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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...

I feel like that's a great idea but not for me. I hated speech techniques from childhood, I always feel more anxious when I remember I'm supposed to do techniques, and that makes me stutter more. If t...

Tips for a Teenage Stutter

Tips for a Teenage Stutter Hey Guys! I just wanted to know if you guys had any tips for calming nerves during Interviews, Presentations or Phone Calls. I’ve been Stuttering my whole life (currently ...

Sometimes I find myself thinking about people who speak normally, and I think that their life must be so much easier. But in actuality, they may have issues going on in their lives that are not as pro...

My stutter, or else they’ll think I’m incompetent or nervous

My stutter, or else they’ll think I’m incompetent or nervous ...

What do you call it when you add a helping of social anxiety and a side of depression as well?...

Very thoughtful post! It reminds me of the "**3 Ps**"- Punctuate + Personalize = Pervasive. It is when we **punctuate** the stutter with shame, projecting, or other toxic thoughts that the micro...

Yeah. Sometimes when I am with friends and we are talking, jokes are flowing, discussion happening and then I stutter for a long bit, instantly making everyone slightly uncomfortable, breaking the...

You are kinda ahead of a curve. When I was 20 I thought that I will find someone... 7 years later I'm not that sure anymore lol. (Please don't get discouraged by me, I believe in you!)...

Hey mate, I feel you! I have a stutter and severe ADD. I was judged my entire life because of these two. If you tell me something once, I‘ll forget about it a minute later and you‘ll have to tell me a...

Could be I'm just a fat fuck who values delicious food and drinks too much. I have social anxiety so talking with strangers is something I avoid greatly....

I woke up one day and inexplicably started stuttering.A month and a half later and the problem has persisted and, in some respects, worsened.

I woke up one day and inexplicably started stuttering.A month and a half later and the problem has persisted and, in some respects, worsened. Allow me to provide context.If I sound at all vain or p...

Hehe, not a good feeling at all. Good to let them know before the interview that you stutter to ease the anxiety a bit....

Ah, that intense feeling of relief though. “I probably did terrible, embarrassed myself and will end up getting a shitty grade, but at least I’m done talking in front of everyone!”...

Jerks started to make fun of me. People asking me why did I speak the way I did etc... One day I uploaded a video of me playing videogames with a friend, my stuttering and self-confidence got worse....

Stuttering caused me anxiety for my entire life, feeling different from others and constantly trying to hide it. It was only until I started feeling comfortable saying “please be patient with me, I ha...

I'm exactly the same way, feel pretty ok around family and close friends because they all cool about it. But since I moved to another country and every day have to speak to random people it's really h...

My experience with stuttering

My experience with stuttering I'm a 15 y/o boy from Holland, so sorry if my grammar is bad. I stutter very heavily, i can't say 2 words without stuttering. It really makes me sad because if i want t...

When I make eye contact it's feels like he or she doesn't care that i stutter and it makes me relax a little bit more and then automatically i stutter less....

Ha, I just roll with it knowing I will die alone. My stutter is not severe but my social awkwardness and shyness don’t help either. I’m 20 and slowly balding, I wouldn’t say I am ugly but I’m not attr...