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I am also a covert stutterer. It’s basically a person whose main objective in terms of fluency is to hide the fact that they stutter at all and the opposite of stuttering acceptance. This leads to com...

Could you explain what a covert stutter is? I’m unfamiliar with that term....

Covert stutter - misunderstood

Covert stutter - misunderstood Anyone else have a covert or interiorised stutter? 30 years I’ve managed to get by with avoidance and some deep rooted tricks . But lately as I’m getting professionally...

I was dropped on my head as a little kid which caused my stuttering. (Before I can remember) I hide my stutter from family and friends. It's mild enough to hide, but has big consequences. I know who...

I’m Finally Quitting My Vision Of Improving Myself

I’m Finally Quitting My Vision Of Improving Myself A few days ago, I was watching a video about a boyfriend loyalty testing his partner. It was a very elaborate setup where the girl was meant to thin...

Oh no! Think there’s been a misunderstanding, probably due to me poorly communicating my thoughts! The link is my post, so I’d like to fix it, if necessary. I’ll try again - ultimately, looking...

If you are faithful, generous and are take care of your appearance (I don’t mean you have to be a model: if u look and smell clean, have a decent haircut and wear decent clothes, you are good to go) t...

This is just like the post that sent me to that other author. Rather than engage in the conversation, I see it's easier to just point to something that helped you that you believed in. For one,...

Public discussion for completing my degree.

Public discussion for completing my degree. Hi guys, I'm an italian girl and in Italian university in almost all universities, to graduate you have to speak in front of the commission about a work you...

Ill be honest. Literally no one cares if you stutter or not. They have their problems also, so no one cares about it. Only we about it. But we should not :( Of course it’s hard.....

Work out, go social and try to stay away from online interactions more than not.  Some is fine but don't feel like you live in it.  Break out of assuming the worst and start assuming the best, no matt...

I personally disclose, I often get looks of confusion with my secondary motions, which leads to me telling them that it’s a stutter and they’re no longer confused lol. The way I see it too, it’s a way...

Local anything is really good! Online, depending on the social media, has a way of getting into peoples heads where we always assume the worst of what people say and it spirals into drama that become...

Workplaces and stuttering

Workplaces and stuttering I understand many of us in this group are from all walks of life and areas of the world. We all know stuttering is still an area that is very much misunderstood by the gene...

As a kid Ive gone ways to avoid stuttering, so Ive pronounced letters I block on differently so I stutter less. I preferred to sound weird than to stutter. It still hangs on to me a bit as a reflex th...

Regularly when I was younger. Not so much in school but I'm after school clubs every day for so many years. It came to a point where I'd laugh along with the jokes because they were pretty funny actua...

I feel your pain brother. I had stutter since i was 13 years old and now when i am 26 years old i still keep fighting with not being able to express my selve normally. It is way better then before th...

Agree. But my explanation for this is our insecurity. Talking to kid or pet is safe since you have superiority feeling. I have see to teach in the college. I was ok bc there was mostly a monologue and...

Tired

Tired I find having a stutter so tiring. I am always so tried. I am never at peace when I could be spoken to or have to speak. I have spoken to a therapist about this for 2 months, it was nice ta...

Covert Stutters, do you guys speak with more words than necessary?

Covert Stutters, do you guys speak with more words than necessary? Let’s say someone asked you, “What show how are you watching right now?” You could say, “Adventure Time”. But you know you’ll stutter...