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Could you expand a bit? I’ve always dreamed of becoming a fighter pilot but worried my stutter would hold me back. I feel like the technical aspect would be doable (I’m a 4th year mechanical engineeri...

First time commenting, but I am a military officer and had a very tough time during my first tour, due to my stutter. Due to the high stress environment it went from mild to sometimes severe. However...

I feel the same way and I think constantly about how to improve my next interaction. My efforts are rarely fruitful, and I am mentally exhausted. I don't by any means have a bad life, but I feel like ...

I definitely think my sleep apnea (and me not using my CPAP) cause the tiredness and increase my anxiety which leads to spurts of stuttering. Thanks for the comment!...

Military and stuttering

Military and stuttering Hello everyone, just wondering if anyone joined the military with a stutter? My stutter isn’t terrible and for the most part I can get my sentences out (social pressure sometim...

The worst thing you can do is avoid it. In the general case is. Stuttering causes, anxiety and fear of speaking *first*. Not the other way around. And if you have people that you trust. None of them w...

Precisely, if your worried about something that could be affecting your mental health worrying people you talk you. You *can* stop *that*...

I think generally there’d be an increase due to uncontrollable stutters having a negative impact on ones confidence and mental health...

To be clear, which isn’t true. Anxiety/ lack of self confidence doesn’t cause the stutters is almost always the other way around....

People are very capable of being charismatic and confident with some egregious stutters. I think the reason those both don’t happen more often is because a stutter can often have a negative impact on ...

I agree with the other comments. Having a stutter sucks but being surrounded by judgmental assholes is even worst....

How much chances for self-confidence boosting in my early teenage years I’ve missed out on. Which includes development altogether as making friends, and feeling excluded and general increase to anxiet...

Stage fright techniques for stutter?

Stage fright techniques for stutter? Just had an interesting thought and wanted to hear if anyone has tried this or heard of this. Has anyone tried using stage fright techniques to help with their stu...

Ugh… I feel your pain on the drive thru. I used to have such anxiety about ordering. I’d ask my sister to order for me, leaning over from the passenger side. I’ve learned to be ok with writing my orde...

That is the first thing that comes to mind if you're reading a story like this, but if that's happening to you, in the heat of the moment you feel too devastated and just want to get as far away as po...

I think time pressure is actually one of the biggest causes for stuttering because now even though my stuttering is significantly less, when I still do stutter it is almost always because I tried sayi...

Exactly! I feel like alot of stuttering gets worse because of panicking....

Yah man sometimes we think too much of our stutter I too have a moderate stutter and when I think about it I stutter more for eg if there is a phone call i have to make I'll keep on thinking about w...

Thanks for sharing your experience. The time pressure is one of my biggest issues, I really try hard to overcome it, but I think it takes a lot of time, it's a habit of years, I can't overcome it in d...

This anger is good. If I were you, I would use this anger to my advantage and overcome the anxiety of stuttering in public and throw myself into worst stuttering situations without controling my fluen...