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Nice work being open about it. I'm not far off from your age and I also found being open decreased my anxiety about my stutter....

It's rare for stutters to manifest at that late of an age. Usually it comes at around 5. It could be anxiety related, did you develop any anxiety problems at that age too?...

I wouldn’t stress too much about it. I’m the same. Even with video calls with friends I still do it. Maybe since it’s talking to a screen rather than in person....

I'm going to keep it short and simple. I stutter since I can remember. I always had a terrible time reading outloud and talking on the phone. I joined a book club/study group over a year ago with some...

Absolutly, women inparticular or sometimes men which speack loud, fast, with lots of facial expressions. It feels like they talk to themself and I am just here to nod along....

Wait... you stutter even when you’re alone talking to yourself? I only stutter when communicating or speaking in the presence of other people....

I can speak fine one on one But I hate hate hate public speaking and will always stutter...

Word substitution when you don't feel like you can say a word. Ordering what's easy to say Not what you really want. Not being able to say your own name. Choosing to stay silent. Feeling like your no...

Eh. These people mean well and to calm us down by saying that so whatever. But hearing it every time makes me wonder if my stuttering actually bothers that person and they only pretend to be calm abou...

Hello! I studied social science that requires also counselling and working with people. I do not have a job yet, but I hope I will find it quickly. I remember that one of my professor during universit...

concerned about career shift into mental health counseling

concerned about career shift into mental health counseling I've had an intuition for a while telling me to pursue a career in counseling/therapy but I've never took it seriously due to the social anxi...

Remind him that just because he has a stutter, it doesn’t mean he is not smart, loved, or worthy of being successful. When I was 12 my counselor literally told me I wouldn’t be successful in middle ...

I once completely embarrassed myself at a coffee shop with a friend when a women entered that she KNEW and that I looked up to- I got introduced to her and I stuttered like CRAZY saying hello and when...

Oh definitely. When presenting for university I'm always given double the time to present. I remember for one presentation, we had a time target of 20 minutes, I got 40. In practice, my presentation...

I think I might me stuttering but I'm not sure

I think I might me stuttering but I'm not sure Hi. I'm a 17F and I've been recently diagnosed with ADHD. I'm currently medicated for it. I'm thinking I've probably stuttered for my whole life without ...

Anyone else get anxiety seeing people speak so effortlessly ??

Anyone else get anxiety seeing people speak so effortlessly ?? My stutter is pretty mild, but enough to where i’m very conscious of it. Sometimes when I watch others speak (especially those with high ...

Stuttering and slurring, 2 different thing bruh. But if is came with anxiety... anxiety is the problem. Most likely giving other peoples judgements and opinions of you too much value....

It’s crazy to think with all the political correctness (like LGBT, pronouns, how we support people with diseases) but people will STILL say “why do u talk like that” or “why are you nervous I’m not in...

How do I stop slurring?

How do I stop slurring? My speech was always perfect but a little over a year ago I started having anxiety and with that came my slurring problem. I’m not native so my pronounciation is not perfect....

Thank you for your response. :) My boyfriend and I live about 40-45 minutes away from each other so unfortunately we can’t see each other on an everyday basis, it’s usually once or twice a week. So th...