Search

Never allow the fear of embarrassment due to a stutter stop you from expressing yourself, this is coming from an older person who wished that I could have been more expressive when I was younger. Beca...

I do the same thing. Avoiding words I knew would be difficult was the only way how my speech improved, even making it later easier to say words I had problems with. So I think its a legitimate method....

Only tip is: don't be sad about this. Accept your stutter and try to talk more and more. While interacting with people, you will learn strategies easily....

What has helped me, tho sort of unpopular is to use a synonym for the words you stutter on. As I’m speaking I know what I want to say; therefore, i know which words I know I’ll stutter on. So mid-se...

Welcome. You’re not alone. I’m 44 and still have my stutter. It does get better. It does get easier. And as you get older you realize most decent people don’t give two sh*ts about anyone’s stutter...

I didn't have the same experience at my last job as you are having but I know my speech kept me from ever advancing to a higher position in the company. Even tho I knew for a fact I was qualified and ...

Strategies

Strategies You’ve probably seen this question on this sub Reddit a million times but does anyone have any strategies to stop stuttering. I feel like I lose so many opportunities to make friends by bei...

For the life of me I can not say "Lettuce" right the first time. Ordering a Subway sandwich? "Gimme them leaves"....

My stuttering got less and less once I hit college and moved into my 20s. I attribute it to losing some of that teenaged anxiety. Something I’ve found that helps with phone calls is to have a notepad ...

When I‘m on the phone, I write my last name, or any problem word, usually my address, on a notepad as I’m saying it and it works pretty well. Much respect to you for teaching. I eliminated from consid...

Good to see that other people here mentioned cluttering. That was my first impression too. Though the way I learned it, the issue with cluttering is that the person often doesn’t realize they’re doing...

I used to say no but interviewers complain that they can’t hear (my accent doesn’t help). I have begun to add it and it seems interviewers are a bit more patient when listening....

Sounds like cluttering. Rarer than stuttering, but SLPs also treat that....

Steve Harvey’s advice is to say it three times in your head first before you say it out loud. I’ve become almost a pro at finding an synonym for the word that I feel myself start to stutter. Also I...

Does jumbling my words together count as stuttering??

Does jumbling my words together count as stuttering?? It happens a whole lot, especially when I'm talking animatedly or just talking to people. Sometimes I have to backtrack and repeat my words more c...

There is another fluency disorder called cluttering, which is considered also a problem with language planning. People who clutter often have trouble putting thoughts down clearly in writing, AND ofte...

There's no absolute cure, but here's what has made my stutter a lot more manageable (from the perspective of 20 year old who doesn't have access to speech therapy, but has had a stutter all their life...

Accept it, don't fight it. Find what triggers it through observation. Keep a journal and write down the patterns. Study the patterns and understand that you are making it. Don't be impatient, it ...

Hang in there. I definitely know what you mean, I felt that I was never going to get a job in sales or other roles where intense, fast negotiation was required, as I saw other peers get really intense...

I’ve stuttered since I was born. And I’ve taught and created over 20 courses. I know for a fact that my fluency issues have cost me teaching jobs but when I’m granite the opportunity, I always shine. ...