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Techniques to socialize

Techniques to socialize As you all know, many people who stutter (including myself) sometimes find it hard to talk to new people and make new friendships. I would like to ask you guys what techniques ...

sudden stutter at the age of 21.

sudden stutter at the age of 21. I thought I would ask reddit this question because quite frankly I do not know where to turn to. Over the past year I have seen a change in my communication. It starte...

Don’t focus on the girl. That’s a big goal, especially never having kissed one before. Start small. With your peers, try to put yourself out there and talk more. It sounds like you are holding back ...

Honestly you don’t have to start out big. Little victories created bigger ones. Say “good morning/afternoon” when you see her. This doesn’t pertain to only her but other coworkers too. Social anxiety...

In my experience, it seems like girls find stuttering kind of cute. It’s something you struggle with, but still managed to come this far. I think you just need to push through and ask her out. Look at...

I really need help with this.

I really need help with this. (14m) btw Right so basically I started having a bad stutter the other day with just like little stumbles and what not before that day (couldn't be classed as stuttering i...

It’s not a mental illness. It can cause mental illness’ like it has for me and I’m sure so many who stutter! In my case anxiety and depression; due to living with a stigmatised speech impediment. Ho...

Yeah, it has been like that throughout my teenage and now in my twenties. There were so many occasions and opportunities for me to speak and enjoy my school life but I couldn't speak up and was ostrac...

I really love what the other two commenters have said. But yes, I feel the same as you. I often respond to younger stutterers who post on this subreddit looking for guidance, support etc and I feel li...

The hardest part about stuttering to me...

The hardest part about stuttering to me... Is even though as a grown adult I have managed to reduce the associated shame over time and logically can understand that it's not something that makes me so...

Yeah reading aloud has been one of those HIGH stress activities for me forever. I'm a teacher now so I have to do it quite often and I find that really focusing on reading slowing, working on blending...

I’ve been meaning to talk to my boss. But audit work involves lots of meeting, and talking to the clients. It makes me fee like i’m not performing my job well if I can’t communicate well. ☹️...

Hi, I'm in graduate school to officially become a speech therapist as well. I'm working with a 16 year old who has a moderate to severe stutter & struggles with self esteem. I'm trying to incorpor...

Not the person who originally typed the comment but I stutter more in the language I am learning (not my native language). Maybe bc I have to think more and I'm more stressed about people knowing that...

Relationship between trauma, stuttering, and the Broca’s area

Relationship between trauma, stuttering, and the Broca’s area Studies have found that: 1. Stuttering is associated with reduced blood flow to the Broca’s area (speech center of the brain) 2. Trauma is...

This hit me so hard. I've just had a talk with my mom about it. I'm 19 and just returned to speech therapy. They keep reminding me to implement and internalize the techniques I'm learning there becaus...

It happens to be but a lot less than around people. My mother tongue is Spanish, in which I verbally communicate the most. That's the language I stutter the most in too. And in which I'm attempting to...

I have this too sometimes, when i'm feeling insecure about my stutter or when i think someone might hear me....

Thanks for your advice and time. I wish I could turn my stutter off for periods of time and even when I try to stay calm one block or repetitive word just causes that to go away. If I see that a perso...

I was good at studies, in my previous school no one laughed at me, but here in my current school no one gives a damn about topper, how will they respect me? Now I waste most of my time thinking about ...