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IMO, people with a stutter will probably never be completely fluent. The latest research shows that it's a neurological disorder. However, anxiety and tiredness can make it worse. Personally, I find t...

Are you sure you were refused because of stuttering? I thought as well. But then realized that I was overestimating myself - I mean I was looking for positions that simply were not for me. I don't ha...

Some people stutter more when praying, while others stutter less when praying (for example, because they tell themselves that God doesn't judge them negatively, and thus, they feel **less** pressure /...

>*"I only seem to stutter when I pray, I don’t know why?"* If you pray, to the almighty being, you are being yourself, sincere and authentic, and that triggers stuttering. If we instead, use a strang...

The more you have avoided speaking the worse it has gotten. , Stuttering has a huge element of approach-avoidance conflict. Practice saying simple sentences at home—and say the entire sentence—regar...

It is difficult but the simplest advice that helped me in Uni and beyond was not to think about it at all.  What happens happens, no one really cares and the worry stays with us.  Imagine people going...

I don’t get nervous about stuttering because I don’t expect to stutter. That’s because I only started stuttering a few months ago as a55 yr old and I routinely forget that I stutter. I don’t do it al...

Sure, there's gotta be several ways to do this but I'll go into specifics: I will drive to a semi-empty parking lot so my family couldn't hear me talking. Then I set up my phone in the car with the ...

Many of us are considered to be excellent writers. We can express ourselves without hesitation and only choose the words we know we can use without stuttering. The whole world of expression is now ope...

So true. Think of our vast vocabulary. We have all the tools to express ourselves in the easiest way for us....

Great post! **My summary**: (of the post) **Disabusing beliefs (especially the identity)** * The "ideal self" is shaped by societal expectations especially when it comes to communication * Society ...

Yeah this totally, I've always thought this, since I was very young writing was a way I could express myself, let the words out freely.. I rember in school, my English teacher reading out a story I...

I totally hear you and agree! Though because I've made a career of writing, I find myself having to do public speaking sometimes, LOL. Which is kind of ironic. I've definitely had some embarrassing mo...

I definitely feel like I can express myself better through writing. I can use whatever words I want, where I want, how I want, without any worry. Furthermore other things I struggle to get how I want,...

Do other stutterers enjoy writing more and feel like through writing they can be their true selves?

Do other stutterers enjoy writing more and feel like through writing they can be their true selves? The written word is a stutterer's best friend. When I'm writing, I can just let my mind flow. No wor...

That's the thing isn't it? That's why there's so much tension around the subject of recovery. There's a subtly there where, if it's curable simply by doing things differently, than that subtly feels...

IYO, Is stuttering simply a consequence of using our mind in a maladaptive way?

IYO, Is stuttering simply a consequence of using our mind in a maladaptive way? My stuttering is genetic because my mum stutters.. still.. **This doesn't mean we can't speak fluently** if we: 1. do...

It’s a cycle, but by changing your mindset you can move out of it. Check out some of my posts which include some great tips that have helped me and also some other posts that other group members comme...

Yeah. I did. I had a bully growing up that every weekend would get super drunk every weekend and start looking for a fight. I was much smaller than him so no matter what he would always win and beat m...

Well I wasn't trying to be rude or anything by the way I was just a little baffled that's all. But I know I'm less experienced then you but try maybe looking into what caused your stutter, was it an a...