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I attend therapy for my intense anxiety (mainly surrounding my stutter) as well as my general depression and OCD. I found ways to cope better with my anxiety, and I’m on medications that significantly...

I took the IELTS 2 years ago to get into a Dutch uni. I will preface this by saying that my stutter is not that bad most of the time, I will only get stuck once in a while. I did get stuck once during...

Hey, very similar experience here. I gave IELTS for studying in UK too (mechanical engineering). I was very nervous about the speaking component too. I stuttered a lot as I remembered. It depends on t...

Has anyone here given OET/IELTS?

Has anyone here given OET/IELTS? I need B grade/7.5 bands in all components to apply for medicine in UK. But my stutter can get really bad when I'm stressed out, so I'll probably fail at the speaking ...

Try deep breathing. I always do this before ordering something, be it over phone, or at the groceries. It helps massively. You will stutter a bit, but it helps keeping the anxiety in check....

I went through this for a while a couple years ago. I usually didn’t have trouble and then one day I couldn’t even get anything out and I left the drive thru and called my mom in frustration. It will ...

Drive thrus are no longer do-able :(

Drive thrus are no longer do-able :( I get so embarrassed in the drive thru. My brain instantly freezes. It’s so embarrassing. My boyfriend understands and thankful is very empathetic. But oh my god I...

i am an introvert so i don't really talk to much, stuttering made me anxious and it changed me completely it kinda gave me depression...

Literally me everyday. 4 times a day for 4 sessions of zoom online classes. I was wondering how enduring so much anxiety and stress everyday will affect my health in the long run.

Literally me everyday. 4 times a day for 4 sessions of zoom online classes. I was wondering how enduring so much anxiety and stress everyday will affect my health in the long run. ...

For me it's a compination of my severe social anxiety and the fear of my stuttering....

It's so frustrating because I'm even stuttering in moments i should be relaxed in and enjoy... really brings me down :( I used to be funny and make people laugh, and I evaluated myself so much by thos...

great question. i'm an adult now but thinking back on when i struggled most, i would plan my words ahead more and have anxiety more before speaking but my core was always a boy who was extroverted. th...

It's really annoying because I used to be completely fluent when I read aloud. Then one fateful day I got the fear "but what if it happens this time?" and BOOM. Can't read fluently anymore....

My experience is very much the same. It can be a real confidence killer when you've been doing well and then suddenly I can't speak properly again....

I absolutely get it. I block on my birth year during medical interviews - to which I say uh a lot while I wait for the block to release - to which people think I’m lying lol. I’m a firefighter who h...

This is a very stressful situation believe me I have been in that situation countless times. I still sound like ummmmm h-h-h-iii my my my n-n-am-m-me is Aaaaa-llllll-issssss-ooonnn. You did what you ...

"You're breaking up" "no I have a stutter" "oh okay" is how most phone calls go for me...

Hi! Previous research has largely focused on listener reactions to self-disclosure statements. For example, listeners are more likely to assign positive character traits such as friendliness to adults...

What do you work with/want to work with?

What do you work with/want to work with? Before I start, sorry for my English it's not my first language. I'm studying to become a librarian. I have worked at a library the last 3 summers and I real...

I also get uncomfortably anxious right before speaking into the phone which causes really bad blocks. I've generally tried to slow down and breathe through it but nothing has really seemed to work....