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Having a stutter can definitely be a mine field. Not getting stuck on a word can be a problem , changing to a different word soon as you do get stuck can help....

I'd use 'particular' more often instead. It's a band-aid fix and recently been told it's not a good approach to stuttering but my experience is that it helped me through the bad days. I feel for you....

can you clarify how to do the hand gesture? ,I'm afraid I'm doing gang signs here instead of what you meant....

I had a gasping stutter from 7-16 years old. The thought of being able to get out my words without gasping in muteness, was as bad as doing it. I had a educated professor on my paper route when I wa...

Not too badly. I have only a mild stutter in day to day conversation but on the phone, it’s severe to say the least...

Avoiding words isn't the healthiest approach, you're just covering up the issue. I do the same thing as it does make me very fluent. BUT it's really not good. Atleast that's what a speech therapist...

Widen your vocabulary. You often know which words will cause a stutter. Try to word differently and avoid hard words completely. That got me from a nasty stutter to a mild one. Reading was my krypto...

Yeah I know about that part I fixed it the best I can I didn't add the first cause of my keyboard...

Why fix the person not the problem

Why fix the person not the problem So I was born with a stuttering problem that has gotten better with time a few months ago my sister said it was my fault and that I wasn't trying hard enough to get ...

My stutter gets worse when drunk. I think it might be due to: People's communication skills going down the drain whilst drunk. Less braincells on my end, I often switch sentence to avoid words I ...

How I CURED 95% of myself with NO THERAPY! (In 3 months time)

How I CURED 95% of myself with NO THERAPY! (In 3 months time) Good afternoon to fellow stutterers out there. After lurking in this subreddit for a few weeks and seeing the frustration that other peopl...

If the person brings up the speech impediment, don’t say something like “that’s ok.” I feel that it’s better to just say “ok.” When I tell people that I stutter, I’m not apologizing or looking for va...

That is awesome to hear! I also just had a job interview that I was super anxious about so it’s nice to see i’m not alone. Anyone else reading this, you can also use your stutter as a selling point f...

Landed a job. Don't be anxious about interviews like I was

Landed a job. Don't be anxious about interviews like I was One of the many worries I had related to my stutter was job interviews. Finally done with school, then grad school, I couldn't prolong it any...

I'm just a little older and we've had strangely similar experiences with our speech over the years (and yes, even with mushrooms although I last enjoyed them 15 years ago). Similar childhood except m...

I have a medical student I am teaching and i notice that when she has to use a repeated phrase to a patient (like "exhale slowly" she doesnt stutter. ) I wonder whats happening there. I wonder if the...

What's that got to do with reading about drugs? - --- - _Moved from below:_ - These comments are _user_ comments. - No moderator function is present here. You can tell when a moderator is comm...

Thank you for sharing your story. I am also in the process of experimenting with psilocybin to try and increase my fluency. I only been on a few trips as of now, but I can actually feel a difference....

I know the feeling, and that sucks, but we will get through this too, Im pretty sure. It seems that for us is just time taking. We need to give it more time to be able to improve our speech. However, ...

Hi! My second language is also English, and I moved to the US 2,5 years ago, I am in high school. In the last two years my English improved a lot, but when it comes to talking I sometimes just can’t g...