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At My Breaking Point

At My Breaking Point Hi everybody! After finding this subreddit earlier and reading some posts I've decided to create an appropriately named throwaway account and post how I'm feeling living with my s...

As usual I just rehearse the material so much I don’t need notes and can just talk from the hip(might only be a danish saying), so it went quite well since I can choose my own words but still say what...

Great post! As a lifelong stutterer who is now going in to the job search and interviewing process (and anxious as hell about it), this story helped put things in perspective. ...

Being a stutterer and having a child who stutters

Being a stutterer and having a child who stutters I’ve stuttered ever since I can remember, it’s mild/moderate, definitely has improved since childhood. Now I have a daughter and she is 4, I noticed a...

To echo everybody else in this thread: Thank you for sharing, and I'm sure we all connect with that feeling of loneliness and self-isolation. I'm 34, I don't remember *not* stuttering, although in tr...

my stutter started with the puberty, when i got anxiety about everything. since there i never more meet any friend and went to parties, i almost got depressed. now things are getting better, i hope....

today i successfully spoke to my whole class

today i successfully spoke to my whole class i had to read mine part of group work, and was very anxiety , my hearth was beating so fast. but i don't know how, i just clearly spoke with no stutter. ...

I second the comment about feeling anxious around them and judged by them. I actually stutter around kids because kids make me nervous. I'm not used to being around kids so I stutter worse around them...

I've thought that exact same thing about not being able to express myself the way I want to. I also have a small lisp so I've always lacked confidence in my voice in general, which is pretty sad. It g...

Hey there, buddy. We all feel you in this stuttering thing. Q/A is probably the most common issue that stutterers like us has problem with, that feeling when you know all the answers and yet you can't...

MO- you feel you are being judged from adults and don’t feel comfortable around them. If you can bring the same emotion and frame of mind you do while talking to younger people to adults. I think tha...

If I don't stutter/stutter very very little around children and people younger than me, can I replicate that with adults.

If I don't stutter/stutter very very little around children and people younger than me, can I replicate that with adults. I don't stutter at all around children and people younger than me, but when sp...

My parents would say "don't stutter" every time I would stutter. Like, thanks. You cured me. About thinking before you speak, I definitely don't think it helped me at all. When giving speeches in sch...

Here's from my experience. Sit down relaxed smiling at the other person, casually look them in their eyes. Any experienced person will start with small, getting to know you questions. Try to build a t...

I get the same thing I'll go through days or weeks of more severe stuttering. To the point where friends around me will ask me if I'm OK because I've been stuttering more than usual. The best thing I ...

Does anyone here have experience with tinder?

Does anyone here have experience with tinder? As a stutterer, it’s hard for me to start a conversation with women or even approach them. I feel like tinder is a good way to avoid the approaching part,...

That's really good! This up coming month I am moving and need to start applying for new jobs. The interview process is what's making me dread it because of my stutter. So thanks for sharing and giving...

Botched my phone interview, yet they still moved me forward.

Botched my phone interview, yet they still moved me forward. Last week I had a phone interview as I am looking for work despite my stuttering being at its worst in years. The recruiter called me and ...

You're not alone, it's happened and continues to happen to many of us. Like you, this often happens to me at work. I can't say a word and I'll play dumb like I've forgotten... Such is life. ...

We have all been there man. I have had similar instances throughout my life. I would cope by becoming completing numb and just locking up my feelings so to speak. However all the feelings would come h...