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Good luck! I know it sounds cheesy, but visualizing yourself and saying positive things to yourself can help. Visualizing yourself doing a good job and speaking fluently can help. Also, if you block o...

That's my story, first time sharing this with anyone

That's my story, first time sharing this with anyone I've been stuttering for as long as I can remember, I was severely bullied and made fun of from grade 1 till grade 8, which caused me a lot of psyc...

Yes I do. It's the worst when I'm really emotional and upset, talk to strangers etc. My stutter gets worse when I'm not feeling well emotionally. Sometimes I can't get a single word out and feel like ...

I don’t agree that it links to anxiety, at least for me. There is definitely something to “thinking about it” though. Kinda like quantum physics and whether you’re observing something......

I agree! Especially in an job interview or situations like that, its reallllly hard not to think about it, for me at least :(...

Oh yea 100%, anxietie's a killer, happens to me a lot. Just keep your cool, don't lose eye contact and be confident...

I was having a particularly stressful day at work when I was talking to some man who came into the store I was working at. He was asking me questions, and I was stuttering when I responded. He then lo...

Drive thru situations are the worst! I feel the same way at a drive thru as I do when I am talking on the phone. My anxiety increases and I am way more likely to stutter. I've also had the employee sa...

Totally! When you're feeling anxiety and you're overthinking about what you're saying, you're not allowing yourself to speak freely. The more tense you are the harder it is to keep yourself from stutt...

Doesn’t ‘haunt’ me as much anymore, but had to do a presentation for work and was told it was a small group - I walked into an auditorium with every seat full. The person speaking presenting before me...

Yup, makes total sense! The anxiety anticipating a stutter almost always results in stuttering....

That’s so true. But I think it all comes back to how we carry ourselves. I read somewhere else in this community of someone who said that stuttering didn’t define or change the tone of the various poi...

Hmm I’ve never done that. Not on a date at least. But I guess it would take away all the anxiety focused on what they will think of me. Who knows! Let’s see what happens haha...

That’s exactly what it means. Sounds like this guy hit you with a life lesson! It seems crazy, I know, but people who stutter are obsessed with their stuttering. It’s a catch 22, vicious cycle, etc. I...

Going on a Date

Going on a Date I’ve been texting this guy for some time and turns out we hit it off pretty well. He’s one year older than me (I’m 23/f). I’m excited yet getting crazy anxiety for our date because of ...

Does anyone else HATE a word and whenever they have to read it, that creates more anxiety which then causes you to stutter?

Does anyone else HATE a word and whenever they have to read it, that creates more anxiety which then causes you to stutter? I'm reading Romeo and Juliet in my class and my role is the narrator. There'...

I'm in a similar situation, going to get engaged in 3 days. I'm also having a feeling that anxiety is getting my stuttering back. But I hope to stay confident which has helped me before. Be confident ...

My guess is maybe your jealous that you don't have the confidence to do what he does. I don't know, but whatever the cause may be you need to stop immediately. As a stutterer you should be able to em...

Does his more-open stuttering make you feel uncomfortable? Maybe your laughing is just an automatic way you’re responding to something in him that you aren’t comfortable doing? This happened to a frie...

I understand your point and I totally agree that perfect communication will probably not be in my favor. I just feel utterly defeated every time my stuttering takes over and I make a complete fool of...