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I think that this is a great idea and glad to hear that you found a solution that works for you. I did something similar but slightly different before Zoom days when work from home was audio only. I...

The psychological aspects of stuttering

The psychological aspects of stuttering Hi everyone, Lots of people talk about the psychological aspects of stuttering, how social anxiety and anticipation of stuttering is what leads to stutteri...

Don't worry! Excellent communication skills doesn't always need to be speaking fluently without breaks. It can also be communicating an idea to someone short, crisp and understandable. This is a trait...

I feel like I'm the only stutterer who suffers this much

I feel like I'm the only stutterer who suffers this much I went to a group speech therapy a few years ago, and for the first time in my life, I felt thankful because I realized that my stutter is actu...

Thanks for your reply and your interview tips! I originally applied for the job through an application form and never mentioned on it that I have a disability and I said I have excellent communicatio...

If I felt confident enough and could hide it, I would typically do pretty good. But I was always interpreting how a girl would react to my stutter, and if I got any uncomfortable feeling or thought sh...

I hate being told to be more "confident" when literally I'm confident.

I hate being told to be more "confident" when literally I'm confident. I had a simulated patient encounter today, and my patient told me to be more confident in myself when speaking. It frustrates me ...

Some stutterers stutter so lightly that it is only heard in certain situations, or use fluency techniques to better hide their stuttering. Others have a covert stutter, and change/delete every word in...

I know saying hang in there is not going to help. But , please do however stick with it. You are only a few days in. In all honesty, it reads like you have a good case of the jitters. Everyone gets th...

Help!

Help! So, I have a stutter, also really bad social anxiety, I guess the social anxiety came because of the stuttering and the stuttering became worse because of the anxiety, I find it incredibly hard ...

I don’t have the best advice because I don’t have much experience dating after 18 because I was with my ex for 16 years, but I can share my experience. And I am also struggling now at 34. Dating apps ...

That is interesting. I tend to mask when on first/second dates and in customer facing jobs. It's like I'm playing the role of a charming charismatic person, not me, so I don't really mind what they th...

Interesting. For me is the exact opposite! My stutter fade out more when I know the person better and when I become more comfortable with that person. The firsts time my stutter was much worse...

I've actually found everyone very understanding of my stutter. Although, THE SECOND I meet a date for the first time I kinda instinctively mask and suddenly I don't stutter at all and act a bit differ...

Having a Stutter in College

Having a Stutter in College Having a stutter is genuinely so exhausting. I am currently in college and the introducing your self, group activities, class projects, never seems to end. I have reached t...

Everyone who speaks occasionally stutterers. Unless they have advanced training in dysfluency, how would they know that your version is so significantly worse?? Especially if the stutterer is *cove...

Peoples experiences with therapy? Need to find a new job but I don't know what I'm capable of.

Peoples experiences with therapy? Need to find a new job but I don't know what I'm capable of. First of all my stutter can sometimes go unnoticed other times definitely not. It's more in my head becau...

I hear you. In my experience, i've had people tell me that "everyone stutters", which is not true at all. I'm pretty sure that everyone is *not* pre-thinking what their next sentence is going to be, a...

I get this from my parents sometimes and it kinda pisses me off. They’ll say that I “don’t stutter anymore” since I do a good job hiding it and doing other techniques. But I struggle with it every sin...

Yup, my wife didn’t even know I had a stutter for years and only found out when I told her during a couples counseling session. My father one time remarked how I had been cured lol. I told him that wa...