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I feel ya. People either smile, laugh, or look confused that you can't say your name. I one time had a friend's dad say to me "it's not a hard question, sweetheart" so she said my name for me to get o...

No. My stutter isn't normally *that* bad, but the combination of being caught completely off guard, and having to introduce myself in front of ~100 people was a deadly combination. I'm not seeing a...

I moved into a new team at work some months ago. They have a monthly meeting, in which they ask new members to introduce themselves. I never stood up to introduce myself, and since I was never call...

I hated the first day of classes for this same reason. I tried to make it early and meet the professor. Even if I still had to present myself it made it easier somehow knowing I already spoken to t...

Discrimination. It's too late now but I try to emphasize the positives, as I see them, of a stutter. I think before I speak. As a, now ex, cop I have always been public facing. Whether it's facing a...

Tips for Phone Interviews

Tips for Phone Interviews When I started my first "real" job hunt a few years ago after graduating from school, I got multiple job offers despite my stutter. I disclosed at the beginning of the interv...

Here's what I did and please note that I was a covert throughout high school and college in the sense that I would not openly tell people I stuttered unless they firsthand saw me stutter. Here's I got...

I just gave a presentation today. I emailed my professor a couple days ago and told him about my irrational fear of public speaking because of my stutter. I asked if I could practice with him there an...

You could tell your group that you want to present but be smart about it and choose the topic that has the least amount of words you stutter on, and ask them if you can do that part. Or, what I do whe...

You're a politician...use a soundboard that only repeats your platform bullet points. nobody will even notice. seriously though. the best you can do is prepare, relax and know that you have the suppo...

I never have a problem speaking if I’m talking to myself/ talking when I’m alone. I like doing this to practice when I’m in my apartment alone. I will either pick a topic or find something randomly on...

Find a speech therapist and learn techniques to control fluency. There is no magic Pill. I practiced in front of a mirror for years and that helped me a great deal along with diaphragmatic breathing...

Go for it! Rehearse answers to common questions beforehand and hold your chin up when you go in. You got this!...

Firstly congratulations for being about to graduate college! Personally, I know it isn’t great but I tend to avoid words I stutter with where possible, it isn’t a solution but more of an avoidance tec...

If you have the confidence just fiat out say something like "Hey before I start, I tend to stammer quite a bit so bear with me", so that people can understand easier and if you do find yourself stamme...

When you are actually already doing a debate competition, it seems there's little that can be done, dude even normies would be shy away from a debate competition, so kudos for you, but let's see what ...

When I was at your age, my parents never talked about my stuttering because they believed doing so would only make me even more aware of my stuttering, thus it would make my stuttering get worse. So ...

I think that one important thing a stutterer should do is to have a profound understanding of the subject that he/she is going to present. When I thought about it, I found out that When I well prepar...

I gave presentation for an hour , feels good .

I gave presentation for an hour , feels good . Today I have done a technology presentation for an hour with some demo . Things that worked for me : 1.Write notes to speak for each slide . 2.Spend m...

How I stop my stutter

How I stop my stutter Almost every time I stutter it's the first word. After I say the first word I'll say uh uh uhhhh and then say it again. So after I say the first word I stop and take a small (or ...