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I never wanted to be an actor - I deal with dysarthia, stuttering and blocking - but I did want to be in performance. So I got into drama school and got my degree, I recently got a job acting and I wa...

I used to be so jealous of people who can effortlessly do public speaking and hold a conversation. I wanted to be like them. However, it took many many years to come to the conclusion that I am never ...

Congrats! For the in person interview my best advice is to avoid acting embarrassed or defeated if you do stutter. Stop, smile, excuse yourself and start again. If you show the interviewer that you ha...

No, I didn't say that. I said that if you're afraid of introductions/the name game then you're basically afraid of life and I stick by that. Now in terms of how we should view that.... yes, I'd be m...

Well, being terrified by things like the name game and introductions is a real thing. It can be genuinely terrifying and I use to be scared of it when I was younger. After a while it just gets old, an...

Nothing really sinks me anymore. I'm sorry to say, but if you're afraid of the name game or introducing yourself to people then you're basically afraid of life. Just go sit in your room all day and ne...

Jimmy is one of my favourite characters. It’s always amazes me how Trey and Matt write both Jimmy and Timmy as full fledged characters equal to the rest. At no point have their disabilities ever hel...

Great character. Even though he is disabled physically and has a speech impediment he is still liked and considered an equal to the rest of the cast. Plus there's nothing wrong with being able to laug...

He’s one of my favorites tbh, and he has a lot of confidence with his stutter so I think its cool....

Haven’t seen the movie. Love what you said about her character not being defined as someone that stutters, it’s just a part of who she is. That’s been one of the most important adjustments in my life ...

Like u/bit_punk said, you need to accept your stutter before you can do any of that. And once you do accept it, you can do any of that (while stuttering). People only care if you care. I know it's muc...

I appreciate your personal take. My path was similar in that I accepted and stopped avoiding my stutter, which then increased my fluency. That worked for me, it worked for you, it doesn’t mean it’s un...

If someone befriends or joins a deaf community, it would be a ”functional form of communication” for them in everyday life. By your reasoning, deaf people shouldn’t learn ASL but should just stick to ...

Don't let it have an effect on your happiness. Don't worry about things that are outside of your control. My stutter is uncontrollable, so I let it be uncontrollable. I put no effort into trying to "f...

Hey man, I'm in the UK too! I'm similar to you, fairly server stammer, spent hundreds, probably nearer thousands of pounds on various things to little avail I know it's easy to say but I do believe i...

Ehh, have to slightly disagree. A lot of therapists focus on avoidance or minimization. Barely any focus on embracing or accepting the disfluency which is a MAJOR part of improving speech. ...

Agreed, a lot of people (guys, mostly) use stuttering as an 'excuse' I guess. What they don't realize is that a lot.. and I mean A LOT. Of girls (admittedly, Im one of them even though I stutter mysel...

I get where you are coming from. It's ok to have some fear. But beak taken over by it is another thing. It can be really, really, hard to talk to knew people, and never think you are alone in this. Th...

Let me ask you this.. what do you think of yourself? You’ve touched on what everyone else thought of you; parents, family, teachers, etc but what do you think of yourself? Truly answer that. At the e...

Haha, I completely agree. Everyone has their own approach and attitude. For some, being upfront with their stutter is a relief and helps them relax. For others, (like us) that somehow causes more f...