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I got myself to appear fluent to others by teaching English in Japan for a year (early 90s). I developed many tricks to keep the blocks under control. The tricks worked for my job/career and making ...

Unfortunately, many of us do this without realizing it, and the longterm consequences of avoiding the word is more blocking....

I was an MC. I stuttered but I’m still alive.

I was an MC. I stuttered but I’m still alive. Previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/s/68dvJOILbY (TW: family trauma) Hi guys, I was an MC for a really big event. And I think I nailed it. ...

generally in life i know the true solution is self-acceptance but as of rn i feel like gotta mask and substitute words as much as possible, i hate feeling abnormal...

I’m done hiding it. I would often lean on my partner to have a backup order, or order for me. Often I would email versus call. All of that is out the window....

Has anyone here lost a job, or find it difficult to get employed in the first place, due to their stutter?

Has anyone here lost a job, or find it difficult to get employed in the first place, due to their stutter? God I hate stuttering sometimes. I think I was born with mine but it's so fucking embarrassin...

Do you suggest I go on this trip?

Do you suggest I go on this trip? It's a week-long trip with my class. And I realized there would be a lot of conversation circles, every hour. And I don't want to embarrass myself and stutter in fro...

I use to be like that, I was always a “lurker”, I would just exist and listen but would barely speak unless spoken to, and when I would be at lunch alone I would “people watch” all the time observing ...

am I the only one or is there anyone else ?

am I the only one or is there anyone else ? whenever I see people chit chatting either useful or crap, though I won't participate in the conversation since I can't speak fluently which if I did might ...

How do I bring up my speech impediment during a job interview?

How do I bring up my speech impediment during a job interview? I don't have a stutter (though I do stutter sometimes), but I have a rare speech impediment (Apraxia of Speech) and am also prone to free...

Email receipts!!

Email receipts!! Anyone else like completely get blocked when asked for email or other information for email receipts from shops? Like why can't you just print me a paper one bruh. Happened today, so...

Honestly I don’t speak a lot but if I have to stick up for myself I will try to talk with confidence, just normal stutter but I try to talk seriously without showing weakness...

It depends on what you mean by that. I do work, attend all my doctor appointments, and make calls when necessary. Do I enjoy it? Most of the time, no. Do I purposely take the easy way out when I can?...

This was painful to read. Very well described. I purposely arrive at some work events late, intentionally creating schedule conflicts so I "miss" the name game/intros at the start....

That is a terrible time in any stutterer's life. I know for me, it was a daily grind. Especially when I knew I "had" to speak. Whether it was school, employment, socializing, etc...it was taxing. Yo...

I’m sorry you had a shitty experience. High school is rough enough, even without stuttering. Peer pressure, high expectations and the fact that brains are not fully developed yet all point to high sch...

Always a tricky one for me, I try adding an extra word or something to get some flow. "call me Alex" "it's alex" etc...

The reason i stutter the most with my parents or close family is that they know me my whole life.. even when I’m trying to hide it my brain just switch and doesn’t let me to hide so my blocks are more...

I'm the same! I have had to bastardize my given name for years. At any job I have had I have asked everyone to refer to me as a name that's doesn't even resemble my given name!...

Just adding to what others have said - totally understandable it should feel so difficult to talk about, we all carry so many complex feelings and shame around stammering. Do you stutter most around p...