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I read out loud every other day and I practice in front of my bathroom mirror. This has proven very effective in improving my fluency....

+1 right here. People tell me it's a great movie and I believe them. I even bought it. Still can't get through it! It's silly, but a thing....

Yes. I recently read Speech is a River by Ruth Mead and she constantly brings up that point as an argument to the idea that the main problem isn’t the mechanics of speech like many speech therapies pr...

Y...y..y..yesss Edit: found an old yt vid made for an engineering class. I don't stutter in it but that's cuz I'm using all possible loopholes like unnecessary long pauses, substiting words and sa...

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Rant Hi im 18 and im about to go to university in 2021 afteer a gap year. since i was 11 my stutter has really put a holt on my life in the fact that i have held myself back on many occasions in my li...

I’m a construction site manager and probably make up to 50 telephone calls a day including some difficult calls full of confrontation. Growing up, speaking on the telephone was a massive trigger for ...

Talking to yourself is a low stress activity where you don't hit your stuttering treshhold....

After I had been through a serious experience that cost me sth I have longed to achieve, I might have just touched upon a key factor in being comfortable with stuttering and probbaly eventually overcoming this impediment.

After I had been through a serious experience that cost me sth I have longed to achieve, I might have just touched upon a key factor in being comfortable with stuttering and probbaly eventually overco...

I also get anxious sometimes when I'm waiting in line, but like everything in life it gets easier when you do it more often. My mindset nowadays whilst waiting in line is: I'm the customer, I'm king, ...

25 yr old male, stutterer, working in sales.

25 yr old male, stutterer, working in sales. Hi all. I've always wanted to post on reddit about my story and just hear feedback. I'm a 25 year old male with a, I guess, light-moderate stutter. On some...

I also blocked on “Hello” frequently and would revert to “Yes” which sounds super corny and over the top or there’s the “Good Morning” or “Good Afternoon” line; all less than stellar options but you ...

I feel you man. I’m 35 and still have this fear on daily basis. But guess what ? Since 3 weeks, I have to call our clients, pick up the phone and speak in another language at work for 1-2 hours a day....

Similar thing happens to me. Whenever I'm about to write a "complex" letter like 'm' or 'w', my hand freezes for a second and I need to write the letter out slowly. It interrupts my pace when I'm writ...

I work at Berger King at airport. Usually my work is making the hamburgers, but sometimes they give the cashier shifts, and we still have this old way, where you need to shout for the customer by sayi...

I have the same problem, especially when someone says "What?" I completely lock up. But yeah, I can talk perfectly fine on my own. Its SO frustrating :(...

Do most stutterers talk perfectly fine if completely alone in a room? This is my case and wondering if its the same for others.

Do most stutterers talk perfectly fine if completely alone in a room? This is my case and wondering if its the same for others. Been stuttering since I was a kid... now in my early 30's with a child. ...

You gotta practice answering/talking on the phone. This is a good example to practice in speech therapy. It realy helped me overcome the "fear" of talking on the phone. While i still stutter while o...

When i had a job in fast food i specifically asked to be put anywhere other than speaker or front cashier for fear of people making fun of my stammer. Lucky for me they put me in the grill and fryer p...

Hey man I understand the stress. I have been working recruitment for the last 2 years and my job is primarily on the phone. It definitely gets easier as you do it more and more. At times when I do stu...

The only way to get over it is to talk more on the phone. Even if you can't say anything, just face it . Once you develop the courage the fear will slowly start diminishing. I know it's not easy as it...