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Never do that. I use to do that. I still stuttered, and I had dumb shit to say because of my vocab limitations. I made the decision to say exactly what I want to say and just stutter through it, so at...

Feeling hopeless

Feeling hopeless I have a stutter that’s on the milder side if I avoid probable words but becomes very noticeable if I don’t. I’m tried or living life with a 10 year old vocabulary because I can’t say...

I don’t know what to do

I don’t know what to do When I was very young, my brother would scare me numerous amounts of times— actually more like anytime the opportunity was given. It lead me to believe that when he scared me, ...

Not a person who stutters but an SLP- I’ve had clients like that. We’ve figured it has to do with feeling totally comfortable and not trying to use any strategies (and/or avoidance behaviors)- so you ...

Anyone Else Only Stuttering With Close Friends/Family or When Speaking your First Language?

Anyone Else Only Stuttering With Close Friends/Family or When Speaking your First Language? Most people struggle talking in a presentation, in a large audience or during a job interview. My case is co...

Stuttering in only one language?

Stuttering in only one language? I have been raised bilingual, and the language I'm stuttering in is actually the one I have known better since childhood, so it makes no sense. I have started stutteri...

I actually like it. Only family and friends do it, and since they know me, they can accurately guess what I'm saying, and it's easier to just say "Yeah, that's it!" than to try to finish the sentence....

There's this guy in one of my classes that also stutters... advice?

There's this guy in one of my classes that also stutters... advice? There's a guy in one of my classes (100+ students) who seems to have a stutter, and tends to use "like"/"uh" and repeats. It's proba...

stutter blocks are restraining my personality and hindering opportunities

stutter blocks are restraining my personality and hindering opportunities [deleted]...

Only stuttering when comfortable

Only stuttering when comfortable While i am thankfully happy that my stutter doesnt effect me in public situations, it really hurts to be talking to my friends and family. Watching them try and wait f...

Humiliated

Humiliated I'm so embarrased and humiliated right now. I just got out of presentation for my first period class and I did absolutely terrible. I stuttered on almost every word and everyone can just he...

Pet peeves? I’m curious

Pet peeves? I’m curious Like a lot of these posts are about pet peeves, but if you had to narrow it down to one, like what would it be? Because I literally can’t see anything past finishing sentences,...

I left my friends at the bar and went home.

I left my friends at the bar and went home. I was sat at the table, everyone was around me talking and laughing, I've known my friends for years but I really felt like an outsider. When I did try to t...

Relatable?

Relatable? -Substitute teacher insists on calling role -Someone tries to start a conversation -Not joining game chats because of stuttering -Pretending to listen to music so people don't talk to yo...

Hey :) You say you don't stutter but what you described sounds like a stutter to me. Life can suck sometimes, I know. Have you tried a speech therapist? I think the best thing for us is to expose ours...

Life with speech blocks:(

Life with speech blocks:( Sorry about the lengthy post, I've been wanting to get this off my chest for quite a sometime. Now that I'm suffering more due to this speech block issues. I want to see whet...

I feel comfortable when I'm drunk

I feel comfortable when I'm drunk I'm a 19 years old male. A week ago I got drunk by tequila and I felt very comfortable with my speech, I didn't even think before I speak, I just said everything in m...

So I’m not the only one who uses “like” way too much as a starter word huh. Interesting. I wonder why that is. It’s not like L words are any easier to say. At least for me....

I don’t like people finishing my sentences, and I’m always pretty loud about it, especially because they tend to make wrong assumptions and that can take even more effort for me - by saying “no, that’...

Don’t finish my sentences for me

Don’t finish my sentences for me I think my number 1 pet peeve about my stutter is when people finish my sentences for me. Just let me get there. 😡...