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While people might not have best reaction to our stutter, it is also helpful for us to be less sensitive to other people’s reactions, for the sake of our own mental health. For me I used to be hyper ...

I personally have never contemplated self-harm myself, but I do understand the self-hate you're experiencing. As stutterers, we face challenges in our daily lives that most people would consider trivi...

Does anyone has ever felt extremly bad about themselves at a deep level because of stuttering?

Does anyone has ever felt extremly bad about themselves at a deep level because of stuttering? Most of the time i have ideas of hurting myself and i wanna stop it, but i cant do it. I wanna get rid of...

Making and being covert takes a serious mental toll. Stutter freely!...

Taming the beast

Taming the beast Hi everyone, I just came here to write something. I'm 25 y/o and since many years ago I have my stutter under control 95% of the time through a combination of crutches, fillers and wo...

How stopped blocking.

How stopped blocking. Just wanted to put this out there. Myself and my friend who stutters both had this experience, hoping it helps someone because there's alot of comments about blocking. Blocking ...

I could imagine that coming with a variety of downsides. While I want to be able to speak my mind, I’d ruin lots of relationships if everything that came to mind was vocalized lmao. Also I don’t know...

In a just world, that route would be logical, but I learned how to play the game until I reached my ultimate goal....

I’ve stammered (as we call it in the UK) all my life but it was only about ten years ago that I saw a therapist who really turned things around for me. The big revelation was that the things I had a...

Sounds like these 2 situations both cause you anxiety which in turn causes you to anticipate them with fear. This all causes tension which causes you to stutter more severely. Suppose the main thing w...

That’s awesome, and super relatable! I also did some speech therapy for a while. It improved my fluency a bit, but like you said, getting rid of the secondary stuff (avoiding eye contact, ticks, etc.)...

I started speech therapy at the beginning of this year and went from having a severe blocking stammer with many many avoidance behaviours such as, not using the phone unless I have to, getting other p...

Unfortunately for me, I don't have an outgoing personality to compensate for my stutter. I have the double whammy of being both a stutterer and a profound introvert as evidence by my first posting ab...

Stuttering, interviews, and a public/client facing career

Stuttering, interviews, and a public/client facing career This is modified from post I made on r/introvert now that I realize my issue is as much stuttering as it is introversion. I have had a severe...

I always put my hand on my face now whenever I talk

I always put my hand on my face now whenever I talk Whenever I talk now I just subconsciously put my mouth on my face. I guess it’s just because I’m so self conscious now of the faces that I make whe...

I’ve worn so many facades- long hair, short hair, fit, fat, sad, funny, manic, the tough guy, the soft guy, the metal guy, the cop, the etc etc etc....

My stuttering is alot better now, but struggling with Specific Sounds - Seeking Advice

My stuttering is alot better now, but struggling with Specific Sounds - Seeking Advice Hi everyone, I’ve been dealing with stuttering for a while now, and I wanted to share my experience and get some...

Hiding doesn’t help

Hiding doesn’t help Been running and hiding from my stutter for my whole life.. I’m 36 and still scared to speak.. avoiding anything that Requires me to talk...

What ACTUALLY helped me was...

What ACTUALLY helped me was... In advance... Please forgive this post for being so long. Like so many on here, I had a speech therapist starting at a young age. She was very smart/educated in her fi...

I feel your pain. I stutter too. It’s either I can’t get words out or they come out so fast it’s like word vomit. I, too, have a job dealing with the public, but I work from home. My boss knows I can’...