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In my native language i do, but very rarely in english. Its really cool. Sometimes i talk to people i dont know in english bcs its faster and more plesant for both sides i would say....

Before giving my presentations I take deep breaths and tell myself that I can do well. It makes me more calm and my decisiveness improves considerably which helps me choose right words to replace with...

I speak Persian (native) and English, And overall I stutter way more in my mother tongue, Persian, for some reason I feel more comfortable speaking English...

My very bad "strategy" is starting with an easier word, it sucks. I have to start a sentence with "yes" or "but" otherwise I just CANT....

Thank you for this, would you please share more resources that point to better strategies? My own strategy has been substitutions - preemptively identifying the "blocking" words and quickly finding s...

I can't even say the nickname my parents gave me. Had to make up my own, something I find easier to say...

Squeeze your hands together when you try to talk, it's helped me a lot... It's a sort of distraction that just works, might be phycological but just read the script without focusing on the fact that y...

Interesting .. I've never watched Kings speech, I avoid any film, or programme which involves a person who stammers, esp if there's other people in the room, I find it to embarrassing... i ca...

Not any more. Listening to the music gives me confidence in a weird way. And it completely takes my mind off the usual panic and fear of asking for anything. Have you watched the kings speech ? They ...

One thing that I have learned to do with shop situations like that is to listen to music in my earphones if I’m ever out and about getting things. Keep them in the whole time until u are about to be s...

Thanks for your sharing. I see a lot of my experiences in your story. Looking back elementary and junior high were a relatively happy time in my life but stuttering was a consistent stressor. I rememb...

Reasons for stuttering can be different. I don't believe in this... 'there is something going wrong in the brain' It makes no sense to me that I'm fluent when reading loud alone but not in front of 5...

When I was 18 I asked a hypnotist to make me forget that I stutter.. didn't work! I think my reasoning was that I stutter really bad when it's saying information that the other person doesn't know (e...

When I was 18 I asked a hypnotist to make me forget that I stutter.. didn't work! I think my reasoning was that I stutter really bad when it's saying information that the other person doesn't know (e...

Yeah that's one way, and ive thought of doing it that way, , but for me it gets such a issue and I get so worked up I can't help but think bout it all the way to the shops, so I'm in a bit of a st...

You know I've thought bout doing that, that's how desperate we get, I have a massive issue with the word 'prescription', so if ever I need to go to the chemist to pick one up it's even more of a s...

You know I've thought bout doing that, that's how desperate we get, I have a massive issue with the word 'prescription', so if ever I need to go to the chemist to pick one up it's even more of a s...

Getting a job

Getting a job Ok so this post has 2 main purposes/questions... 1: what jobs/careers are good/easy for a stutterer? 2: do you all disclose during an interview that you have a stutter (or any other d...

That’s one of my strategies too, issue is if I don’t get there in about 10 seconds, I’ve already lost....

Honeslty I used to try preparing so say something but you do that and your bound to stutter it up, the trick for me was to just not think about it at all, to just try not to give yourself any time to ...