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I agree, and I think acceptance of your stuttering is probably the single most helpful thing you can do for yourself mentally. The problem, and I think what drags a lot of people (myself included) dow...

Thanks for the post! As I’ve been saying here for a while; stuttering is mostly mental. I think your post really solidifies this standpoint. Nobody cares about your stutter more than *you*....

An insight into human nature and social interactions: Learning to see people for what they are and stuttering for what it is.

An insight into human nature and social interactions: Learning to see people for what they are and stuttering for what it is. **I anticipate my turn to speak. Anxiety starts to rile me up as I think o...

If the hiring team had that impression, that impression already exists. Your withdrawing your application will not change that impression. The interviewers will still think what they think. That ship ...

I've realized that my stutter is entirely anxiety-induced, and recently, I've experienced a significant improvement by changing my mindset. Last weekend, I was nervous about speaking in front of peopl...

I'm doing well at my job by ignoring what my manager and his boss tell me I need to do, but instead doing what I know needs to be done. The constant stress of being told HOW to do my job when I was al...

Hello - a friend in the stuttering community forwarded this discussion to me. I’m a person who stutters, and a family law litigation attorney. I fought against my stutter for most of my life, and stil...

Always. I can't hide it. If I block/repeat, oh well, I keep going. (Never apologize) Afterwards , I get applause 👏 after the training presentation...

Well written essay, I enjoyed reading it. It is especially hard to deal with a heavy stammer during childhood, I've experienced it myself. What you said about it breeding compassion, humility, etc....

I stutter and am an SLP! I actually stutter more now than I used to because I spend less time trying to suppress it - which has been a huge help to my overall communication skills....

Catfishing on dating apps

Catfishing on dating apps I feel like I am a catfish on dating apps, in the same way as if somebody hid that they sat in a wheelchair. I like talking online (for obvious reasons), but I know that the ...

I relate to this hella. I think if I didn’t stutter I would be really social and great conversationalist cause in rare periods of time when I don’t stutter that’s how I am. I just hate how my stutter ...

It’s worth a try. It makes it hard to talk while on it but there definitely it a lasting diminished fear response, at least temporarily. That’s my experience anyways. I should’ve focused more on my ...

It got progressively worse when I was a kid. For most of my teens I could barely string a sentence together. I had some success with the Maguire programme when I was 19/20 but the constant focus on sp...

I'd say skip the meds and go for desensitisation. Keep exposing yourself to situations. It's gonna feel HORRIBLE at first. But it WILL get better. Start small - ordering a drink at a bar/food etc. K...

It's well-meaning advice but comes from a complete lack of understanding of the problem. For me, later in life, I do actually find it helpful to slow down in order to gather my thoughts, consider wo...

It's sort of obvious that we might get past a block, if we reduce anticipation, fear, distortions, stop caring, etc - to reduce this stuttering fusion (aka defusion). However, can we also get past a ...

In my opinion: So, what I mean is: **If we are too fused, can we get out of the block without defusing?** Fusion refers to: It can literally refer to any kind of fusion, like for example, if I'm a...

I work in sales now and have even done my fair share of public speaking. Excelled at both. I don't know if it would have been that way if it wasn't for the heartbreak I endured. Develop a ruthless e...

I acted in The Nerd by Larry Shue. At the time I had a pretty good consistent stutter. Very noticeable. I played Mr. Walgrave, an older kind of grumpy character. I graveled my voice up as needed and ...