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Are you me? Modeling stuttering after others / feeling it's a developed behavior rather than innate. Mute through high school, girlfriend opened you up, sunk deep into WoW. Played guitar. Better spee...

I've had blocks my whole life. I'm 31 now. I've had chance encounters with others who stutter but only repitition stutterers and only very mild. I've never met another person who suffers 'blocks'. My ...

Anxious from hearing someone else stutter

Anxious from hearing someone else stutter Moderate stutterer here. So as weird as this might sound, I have never encountered another stutterer in my life, or at least haven't noticed stutterers around...

I'm 34 and was in a pretty similar boat. I stuttered severely through grade school, hs, and college. I lost count of how many days nobody could understand me when I was a teenager, I missed out on t...

I'm looking for people to participate in my study. Anyone want to help me out?

I'm looking for people to participate in my study. Anyone want to help me out? Hey everyone, I’m about to graduate as a master of science in psychology. But in order for that to happen I’m looking fo...

Back in the beginning of 9th grade, I told myself that I cannot let my stuttering impact how I live my life and be afraid to say or do anything. I could not prevent myself from taking risks or stoppin...

Some simple pieces of advice from a successful white collar professional who, you guessed it - stutters.

Some simple pieces of advice from a successful white collar professional who, you guessed it - stutters. Dress sharp. Go to a Dermatologist for those blemishes you've been trying to get rid of since ...

To continue on your example; a 'fat' person is medically unable to become non-obese; simple because there is no way to remove fat cells, except by surgery; you can only temporarly remove the fat from ...

I always stutter in my dreams and it makes me sad to think about it. It's the one place where you have a chance to be free of this shit and it just doesn't work that way. Your brain knows that you are...

>do you not feel like it's accepting a vastly lower standard of living? Yeah. I know that my life would be very different if I was fluent or if I could take a pill that made me fluent. When I firs...

Great job, man! Your thoughts echo my own. Got to put life first and the stutter will take care of itself. ...

My college personal statement

My college personal statement Hey, I just found this subreddit. When I was applying to schools two years ago I used this personal essay in my applications. I honestly think that without it, I wouldn't...

There is definitely an immediate established fear when I come across situations where I know there's a pretty good chance I have to say my name. Hard sounds are among the worst for me, so of course my...

I DEEPLY fear situations where i need to meet new people because of this. Whenever a receptionist asks me my name i always simply spell it out instead of saying it. My name also begins with an 'A' and...

Same. I'm forced to go by my first name now (which I hate, and none of my friends call me it) because I can't say my preferred, middle name....

Start speech therapy again, it won't cure you, but it helps, and even a mild improve can make a lot to your daily life. A psychologist might help too, not directly with your stutter but with all the a...

Stuttering Makes You Unique

Stuttering Makes You Unique Hi all, I hope this doesn't classify as spam at this point, but let me know if it comes across that way. I believe very strongly that stuttering gives you a competitive ad...

Can definitely feel you on the cringe. I remember when I tried online dating when I was 18 or so and I was hitting it off with some girl. Then she told me to leave her a voice message on her phone. Yo...

It's situations like this where self-confidence is king. Taking pride in yourself and what you have to offer to the world. Yes, we all face adversity and go through some form of struggle. However, wha...

As I'm typing this out I realise maybe my parents probably do want me to be a better parent than them, don't they? They'd probably even be proud. Typical Asian parents, destroy your kid's self esteem ...