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I recommend meeting people online, or texting/email first. I find the words that I can’t find an alternative for like the name of my school, siblings and their names, what I’m interested in, just gene...

I usually tell them prior the (telephone) interview that I have a stutter, just to let them know. It makes me think about the stutter less and we also avoid the uncomfortable part “Is everything ok?” ...

I was a waiter for almost a year in my twenties. The only advice I have is to find a script that you can stick to. It helped me to say the same things every time I sat a table. The more you do it the ...

I've been there. I'm also a blocker and used to feel really down about my speech, it even gave me depression twice and social anxiety and sometimes I still doexperience those (mostly aocial anxiety) b...

Stutter and waitering

Stutter and waitering \-Disclaimer about my stutter- I may stuck when I try to start a sentence and sometimes I repeat a syllable in a word. I don't speak fluently sometimes I stop or breathe in the m...

my dream job is to be an animal caretaker of any sort. I’m already on the path to doing it and I’m going to be volunteering regularly at a local wild animal rescue. I suppose it’s much easier when yo...

Does anyone else feel they are super repressed?

Does anyone else feel they are super repressed? It's not just the stutter at this point, I can only interact with people for a few minutes then I get super low energy I feel some people who stutter i...

I need help with jobs

I need help with jobs Almost all the job near me always so can talk fluently with customers and have experience I’m only 16 years old and stutter and have apply for some but never get a call back....

20 MG of Celexa and sometimes with 1 mg Xanax is helping! Nervous system / anxiety issue

20 MG of Celexa and sometimes with 1 mg Xanax is helping! Nervous system / anxiety issue I'm not sure if you all can see my previous messages regarding stuttering or not, if not, long story short I've...

A vet because I could save animals :). But my stutter is holding me back because I would have to speak to a lot of clients about their pets and explain too much and probably be unable to say the right...

do not do it, spending time alone is probably the worst idea I recommend you spending time with people. (from experience)...

Yup, when I was a kid i always used to ask something to my teacher with a friend, you know just for safety in case I f up and I never did! Idk if it's phycological or something else but yea, even whil...

i made app from my stutter

i made app from my stutter **English is not my native language** Before I talk about the idea of ​​amwog app I will talk about myself I guess it’s not easy when you want to express your feelings fo...

I wholeheartedly agree with the above. I'll give one caveat. If you're someone who literally avoids everything and are totally overwhelmed, I can see maybe start out talking to yourself to gain some...

It is a stupid idea :) \- you have not a problem when talking alone, you have a problem when talking to people. You wont overcome it without talking to other people. \- all good therapies involve ta...

I'll change my starting words a lot too actually. Lol it's like I have back up words for certain ones lol....

I do something similar sometimes, or I'll try to find a replacement word if I just keep getting stuck on that word, or if I just can't I'll write it down lol...

I saw a speech therapist a few times years ago and one thing she taught to get past blocks is to start every sentence with a very soft H sound just to get the air flowing. It seems like you've develop...

This is a maladaptive behavior. It's going to get ingrained if it hasn't already and you'll have one more unnatural speaking pattern junking up your speech....

Strange coping mechanisim?

Strange coping mechanisim? So a few years ago I started using I guess some sort of coping mechanism to make it so I could start a sentence. I can always feel when I am going to stutter, my chest gets ...