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I think I'm in just about the same situation as you, but my head tics have escalated to Tourettes and I'm not 17 yet. I don't mind my stutter until it either makes people harass me or if it starts at ...

I feel the same way. I worry in anyway about people doubting my confidence and abilities because of my stutter so when people finish my sentences it does make it worse, but then I know that it's not o...

How my Stutter has impacted College for me

How my Stutter has impacted College for me I'm towards the end of my third year of college currently. I've had an on and off stutter since I was very young and the past few years, it's gotten to the ...

Opinions and Experiences On Stuttering

Opinions and Experiences On Stuttering I just wanted to make this thread to see some of the experiences other people have has with stuttering. I'm a 17 year old in High School and its been kicking my ...

I’d think so too. Personally I range from being functionally mute to super fluent. Very much depends on my anxiety. Oddly enough I always crush public speaking. ...

I would have thought so yeah. Personally I find it harder to initiate conversations than to continue an ongoing one. So yeah, the greater the 'flow', the easier it is surely?...

A Social, antisocial Stammerer.

A Social, antisocial Stammerer. Hello Everyone. I'm 22 and from the UK and am new to Reddit so please bear with me. I've stuttered for as long as I can remember and although I'm fairly 'fluent' and p...

Hmm, maybe getting more comfortable with a person. I feel the same way with mine. I don't stutter much around my girlfriend, but I do in front of others that I think may judge me for it....

I agree with you, so do you think the best way to combat stuttering is to stop thinking about it and simply live as stress free as possible? Because with myself personally, my mind is always thinking ...

Let me address your examples above: - We don’t stutter when we’re alone because there’s no conversational aspect to our speech - We don’t stutter when we sing because there’s constant airflow, and it ...

That could be right but I don't see why the brain would consciously or subconsciously choose to stutter and put itself into a stressful situation. Interesting thought though....

Do we subconsciously choose to stutter?

Do we subconsciously choose to stutter? Hey guys, lately I have been reading a book called Stuttering & Anxiety by Lee Lovet. And in this book he talks about how people subconsciously choose to st...

Is it worth is to see a SLP?

Is it worth is to see a SLP? This is in regard to cluttering so I hope it’s ok to post about that here. I couldn’t fine a more appropriate place. I’ve always had a lot of issues with expressing mysel...

I don't mean to sound harsh, but there's nothing positive there. Women calling you a "sweetheart" or something along the lines of non-threatening-and-cute is not a signal of attraction....

Feeling self conscious

Feeling self conscious I told my boyfriend I stuttered and it was the first conversation about it. He told me he didn’t notice but he said that I say “like” a lot. I told him it’s a filler word to hel...

He got rejected and wasn't able to fully connect with her due to his stuttering...

Literally the same thing happened to me. Maybe it’s worse because I didnt take it from 13 yrs old to now but I don’t remember my stutter being so bad from kindergarten to around 7th grade. Maybe it’s ...

I have the same issue. My mom is extremely caustic and judgmental though. Someties I wonder she's the reason I stutter...

I know how you feel. The anxiety you feel is real. It’s hard to get out of your funk because it seems you’re throwing gas on the fire. Find something that takes your mind off of this. Preferably somet...

Hi there! You're going to get tons of good advice in here and guidance. Speech therapy can be a wonderful thing for helping with stuttering and there are so many success stories. Stuttering can be lin...