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“Many stutterers experience significant struggle when speaking, which leads to the most common misconception about stuttering therapy: that speech therapists should help clients eliminate stuttering e...

‘But what if I told you that struggling to speak doesn’t come from stuttering itself, but from how one reacts to a moment of stuttering?’ Is it? How about the fact it takes at least twice as long to ...

As Im getting older life is getting tougher.

As Im getting older life is getting tougher. I can't express the way I feel when I have to face injustice and can say nothing. I have no one to express my struggles. No one takes it seriously. Sometim...

Most of my friends have left, and what's bad for me is that I'm a social person and I can't go out and meet people because of my stuttering. These days, especially this year, there have been embarrass...

You need a way to feel some agency over your life (not necessarily control of your speech. You can stutter and still feel in control of your life). I don't know how old you are but if you live in Amer...

Needing advice on dealing with depression and overthinking

Needing advice on dealing with depression and overthinking I need advice from you about sadness, depression, and overthinking. I want something to help me feel better, but without alcohol, weed(drugs)...

Hey man I completely understand what you’re going through. Tbh I was surprised reading this because I felt like I was reading a description of myself. I’m in the exact same situation, been living in J...

Stuttering and Anxiety – FeelingTrapped and Seeking Advice

Stuttering and Anxiety – FeelingTrapped and Seeking Advice I developed a stuttering problem at the age of 8 due to a physical abuse incident, and since then, my childhood trauma has only escalated. Ov...

I’m gonna scream like a banshee.

I’m gonna scream like a banshee. So I have a Zoom interview with a major law firm next week for an entry level position, with a partner and an associate no less. I’ve been making notes and practicing ...

Yeah makes me wish people would be better at listening.I don’t talk much as a result when I don’t have to.Its tiring...

Stutter turned into Blocks

Stutter turned into Blocks I used to stutter, like repeating sounds until i could say the word. Now I can't do that. Instead my body tightens up, my mouth tightens, I can't breathe. I'm standing the...

Bullshit I say. No offense, but I’m now 40 and my stutter has completely ruined my life. Yes I allowed it to happen, but what was I supposed to do? Nothing worked. I haven’t dated once because of this...

This might seem silly but I wanna know

This might seem silly but I wanna know 18M sometimes when I can barely have any stutterers then one moment I just can’t say anything and even repetition doesn’t work my throat is just locked up. I fee...

I’m sorry. I know what I be been though and it sounds similar. I also know the mantra “now is not forever - and I feel free” saved me countless times from the darkest my hopeless times. I started pla...

Watched and educational video about happiness and it made me really sad.

Watched and educational video about happiness and it made me really sad. I’ve just watched a video titled ‘What the Longest Study on Happiness Reveals,’ and every second of it, I couldn’t stop thinkin...

Stutterer in Japan

Stutterer in Japan I am Stutterer and I live in Japan. I somehow can manage to control my stutter in my native language but I stutter(block) so bad in Japanese language. Because of stuttering/blocking...

Memory lose

Memory lose Since I graduated from high school, i can Barely remember shit from it. I think it’s because of my stutter and it was the worst time in my life i was depressed and had really awful experie...

You are…missing the point… Many people who stutter *cannot communicate at all* in any meaningful way. I’ve laid in a hospital bed before for over an hour trying to ask for help, unable to speak when...

When I was in my early twenties, I took a 2-week workshop in Italy that changed my life. Basically the teacher asked us whether we used stuttering to avoid things that scared us. I realized immediatel...

I prefer to pretend to be mute than to stutter

I prefer to pretend to be mute than to stutter I'm 24 years old and i've been a stutterer since i was 8, more specifically dyslalia, my jaw locks, i make a lot of force and i can't get out a specific ...