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Stuttering in itself isn't a psychological disorder. But it certainly can affect the person psychologically due to experiences with stuttering....

As a senior I recall thinking just like this in my younger years. OP you are on the right track and don't ever feel shame for your impediment. If I could start life over again I wouldn't worry so much...

How do you feel about talking?

How do you feel about talking? I stuttered when I was a child and it really hurt my confidence/self-steem. I wouldn't speak up much in school or actively talk to people. I pretty much only spoke when ...

> I'd say most of us have a harder time with people we dont know or speaking to people of authority. For a lot of pws (persons who stutter), we worry about making a good impression or are afraid of...

I'd say most of us have a harder time with people we dont know or speaking to people of authority. For a lot of pws (persons who stutter), we worry about making a good impression or are afraid of list...

Thought I would share a friends job interview..

Thought I would share a friends job interview.. A friend of my told me about a job interview he went on. This person is very very self confident, calm and good at his job. I wont go into the details, ...

I am a stutterer and this is my story

I am a stutterer and this is my story Hello everyone. First of all, excuse me if you see any grammar mistakes, since English is not my first language. I'll do my best. I have been a stutterer since I...

" Having a stutter is pretty shit, but it has made me who I am as a person and honestly I feel the experiences I've had have made me a hugely better and more rounded person than without it. " It took...

Haha yeah I feel that. Obviously I would prefer to not stutter, but it is kind of nice having a filter that keeps me from saying the first thing that comes to my head at all times. I wouldn't want to ...

Oh gosh, I just saw I forgot to reply to your questions. Sorry about that! Grad school got in the way. Anyway, I don't mind answering your questions publicly. 1.) I think the origin of my anxiety is...

I've always had a fairly severe stutter so it's always been open. I've read books, been a member of the NSA for a long time and tried numerous therapies and even i'm still trying to accept it. For som...

I have a so heavy stutter its kinda impossible to hide. As time goes on you care less and less. Im 23 now and almost forget that i have a stutter sometimes. Would say the top peak of "caring" about yo...

Even that won't help him answer his question. As I kid I stuttered less than I do now and I was more extraverted than introverted. That changed when my stuttering became eorse and I became uncomfortab...

Do you think you're a shy person? If you didnt stutter do you think you would be shy? There's your answer. There are tons of fluent shy people out there and they dont have developmental stuttering. ...

I always thought that when I don't think about it. I'm fine because there's no fear. I don't think about it at all and I only stutter in 5% of my interactions. You wouldn't even know unless I told you...

I was shy because I stuttered. It wasn't until it started to creep up like crazy. It was back then when I was afraid to speak....

i have been wondering about this connection for a few years ever since observing traits of OCD within myself. i have very strong urges and compulsions to do certain things very often, which in some c...

Not everybody with OCD has an obsession with speaking fluently, and perhaps, if you have the time, you should look into the the connection between stuttering-anxiety-OCD - maybe there is one. ...

As someone in a clinical psychology graduate program, I doubt there's a connection. Both conditions are diagnoses in the DSM but one is an anxiety disorder (OCD) and stuttering is not, although stutte...

I don't know much about OCD, but the "getting stuck" doesn't seem to have a motor component to it -- so it's not about the motoric aspect of transitioning into the next task, it is getting stuck to me...