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Hey man, I feel you a lot. In no way am I trying to minimize what you're going through because I mirror a lot the sentiments you expressed- especially feeling like a shadow of my true self. Communicat...

I agree One of the best things I realized was first impressions don't matter. I'm sure you also did the thing where you go around in a circle and introduce yourselves. When it got to me I was so shy...

I love the end quote: "it's not the stutter that's the problem, it's the way you deal with it"...

I'd rather sound like a human with emotions and personality stuttering than a robot because im afraid to stutter. People don't want to stutter because it's weird but don't mind robot talking because i...

Thanks for the advice. I like the idea of focusing on yourself and then finding friends with the similar interests as you along the way :) ...

As a 30 year old dude with a stutter, "this" is not it. I've been stuttering for 26 years and it has really, really sucked. I know that I don't need to tell that to anyone here. Life with a stutter is...

I relate to most of the stuff that you are saying. I have spent many years hating myself and blaming all of my issues on my stutter. Most of them have their roots from it sure, but at some point you j...

There's a lot of great advice in this post. I'm nearing 30 and the only other thing I can add is that once you're out of high school, no one cares about stuttering. I block and stumble in front of my ...

Don't judge your life by high school standards. I'm a high school teacher (with a moderate-to-severe stutter), and one of my canned PSAs goes something along the lines of "high school is not the best ...

It gets easier as an adult. Being 16 is hard by itself, insecurities and self doubt can be tough. Add in a stutter and it's hard. I was sure all anyone heard was my stuttering and rarely spoke. As I g...

It takes a lot of courage to do what you did. And I appeal to you to never stop doing it. So what if you stuttered on your name? You had so much more to share and I am sure the audience would be very ...

See, here's the thing. We are stuck with a speech habit that cannot be cured. At best it can be controlled to varying degrees but not completely cured. It impairs our lives to an extent we let it. Thi...

I'd never been able to pronounce my name without blocking, making faces and such. After I tried 'The Mcguire Programme' things started changing. It all started on day one of a four day course, and aft...

I used to have a similar problem. But I decided to challenge myself and try say my name whenever I could. I answered the phone saying my name, etc, etc. Over time I found it became less fearful of a w...

I like this sub even this it could be negative at times. You just have to be positive about the whole situation. There’s times when people might laugh, but that makes your stronger to deal with the s...

I've met 100's of stutterers in my life so far. And you get used to it. Seriously. I've learned to accept my stutter because of seeing other people doing it also, they may still have a lot of trouble,...

I'm not sure, sorry. It may have been that I just didn't know what to ask for, this was back when I was in my teens/early 20's. I definitely suggest it though, I used to be a basket case on meds all t...

Hmm. It doesn't really affect me. I'm 22 and been in a few relationships. I'm in one currently and quite happy. It's gotten to the point where my bf says that I don't stutter when it is just him. Soo...

Her main focus is being comfortable expressing herself. I like her SLP a lot because her focus is the same. We don't whisper about stuttering. It's just a thing. She knows she has a choice to try to w...

I wouldn't think prefacing people is that bad, especially at this stage when a weird look as can affect them more than feeling they need you to preface for other people, but I would also encourage her...