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Happened to me getting a Covid swab when I had to tell them my name and birthdate. She asked if I forgot my own fuckin birthday lol smh...

Reading aloud is still (and perhaps will ALWAYS) be something I cannot do fluently at all. But, I did teach pre-K for a few years and found over animation or over annunciation/inflection helped a lot....

Son is 4 years old, speaks with a large vocabulary without a stutter that isn’t age-appropriate (in my opinion) but lately started hanging on and having a hard time with the word “Can” and that’s the only word.

Son is 4 years old, speaks with a large vocabulary without a stutter that isn’t age-appropriate (in my opinion) but lately started hanging on and having a hard time with the word “Can” and that’s the ...

Trick I Thought Of

Trick I Thought Of TLDR; You are crazy for making such long eye contact especially while stuttering or waiting for yourself to get through a stutter or block. Making eye contact while stuttering is ...

I'm not even nervous and I stutter

I'm not even nervous and I stutter I've been stuttering nearly all my life. I keep on reading that one main reason for stuttering is because we are either nervous or anxious. I stutter while talking t...

WE ARE MORE THAN OUR STUTTER!!!

WE ARE MORE THAN OUR STUTTER!!! On a 6 month contract and just finished an interview for a full time job. My daily practice lives and pushing myself to talk even though I stutter everyday making me r...

I def. realize how much I ramble, lol and ironically thought I'd try to deal with that in this video but I knew I was failing 5 minutes into it! It is just so weird to me to simply put in two sentenc...

No offense but I see you're just like me, both stuttering and rambling 😅 You could have said all that in less than five minutes. It's a good story though! Lately I reflect more on this and always end...

Why does every day have to be a fight?

Why does every day have to be a fight? Life long stutterer and occasional lurker here trying to vent/rant. While I'm mostly dealing with my stutter pretty well, today it hit me hard. This week I star...

Stuttering & spontaneity

Stuttering & spontaneity Do you guys stutter more with or without preparation? I have noticed that I am actually pretty good at, say, reading out loud or giving some sort of a virtual presentation...

I think she’s pretty supportive I haven’t really talked to her about it cause I generally don’t like bringing it up, it generally hasn’t gotten I the way of anything besides with strangers...

I often struggled with reading. You can speak to your teacher about it, discuss what you want to do. You could ask not to have to speak in class at all, or to read the shorter parts, etc. My geogr...

I block a lot at words with an vowel at the beginning or b's and p's. so I often "connect" words while reading it softly. it doesn't sound like a big big word all together, just like you use a more so...

I go through this same thing every now and then. Lately, I've realised that these blocks have more to do with being socially anxious than simply stutter. I become too self conscious when someone asks...

Tell a story before saying your name. My name is John Smith. Or do WEELLLLLL my name is John Smith....

When saying your name. If it is Jack Green. You could always skip the first letter of any word and link it in. If anyone asks your name you could say," Ack Green. Jack Green." If you said Ack Green I ...

Top 3 ways to end a "bad speech day"

Top 3 ways to end a "bad speech day" Hey reddit, I took an my morning to formulate this message. I went introspective and asked myself seriously, what has helped me leave a "bad speech day"? And these...

Everyone is different. When people ask for my name, I can't just say [name] right away. I have to say "my name is" in order to be able to say my name. For example: Person: what's your name? Me: my...

Just about anything works if you go into it seriously wanting to make change. Just a change in mindset can have a significant impact on your fluency. If you went to speech therapy you should have some...

How to deal with speech blocks?

How to deal with speech blocks? Most of the times i speak fluently. But in situations where i am expected to say something specific like my own name i block. This happens mostly during social situatio...