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I used to work at a fast food chain. I didn’t run into too many problems with my speech while working there. Once I was giving change back to a customer and while trying to say “I’ll have to give you ...

Yes! Like why the fuck does this happen. I just said what i wanted to say without stuttering and for some stupid reason I stutter when I have to repeat....

Having to repeat my self is the worst. Vent.

Having to repeat my self is the worst. Vent. When I stutter the other people will say like "what" or something and then I repeat my sentence BUT that wil active something in my brain which makes me st...

Stuttered so badly at work

Stuttered so badly at work I just finished my 2nd week at my first waitressing job. I’ve been enjoying it and it’s been great to practice building confidence talking to customers. But today was awful...

Just venting about saying names...

Just venting about saying names... So I stutter and my 4 year old has apraxia so he can't really talk much. I ran into my neighbor in the back. It's only the second time I talked to him in 4 years. ...

I feel as though personally that it was repetition, then to avoid repetition, I started to block instead. I live in Japan and am fluent in the language. Not perfect, but very fluent. I stutter in bot...

I find them to be apt descriptions of the behavior. The video of one of our TV channels kept freezing and going and freezing and going and my wife made a comment about how annoying it was. I was like...

Honestly, with experience most IT jobs require a bit of communication. If you want to go down the talk as little as possible route, standard developer or devops would be okay. But there is still a bit...

You will get used to it and programmer is the right job in IT for a stutterer. Manager/director cause too much pressure for us as lungs gets tight too often while handling pressure thus ruining the ov...

prevalence statistics for stuttering sub-types

prevalence statistics for stuttering sub-types Hi! Does anyone know how to find a reference on prevalence statistics for stuttering sub-types like repetitions, prolongations, blocks? Sorry I’m not a...

I would not say I was bullied, but people did tease me sometimes in school. If a started stuttering and got stuck in a word, they would talk over me or mimic my stutter and make of me. It still hurts ...

Like you speak too fast so that your speeches and communications become into a mess? I haven't cluttered for once but I heard of that disorder....

Well at first it was like any normal child, mostly when he was really excited and wanted to tell a story or show us something found or something. That's why it's hard to pinpoint when it changed to ju...

I’m just beginning to figure this all out. But I take vyvanse that cause excessive speech/rapid speech. I’ve also grown to develop a stutter but I think a clutter is what it is the most...

I don't feel that this is true for me, but because I've been doing it my whole life, perhaps it's just become second nature? For me, both repetition and blocking both suck equally.......

Hi, First, you seem to be doing the right things! Good for you, not all parents would have put in the effort. I found this video from stuttering therapy resources that desribes "easy talking", how ...

Yeah, we are unwilling to make the sound because we are afraid of stuttering or how it will come out (most likely). When I block the big fear I have is that the unknown of how big or ugly the sound mi...

Any of you have stuttering children?

Any of you have stuttering children? My 3 year old has, in just a couple of weeks, developed a really really bad stutter. We are taking him to a speech therapist but the wait for an appointment is rea...

When you say "avoidance", do you mean we are actively avoiding saying words or is this a technical term I've yet to hear of? I for one feel less as though I'm avoiding stuttering rather the words just...

If you're blocking there is no sound so it's different than a repetition. A repetition is a different kind of avoidance where you approach the feared sound and back off and try again until you feel a...