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It depends. if it’s someone I know I don’t care that much. If I don’t know them I get kinda pissed...

Depends on who and the situation. If they’re people I know and can see I’m genuinely struggling to say it, all’s good. However if it’s someone I don’t know or I’m not struggling with the word, then I ...

You are definitely not worthless. When I get unhappy about something, I always say to myself "things could be much worse" and it helps because there are millions of people who are living a much worse ...

There is something incredibly powerful about how my mindset effected and effects my stutter. When I feel content, not pressured, happy and maybe relaxed, I just feel like I won't stutter. The tensio...

Our son had whole exome sequencing and in doing so, they tested us, the parents as well. No variants came up for that gene, or any other gene detailed in stuttering studies. I did have a variant in t...

Lower your expectations and relax a bit. Once day is not much. If it happens, acknowledge it, make a joke of it and move on. Honestly, in allot conversations, most people are more concerned about what...

I think you are aiming a lot for perfection which subconsciously puts you under a lot of pressure to feel forced that you need to be smooth and consistent in verbal communication. People can have flaw...

“Your bad days only last as long as you resist them” Wow… that’s definitely a quote to remember. If you have time, could you pm me? I have some questions regarding stuttering and anxiety...

My stutter caused me a great deal of social anxiety as a kid a teenager. I overcame it by accepting it and telling myself that I don't owe anyone fluency. Took a lot of work and putting myself in posi...

A while ago I was ashamed of my stuttering. But now I don't think about others, I think about myself and stuttering makes me angry. In my mind the words are so clean, but when I go to speak Its so hea...

Very well said <3. If more people followed your advice, I think our Quality of life would increase dramastically. In my case, after entering university and gaining more confidence step by step, I w...

Oh yes, anxiety! What came first, stuttering or anxiety, that's the same as that brainteaser about what came first, chicken or the egg. My theory is that the two of them cooperate, stuttering makes me...

No problem at all! Yeah, that's very true, I find that my speech gets worse when I focus on it too much and that as a result, I start to stress more, which creates a toxic speech cycle, it can be a v...

Thank your for the kind words! Appreciate it. I also noticed it depends on mental health a lot. Over the years I became hyperfocused on my speech which makes it harder to focus on the substance of a ...

Really sorry to hear that you are struggling with this! I've had a Stutter my whole life, and while I fully know that I can't completely relate to what you are going through, there have been times i...

You summed it up perfectly. I do exercises daily, such as: reading out loud various texts, speaking to myself in the mirror, trying variations of speaking faster/slower, breathing exercises. These ar...

By the time I was in my twenties, I had coped with that social anxiety and fear. I wouldn't say that I coped with it well. When I was very young I was a very nice kid. Stuttering did a number on me ...

Stuttering has taken a toll on my mental health. There were times when I had NO confidence because of my stutter....

Hii! I've had a similar outbreak recently. I've noticed during my online presentations that I stutter so much that my teachers think I'm having issues with my connection (yikes) and just take over for...

Oh my goodness, every single thing you said about your severe stutter resonates with me 100% I experience these EXACT same problems and on top of it I’ve developed a TMJ in my jaw causing high tensity...