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Yeah, almost uncontrollably so. And then when I do finally look back at them I'm always worried about their expression which makes it worse....

All the time. Although I have a little bit of an issue with eye contact in general which I'm trying to work on....

I also tend to look away and O catch myself regretting it immediately! Eye contact demonstrates confidence and fearlessness. I think that's partly why I stutter. Fear. Making eye contact is something ...

Do you look away from peoples eyes when you stutter?

Do you look away from peoples eyes when you stutter? To stutter and watch them wait can be tough....

Nah..ehh maybe. If there is some person in the same age, making me uncomfortable I’d probably do it. Anyone else? Nah....

Yeah, for me it doesn’t seem to be an anxiety thing, because as you said its with people I’m most comfortable with. I never caught myself doing it with strangers or acquaintances, speech just comes ea...

It's actually very common for people who stutter to stutter more around family and friends. Because they are comfortable around them, they tend to relax and not monitor themselves as much. I was the o...

Sudden problem with stuttering

Sudden problem with stuttering For the past while I've had problems with stuttering that I never had before. I'd stutter every now and then in the past but it wasn't a problem and it didn't feel like ...

Hey! It’s really nice you‘re actually concerned about it!! I‘m autistic, what I‘ve learned is that people make eye contact to show that they‘re interested. So it‘s really hard for me to tell whether...

Aha yes you're right! :P From an anxiety viewpoint it makes sense though. People naturally retreat from anxiety. So that's why stutterers shy away from talking. You have to cognitively rationalize it ...

running it through your head millions of times, feeling the intense anxiety as they near your name, oh yeah it’s real...

Love the idea of a weekly success thread! I do think it’s important to recognize our little victories. My boss bailed on a work trip at the very last minute. I had to drive 3+ hours by myself and fa...

Phone calls are the worst. What helps me a lot to release some stress and anxiety is to start telling that you have a stutter....

At the same time, you really don't think it's just a little dismissive to tell someone having a problem with it to just never mind and be the alpha? Seriously?...

Hm could it be linked to an increase of stress in your life or lack of confidence? Maybe if it just randomly started it will go away more easily...

I'm on a couple of meds and do have some anxiety emergency meds on hand, so I was thinking I ought to try them out. The anxiety just makes it so so much worse. I can struggle on the phone and get thro...

The same thing happened to me a more than a few times - doing pretty well with phone calls then horrible anxiety/inability to use the phone after a bad call. If you have a job that requires phone use,...

What have you done to get over phone anxiety?

What have you done to get over phone anxiety? So, I'm a 28 year old mum. I have major phone anxiety, I started to get over it a couple of years ago but then a real bad call with my doctors office kind...

My issue is making me want to lock myself and never speak to human beings

My issue is making me want to lock myself and never speak to human beings I never used to stutter not in English nor my mother tongue.. recently I’ve been stuttering, repeating myself, wrong grammar, ...

That's what a lot of my friends and family tell me. Even strangers after I try to explain that I have a stutter. They usually say, "And? I got what you meant. You're fine.", and almost immediately, I ...