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for me i'll say , i have fear of stuttering while talking, i love to be around people...

Take a beta blocker before the interview to eliminate the physiological effects of anxiety such as elevated heart rate, trembling, tension in your vocal muscles etc.. you’ll feel much more calm. It’s ...

Why is speaking on a phone so difficult compared to in person?

Why is speaking on a phone so difficult compared to in person? I am already a pretty bad stutterer in general but somehow it is MUCH worse over the phone than in person. I am trying to understand the ...

Its okay don't stress too hard it might seem very bleak now but it does improve overtime. It was the same with me. I actually started stuttering very late as well...around the same age as you in grade...

yeah, i do have that mindset i am very thick skinned and stuff but i think no matter what i think i will always feel inferior or some low confidence cracks show slightly if i am going on a date or etc...

Same as me! With my girlfriend and parents I am 90% fluent, some blocks but I change words to suit. If I do an interview or try to order food on the phone I pause every 4 words! So frustrating, but it...

Thanks, I can’t decide to tell them or not! I have had interviews in the past, every face to face interview I have failed and I have passed a zoom interview for my current job. This one is a face to f...

I have an interview this week, any tips? 29M, i struggle to get words out when i get anxious, i can talk to my girlfriend and parents fine but when it comes to presentations , interviews or public speaking i get word blocks. Had this since birth, speech therapist said “i would grow out of it”.

I have an interview this week, any tips? 29M, i struggle to get words out when i get anxious, i can talk to my girlfriend and parents fine but when it comes to presentations , interviews or public spe...

this is unfortunately true, as soon as u stutter you are automatically looked at as less no matter the person your speaking to. It’s just a natural instinct or habit....

AI’s are pretty much text prediction machines and if there’s one thing I hate it’s people who say the word they think I’m trying to say....

I swear the thing with having a visible stutter is that it gives confidence...to other people who than treat you like crap. I've had many such cases where a conversation was going well but than I stut...

I think think a have a true or very big social anxiety, but I think think I'm afraid of conversation gaps, not knowing what I should or do, or just being cringe in public And oddly enough, I've neve...

You put into words what goes through my head to a science. Well said. If I feel the fear of being judged, I tend to shut down. Especially if they don't know and start to ask me, "what.....do what" bec...

I have social and generalized anxiety. It's separate from my stuttering....

Social anxiety in stutterers

Social anxiety in stutterers I know most stutterers have social anxiety including myself. I think the "social anxiety" I have is a fear of speaking and fear of stuttering. I can be social if I don't...

It's the same for me, but when the flow is interrupted because the other party is talking, if they are not mindful and inclusive simply because of their nature and style of talking, it's very hard to ...

Presentation coming up any advice?

Presentation coming up any advice? I have a big history presentation coming up any tips or advice? I haven’t done a presentation in a long time because I’ve been avoiding them, I told my teacher I hav...

It's great that you want to improve yourself and overcome your fears. I will talk to you based on my own experience (which may differ from one person to another according to many factors). I'm also a ...

The other day my friend called me while I was at the mechanic, and I had to whisper through the phone to tell him that I couldn’t speak because the people here thought I was mute....

I’m either 100% fluent or blocking on each word for 20 to 30 seconds, there’s no in between.

I’m either 100% fluent or blocking on each word for 20 to 30 seconds, there’s no in between. My stutter is mostly long blocks and moments where I completely blank out and don’t know what I want to say...