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Longtime stutterer here. Have any of you guys ever tried out those speecheasy devices that fit in your ear?

Longtime stutterer here. Have any of you guys ever tried out those speecheasy devices that fit in your ear? I just learned about this speecheasy device. Basically, it's a tiny device that sits in your...

Sharing my Experience so far with stuttering! i'm probably stating the obvious here though.

Sharing my Experience so far with stuttering! i'm probably stating the obvious here though. I'm 25 years old i work as an IT recruiter i talk to people every single day! Not a day goes by without me t...

That is how I was able to condition myself to think as well. However, it was not easy for me to get to that point, I can't imagine it will be easy for her either. With that being said, I def agree wit...

I just take every event or situation in my life good or bad and chalk it up to an experience that i as an individual am lucky enough to have had the chance to experience first hand. Do i stutter? Yes....

Have you sat down to talk about this with her? Just starting a dialogue is a good start and getting her own feelings on her stuttering. I can't recommend the StutterTalk podcast enough because it's t...

How to give support for loved ones?

How to give support for loved ones? My cousin is a year younger than me and has always looked up to me. We have been close our whole lives seeing as how we are so near in age. She has dealt with stutt...

Glad to have you around! As someone mentioned, StutterTalk is a fantastic resource that may help you in your understanding of your stutter. I've had my fair share of bad experiences and still do som...

Celebrate the good days, learn from the bad days. That's all you can do. It's not all about fluency! It's about feeling content with where you are now, regardless of how you speak. :)...

I think you should take this as an example how "much" others care about your stuttering. Take it all in and try to change you own beliefs about yourself. If others don't react badly to it, if they wai...

Just received my "iStutter" pin from the nAtion Stuttering Association

Just received my "iStutter" pin from the nAtion Stuttering Association pretty pumped to put it on my nametag at work. hope it will spark up some conversations and bring awareness...

Well I gotta say Ahmed, reading some of your posts you seem like a really bright and strong person. I can't teach you a new therapy over the internet, but I can tell you that there's nothing wrong wit...

I believe decrease in shame relates to desensitization. You can desensitize yourself mostly by being open about what you're ashamed of, not letting it stop you in life, sooner or later it should becom...

i am 32 myself and it was not until recently i stopped getting embarrassed by it. not sure if this helps you,but i found myself in a series of situations over the last few years where i was the exper...

What did you do to reduce your shame ?

What did you do to reduce your shame ? My biggest problem is that feeling of shame that overwhelms me, every time I stutter. What did you do to reduce this feeling ? I'am 32 and i've never be so asham...

Agreed. I've just started working on my own 'acceptance'... I'm 34. I've always wanted it to disappear and be "normal" (what's normal?) but I'm coming to realize that my life is much more dynamic an...

I do agree that hiding from it will make you suffer, but it doesn't determine who I am and who I want to be in the future. Sensible people that want to connect with others as friends or more will be ...

This is true. Although, he is a content and confident stutterer. That's the key to all this, not fluency....

What I meant to say was, there's no guaranteed amount of effect. It's not like work or sports in that regard (and even those aren't all that automatic, but I get what you mean). "Necessary" is suppose...

Alright, we're keeping it public. I hear what you're saying. It is different to everybody. Each individual has a different experience of it and has a stutter of a different degree than others. Compl...

(No need to go private, if you don't mind.) I look at it like this: We have visitors in here who are all about that "overcoming" angle. But some of them seemingly won't acecpt that stutter isn't the ...