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Don't know what to do anymore

Don't know what to do anymore 21M here. Just entered college after 2 years of conscription and my fear of public speaking is haunting me back. I managed the past two years by opting to be a normal t...

Yep. I've been stuttering for a while and I can't seem to stop thinking about my stutter when speaking. It definitely makes me stutter more....

It is all internal. (According to me)The main reason behind we stutter because we know that we have stuttering. There was a time where we spoke fluently at a conversation because at that point we forg...

Presentation

Presentation Hey so I have a presentation in history class in 4 days and I’m in 8th grade. I have a stutter disorder and the requirement is to keep it in between two to three minutes long and i have ...

Even if I eat, sleep perfectly and exercise lots I still stutter severely

Even if I eat, sleep perfectly and exercise lots I still stutter severely It helps a bit, but heavy stuttering blocks are still there. Its like this mental glitch that happens which causes me to shut ...

I feel like. If I were to do that, I'd still blocking even whisky looking and reading the sticky note. Mike just seems. To be getting worse and worse as time moves on. I did do OK on the phone about t...

This was in a client service department dealing with mortgage loans, so we often discussed private client information over the phone. When you do this, you have to legally read a very specific script ...

For me the advantage of the phone is that they can’t see me so I have more delay tricks that they can’t perceive. Closing eyes, nodding head a bit, making a fist, etc. Also, I can say “hm” or “ugh” ...

Accessibility Requirements

Accessibility Requirements Hello everyone, I have a college presentation coming up and needed some advice. It is a group presentation, but is graded individually 3 (30 percent of our total mark). I t...

I speak slowly but my brain still moves frantically fast involuntarily, I assume in a similar fashion to the way op describes their involuntary fast speech. I use my fast stream of consciousness to ra...

Many techniques taught inside the therapy room are simply *wrong*. It’s the equivalent of a doctor with improper training prescribing an antibiotic to a patient with some type of longterm food po...

Agree 100%! But the problem is that there is a massive gap between what we can achieve inside the therapy room and in real world scenarios. I can train how much I want in a comfortable environment (t...

This is also the advice of the Stuttering Foundation of America, and the National Stuttering Association. Telling children to slow down not only doesn’t help, it sends the message that she’s doing som...

Rough day

Rough day Today, I had a bad experience with a student’s parent (I provide OT services). I had to call the mom to ask a question and of course, my stutter is worse over the phone. First, I pronounced...

Social anxiety and stutter, an insane endless loop for me.

Social anxiety and stutter, an insane endless loop for me. My stutter is probably mild on average... I can talk 100% perfectly when I'm alone, but it gets exponentially worse if I am just a TINY bit a...

I noticed, when I'm about to speak on the phone, my breath becomes unregulated

I noticed, when I'm about to speak on the phone, my breath becomes unregulated So let's say I call to my clinic to make an appointment, while the phone rings and I wait for them to answer, something h...

Tried to test something

Tried to test something Today was a decent day so I thought I should test recording myself. I’m reading a colonoscopy advertisement lol. Trying me best to stay focused 😆😆😆 Now if I was saying th...

I'd say I'm there. I got my stutter late at 18. I do not think my stutter is causing me hesitance before speaking so that's acceptance to me. I hesitate for other reasons (I have trouble prioritising...

Career advice for a bad stutterer

Career advice for a bad stutterer Are there any jobs where you don't need good communication skills or even an interview? I have failed every job interview I have had because of my stutter when answe...

Losing Hope - Trying to Start my Career as a PWS

Losing Hope - Trying to Start my Career as a PWS Hi Everyone, I am a person who stutters from the U.S. who's currently in their third year of university. I have been endlessly applying to internship...