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I love you, too. I hid my stutter for years, and so I hid myself as well. I wasted so many years being scared. I still am sometimes. Hell, I'm waiting for a date to show up to meet her for the first ...

You *have to* endure and you *have to* push yourself each time further and further. And you will get there eventually, you just need to focus and find your specific way how to get rid of it. As I men...

Of coarse it's hard to deal with and some people don't even understand how it feels. I don't know the type of stutter you have. I have the "block" one...if I can call it that. It is as if the word or ...

My (continuing) adventure to fluency [HCRI]

My (continuing) adventure to fluency [HCRI] TL;DR - A scientifically proven speech therapy that helped me achieve my fluency. If you are tired and frustrated of your speech disfluency, it is time to o...

I'm sorry to hear that your stutter is affecting your life. I can totally understand where you are coming from. Once the cat is out of the bag that you stutter, it gets so much easier. People will get...

Anyone here who feels like their stutter keeps them from doing things in life should seek out speech therapy. There are many things you can do to work towards acceptance of the disorder. It worked for...

People know you stutter, right? I mean, cat's already out of the bag, might as well stop avoiding it. Take whatever time and/or action you need to get your message out. Really, when you think about it...

I did this for a presentation in the mandatory comm class first year of college. A big relief because I didn't worry about the stutter and hiding it for each presentation. Probably the most fun I had ...

the thing that made me start to get it was realizing that though i thought i accepted my stutter (since duh, i know i stutter), I was really just acknowledging it rather than accepting it. I was simul...

If you havent been to the NSA conference, I really think you need to go. I've met some people with a lot of disfluency. A lot. Who still "do it anyway". the difference is they've learned and practice ...

Thank you, this is a wonderful comment :) I don't necessarily think my stutter is a terrible thing, it just feels like life would be so much easier with increased fluency. Though I agree there is some...

Being a person who stutters shouldn't hold us back ...

Being a person who stutters shouldn't hold us back ... ...

Maaaaaaaaaaaan. that is incredible!!! Congratulations! I really hope you keep it up, through fluency and disfluency. Keep us posted on how you're doing, because I totally feel like thats the secret. T...

Hey 56, definitely sounds rough. And telling yourself there are worse things out there usually doesn't make us feel better, maybe only more guilty for feeling how we feel. Well it's ok to feel these t...

I agree with what you wrote. The thing is, I am old enough to look at it from more mature side and conclude that I have pretty good life even with my stutter. I was discussing my stutter with girlfrie...

My first post on /r/Stutter. I'm 23 yo and have stuttered for as long as I remember. Despite that, I have lived a pretty normal life - I have many friends, I am socially active, I have a beautiful gi...

Reconditioning your entire method of speech is going to take a lot more than a few months. Don't be discouraged! You're developing some good habits. And yeah the, "You know"s and "Like"s, those are ...

You stand just as much of a chance as the next person. I know what you're saying, I see that too. "Excellent communication skills both oral and written" and it might be for a job like catching chicken...

remember the trick is NOT to stop stuttering, the trick is to not be bothered by stuttering. and that takes lots and lots of talking to people....

Hey good for you! I'm 31 years old, and I only actually started talking to people about my stutter 2 years ago. It DOES feel HUGELY liberating to get it off your chest. It really decreases tension and...