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When I was in sixth form one guy seemed to imply I was faking it. He'd ask something like "why do you stutter", "but how come you stuttered on mango but not man?" etc....

I have. I was in graduate school and I was getting feedback on a talk I gave. Colleague: You say “um” and “uh” too much. Me: Thats because I have a stutter, it helps me ease through a block. Collea...

Not to be rude, but your mom might be right. Adding words to alleviate stuttering can in turn become part of the stuttering. That goes for all "tricks". Better to work on managing the specific stutter...

I can relate so much. I had lots of friends in my teens, a totally different life. I like my life now aswell thanks to my kids and family. But I really dont have any friends, I seem to be to akward to...

I can't relate to this, but I do know that my stutter is the worst when I am speaking with my parents. I never knew why and I still don't. Now, I have been trying to explain to them my speech journey ...

Recently I was in a phone call and the other person wanted to take my number to call me back after she looked up what I was asking about. After some time going round in circles with her mishearing my...

I understand your pain. I start a new Help Desk job on Monday and I am nervous about it. 8hrs a day on the phone will be hard. I don't wanna sound cliche, but we don't have much of a choice; we have t...

The praising is part of the the therapy, we are following the Lidcombe approach as suggested by our therapist. But I understand what you're saying. I definitely don't discourage or shame him when his ...

F*ck her, man. If you have a second phone you can pre-record certain phrases / words on it. Then play it back on loudspeaker while you are on your call and facing a block. Works for me 95% of the tim...

I think making jokes is worse. You do the setup and when it is the time to say the punchline, you stutter hard. :(...

I don't think a lot of that is stuttering. Like he obviously has a stutter, you can tell when he uses word replacement and such but sometimes he does seem to genuinely forgot what is going on...

>And we've started praising the (few) times where he has smooth speech. I don't mean to sound rude, and I don't mean to alarm you, but - please don't do that. Don't just praise situations with flu...

when someone doesnt understand me the first time i say it i usually dont bother to continieu talking to them....

I have often wondered this as well. My opinion is Yes sometimes he is avoiding blocks with word substitutions and other ineffective strategies. However, I do also believe that he is showing signs of d...

IT consultant , I am more into technical solutions and there are ways to a avoid conversations when I don’t want to . I tend to stutter more the more conversations I have with the same person . And my...

What happens to me?

What happens to me? I am a moderate stutterer but I don't know if that is true, because sometimes I can speak really fast, like really fluent but other times I struggle to expel words from my mouth. I...

One trick I learned awhile ago that works most of the time is when someone asks your name say, "My name is ..." . By starting the phrase with something that you don't have issues with can more easily ...

It really depends a lot on the severity of your stutter, and how you are naturally as a person. I have a very mild stutter and I am able to put on a customer service facade for a period of time well. ...

Normal people think per sounds, we think per clusters and for overcome this problem we stutter. So is not artificial, and of course I don't talk like a robot. I enjoy my speech, I connect with people,...

This is artificial. Normal people don't do it. I use no such tricks, I talk naturally without thinking how to say it. I don't believe that you can always apply such tricks, especially under stress. ...