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prolongation + filler words most of my life I had problems with blocks. even now, blocks always occur when I speak. but since about a year, prolongations got more and more - although before that it wa...

I stutter as well and I totally understand. The only thing that really works is developing a new speaking styles. This is why movie actors who stutter overcome stuttering while taking on a new persona...

Completely agree, especially what you said about texting. A lot of my anger with my stutter isn't about the stutter itself but what I actually wanted to say but couldn't. The regret at not being abl...

Sometimes I go to tell a joke, but my stutter robs all the comedic timing and phrasing out of it so people think I'm serious. It's landed me in awkward situations several times now....

Sometimes I really hate the way I speak.

Sometimes I really hate the way I speak. I don't mean the stuttering, I mean having to resort to short to-the-point sentences instead of beautiful, elegant, phrases. I mean pretending I forgot basi...

Well the facial movement is a coping technique (that doesn't really work). It's quite common. Things you could do is try to make the first part of the word more silent, make it so that the words flow ...

Never make an effort. Skip the first letter or the whole word, whisper or spell it, even sing a little bit, but don't struggle. That only reinforces the stuttering habit....

Completely relate to this.. If I plan to to be make witty jokes/statements, I've to plan ahead of time, and practice few times so I won't botch it....

I know the feeling. I have a lot of witty comments at times but I just don't make them because I know they will lose the effect as they come out with a stutter....

My sense of humor takes big blows

My sense of humor takes big blows I’m naturally a quick-witted and sarcastic person and I love to argue and joke around. My stutter obstructs around 70% of my sense of humor and charisma, and it’s ext...

I don't stutter when I'm alone, what's up with that?

I don't stutter when I'm alone, what's up with that? I never stuttered as a child but I grew up with a big brother and a dad who stuttered their whole lives. My brothers speech therapist warned my mom...

Wassup homie i dont know how old you are but im 24 and ive had a stutter my whole life it was horrible when i was younger i was in speech therapy and it didnt really change anything i still stutter wi...

I feel like having no commitment to overcome it

I feel like having no commitment to overcome it Here is the paradox. Nowadays, at the age of 24, I'm extremely aware that I have to fix this problem so that I can find a job. I mean, there is no "cons...

This really speaks to me because I too have struggles with singular words/names/titles. I have subtle anxiety because I know there’s no alternative word I can use. If you struggle with your partner’s ...

This is a genuine stutter hack that I use often 👌...

This is terrible advice. These are all very well known, well documented avoidance techniques that ultimately do more harm than good. What happens when you sing the first few sounds of a sentence and s...

Thx for the good wishes. Few people know I stutter because I cover it very well. I choose my words very carefully, avoid social situations I know will be unpleasant for me and have developed a whole...

With DD, you can place a mobile order and pick it up inside. Totally contact free – it'll have a little receipt with your name on it in a pickup area separate from the cash registers. I do that when I...

But do you also need to say like “hi I’m so and so and I have a mobile order?” I know they still have you do that at my local starbucks for example...

So I'm, Sometimes I have to choose a revelant opinion to mine or just change the subject to keep the conversation forward. Tbh, Sometimes l liked stutter in somehow and feels like it's a blessing, Whe...