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Yo same, not with the door case, but when I'm in the grocery store I sometime worry people would ask me if I want to get ahead of them in the line because I buy much less things....

before i walk in or out of any establishment i make sure there’s nobody in front of me bc i don’t want them holding the door open for me knowing i won’t be able to thank them...

This. It’s exhausting. They have no idea. I’ve often had feedback at work about not being overly chatty, being quiet or not speaking enough in meetings etc - they have no idea the effort it takes so I...

Traits that might be traditionally perceived as negative will be perceived positively if you are attractive. For example, stuttering can be seen as “talking weird” but if you’re attractive it will be ...

I've stuttered my whole life and I still have days where it's basically gone and then a week later I'm stammering all over the place. Your situation sounds different than mine but like others have sai...

I always think like that but recently I thought of something, i often don't participate in PE not because of the stutter, but because I'm afraid I might play bad and embarrass myself (kind of performa...

So Real, most of my stress and anxieties are because of this, there's always a new teacher, an activity etc etc, it's like nobody gets us stutterers and nobody wants to adjust, it sounds selfish to ex...

I think in my case, stuttering is primarily anxiety-driven rather than purely mechanical. Speech therapy can help with technique and awareness, but it often doesn’t address the deeper neurological or ...

Apparently, people who is already living in the pain don't need another "teacher" to judge him. It's like telling depressed people to just be more positive and fix your problem....

Yes, I took Clonazepam for other problems but helped a lot. I took very small doses only before meetings and helped immensely, because the panic/heartbeat increased a lot the stuttering. I moved to a ...

Thank you! I definitely think she stutters regardless of surroundings, I meant more how her own frustration and reaction to it differs based on her surroundings. Patient friends versus argumentative c...

Hi, I think you can check out the comments under this post, they might be really helpful for you: [https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/1mqufud/a\_writer\_trying\_to\_be\_as\_correct\_and\_respec...

Writer (without stutter)

Writer (without stutter) Hey I’m not really sure if I’m allowed to post here but as a disabled writer I really hate the idea of misrepresenting in my own stories. So is it okay to ask you guys questio...

Best way to temporarly increase agility and flexibility of your freaking mouth in 5 days?

Best way to temporarly increase agility and flexibility of your freaking mouth in 5 days? A few days ago. My medical school interview shook my absolute core because I couldn't deliver a sentence witho...

Ikr, spf so shag haha I have speaking anxiety, especially if it’s a presentation or ordering food, because I’m in a queue. In fact just yesterday, there was a food vendor who told me to hurry up whil...

It honestly confuses me when people don’t like talking or being social cause like bro you literally can get that shit out quick and smooth...

Yea I’ve been prescribed in the past but never could let my ego down to take it. I think I would use it when the situation is right. I think I’d take it in the future when I’m at work or something and...

Thanks for sharing your story. Have you tried a Beta blocker for stressful speaking situations? Essentially it blocks adrenaline so you don’t feel the physiological effects of anxiety (elevated hear...

Look into anti-anxiety medication and a Beta Blocker for those public speaking situations. Then you need to focus on fluency shaping techniques whilst addressing the anxiety around your stutter. Als...

Even w/o the stutter, there's still the fear of being ignored, mocked, say something misunderstood, clumsy or wrong, the fear of being the center of attention when you talk, the fear of giving a bad a...