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For those of you who are looking for inspiration, I suggest you watch this film based on a TRUE story - The King's Speech

For those of you who are looking for inspiration, I suggest you watch this film based on a TRUE story - The King's Speech The film The King's Speech is the story about King George VI who was a stutter...

You are the guy who gives someone else in a similar situation the confidence to do the same. Thanks for being a shining example of positivity, and congratulations on getting a date for prom! Keep fi...

Mate it's hard not to get depressed when speech / communication is letting you down - such a critical aspect of life. I have been in your situation, like it's not even worth communicating any more. I...

I would have said the same thing at 16. Two things that really helped me: Seeing a speech therapist to improve my speech. I'm going to stutter the rest of my life but I'm okay with that and it's imp...

oh, the irony.

oh, the irony. sometimes when I need a laugh I just think about the fact that my mom is a speech-language pathologist, my dad was on the radio, and I have a stutter. I think the irony of this is what...

Take this opinion for what you will.. ..but I believe stuttering to be an anxiety disorder. Hear me out: at some point a long the way we've learned that we *must* speak completely fluently. Which is ...

My bad, I didn't actually attend. I contacted them and was going to, but then I heard back from this one therapist i've been in contact with and decided to go with her instead. But I did call and spea...

I get told i am an "excellent communicator" and "good with people" by co-workers regularly. I didnt believe it at first (for about 10 years or so :)) but even with my stutter not changing much I am s...

I own a tour guide business, and I'm the only storyteller. My job involves a lot of phone calls and even more public speaking. I stutter, but I haven't found that to be a great hindrance to my caree...

I'm about to graduate medical school and I stutter in front of patients, teachers, and peers. When I do stutter, I mention that I stutter in a confident, brief way and move on. In my estimation, that ...

You need to meet other people who stutter. Most adults I know who stutter are married, have careers. They're living their lives just like everyone else. Their challenge is stuttering, other people hav...

You don't need to worry. Although I'm not necessarily an adult, I thought I would give some insight. I'm currently 22 and am studying Criminology in hopes to become a police officer. I've done an inte...

Fluency isn't what they mean by excellent communication skills. When they ask for excellent communication skills, they're not thinking about stutterers, theyre thinking about the fluent people with ho...

Hey, I think this is a really big issue. I've found that a support system is incredibly helpful, even if it isn't from your own family. The way I would deal with it is I would find a safe place where ...

Through friends. I wish I could help you here, but somehow he's never had any problem meeting people. He has a reputation as an excellent listener though ;) Edit: sorry, I only responded to the first...

Nice! I would never present in high school and opted to make little video presentations in College. By university I stopped stressing about it so much and it feels good when you just do it without let...

I did it.

I did it. I was finally able to do a presentation without getting nervous about my stutter. I'm so happy because my teacher told me I was the only person so far in her all of her classes to get full p...

I was thinking like this before. I found Stuttering Community on Facebook last year and it's really changed my perspective on stuttering. There are still days were I feel like shit sometimes but for t...

I got a dog. Instead of me worrying about my speech all day, I'm worrying about my dog. My speech has gotten better. My confidence has gone up. Bad day? You have your buddy to spill your heart to. You...

Then let him crack jokes, nobody's stopping him. I make fun of myself all the time, and my friends die laughing too. I don't give a fuck. Just the other day I was stuttering on "are" and by the time ...