worst when you know exactly what you need to say but you just have to sit there and fumble with your mouth while everyone...

and that's the thing, i LOVE to talk to people and socialize. i'm a social guy with people i feel very comfortable with, it's just in situations where i'm nervous i choke. i really appreciate your res...

Also a 16 year old stutterer here. The thing I want you to know is that most people (I mean like 99.9999999%) won't care about your stutter and are mature enough to understand. You're your own worst e...

I have my own theory for this. The fact that we stutter gives us a disadvantage, therefore we have to adapt and I think most of us are very good listeners. I don't talk a lot because of my stutter so...

I don't know the answer. It comes and goes with me??? I am sure anxiety plays a role, maybe not the root but exacerbates it. What I do know is anyone today that would discount you b/c of your/our sp...

I mean, I agree and disagree: I do think that anxiety plays a huge role in it, but the root cause is dually a subconscious tightening of certain muscles in the neck and improper breathing when speakin...

For the most part I'd consider myself to be extroverted. However, just like everybody else on the planet, I do enjoy many moments alone too. ...

You got this! The only advice is to relax and let it flow. As a mild stutterer myself, even though I feel speech blocks at least once per sentence, no one seems to notice but me....

Just wanted to say, before selling my soul to the devil and going corporate, I also worked as a journalist - for three years, on a tropical island off Africa. First I covered the general news beat and...

I'm very extroverted. I get energy and happiness from being around people. Even though I stutter, my friends tell me I'm the most outgoing in the group which to me is very ironic. Though I'd say that'...

No I consider myself an idiot, I do notice that I do get "louder" ( if you want to call it that) when I'm playing basketball but as soon as the game is over and I sit down to get some rest I turn back...

You can definitely work in journalism, my friend! My only skills in school were in English, and at your age I took physics and chemistry in high school instead of advanced English purely because I d...

Yeah that's a very good point. Most introverts I am friends with aren't picky so much as reluctant to let anyone in, and to them letting someone in is defined as being their friend. As an extrovert I ...

Oh I definitely agree! People and their personalities change all the time, but the Myers-Briggs part is only one side of a person. Like others have mentioned it is not scientific, but it can still se...

It may not mean a lot, but a ton of us, myself included have felt very similarly to how you are describing. It definitely does get better, people stop being assholes, and you become more comfortable w...

Natural extrovert. I reckon if I didn't stutter I would probably be talking to everyone all day about everything. ...

I've formed my opinions through my own personal experience as a stutterer & from my interactions with others who stutter. Obviously your experience has been different from mine as you've met peop...

I absolutely agree, and I'm glad you asked that question, because it leads into an important issue amongst a lot of stutterers. I spent four (mostly) wonderful years with my crush from early middle s...

If you want to look at it that way ;) I'm here simply as a resource for anyone with questions about how I made it here, and also to serve as proof that stuttering doesn't always have to hold you back...