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Why do you apologize for something you can't control? For the rest I think you are handling your stuttering fine....

Keep your head up. I've been stuttering my whole life and I went through exactly the same things you're going through. The truth is, yes, it sucks, but it also gets better. You have to learn to accept...

Hey man! I'm in college, my junior year and I will tell you, it gets easier. I went through a long period of depression and I'm somewhat still in it, but i'm telling you, it get's easier. Just like wh...

At the NSA conference I met a trial lawyer who has a pretty strong stutter but he's practicing and speaking in court rooms all the time and making it work. He said a key realization that helped him wa...

maaaaaan it's about 100000x easier said than done, but realizing that though we might not be able to totally change our speech, we can change how we feel about it and ourselves and I think that's the ...

Hey man, don't give up. I've stuttered my whole life, and of course I chose a profession (lawyer) where I have to speak for a living. I have anxiety about speaking all the time, but its how you reac...

Thanks for the comment, I agree it's not worth pursuing unless it's 2nd nature. Since your an extrovert I really think the first step you should take is try to learn to be comfortable with it, becau...

everyone ive met in college find my stutter endearing for some reason, my advice: dont worry about it if you get a block well then you get a block...

I'm completely open about it. I don't make it a point to go up to random strangers or anything, but if I'm speaking with someone I don't know and feel like I'm about to have problems with a word, I ju...

I may be a unique case. I have my ups and downs for fluency, but I usually don't concede that anything is wrong with my speech. I'm okay with people knowing that I stutter, but if I'm meeting new peop...

Obe, you've hit the bullseye. I think that's the key, you've got to own it and not let it own you. I wish you the best of luck. Im not very open but im working on it. Trying to hold eye contact, get ...

How open are you about your stutter? Does being more explicit help?

How open are you about your stutter? Does being more explicit help? I usually only speak to my family and close friends about my stutter. I'm sure the I people see on a regular basis know I have a stu...

What you wrote is quite inspiring, I am glad you were able to get to a place where you feel comfortable in your own skin and able to say what you want to say when you want to say it. I am 21 years ol...

I think it's like any other job -- it'll be hard at first to talk to people (over the phone, in person, etc.,) but then get a lot easier. Think about it -- you'll have to call other agents on your cli...

I can see where you are coming from, but you are still describing someone who has a positive attitude towards stuttering. Of course it is very enjoyable when people are interested in you, and how stut...

I just wrote a genetics paper on stuttering. Unrelated to the paper, I read an article written by a SLP from several decades ago. The jist was as stutterers, we view our stutters as their own entity. ...

I'm actually very happy with #1, because most people I encounter really don't know what a stutter is or what it's like to feel that way. I typically find people who do #1 more kinder and patient with ...

That's a very interesting post Blaat1985. I'd especially like to know how psychotherapy goes for you. I've had very limited exposure to speech therapy. Spent the first eight years of my life in a lit...

Your speech therapy history

Your speech therapy history I'm curious about the speech therapy history of people here. I will start with mine. I began stuttering at the age of five. Stuttering runs in my family, so I assume I had...

I just graduated from college, lately I've been pretty fluent but also have some blocks and occasional repetitions. My stutter has been the biggest battle in my intrapersonal life and I've trie...