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Hi there, I'm also a long time lurker here. I'm 40 years old and I've always stuttered and when I was a kid I could hardly talk. I still stutter with some blocks here and there but in my years I lear...

I just thought of this story. Years ago I liked a girl named Laura. I had a terrible time saying her name, there were many times I’d call and have to hang up because I was so blocked. I made a tape (c...

I used to be terrible on the phone, so I know that feeling of dread when you have to make a call. Years ago, I got a job that, unbeknownst to me, required a fair amount of talking on the phone. Long s...

I made a joke about how ordering at subway is like telling directions cause I cant pronounce most of the toppings. 2 left, 1 right, 3 down. It sounded better on stage then it does typing lol....

It doesn’t sound ridiculous at all. That’s how we’re wired I think. Sometimes when I know what I’m supposed to say, it’s worse. But I was a receptionist at one point (kind of my own personal hell but ...

I know this so much. In my case especially with girls. I want to say X but ends up sayin X in so weird way that kills everything :(...

So you're telling me that in 36 years you didn't notice that you don't stutter when speaking alone? Is that a joke?...

Thanks man. Cluttering is also a fluency disorder. You tend to jumble up sounds, mix up words, use odd sentence structure, and overall just have a lot of trouble converting thoughts to actual words....

Yes, completely. My absolute killer combination of stuttering, cluttering, and a voice disorder makes it impossible for me to properly express myself. Even if I try my best what comes out is a complet...

Very common. The higher premium placed on "not stuttering" the more the pws will likely 1) stutter, 2) avoid. If you project negative thoughts about your stutter, you will feel anxiety (i.e., "If ...

Just so I'm clear, you simply power through it and communicate what you want to say regardless of fluency issues throughout?...

Stuttering, Being Misunderstood and Feeling Stupid

Stuttering, Being Misunderstood and Feeling Stupid This is something that bothers me probably above all else when it comes to my personal stutter. In a dinner table discussion or a social disagreement...

One of the most relatable scenes in the movie was the standup. I often try to escape situations where i block by starting to laugh. I know it's not the same, but to outsider it might seem the same....

I have to agree with the previous commenters here. Fillers may help you not stutter at first, but in the end they can become so distracting and actually make you sound daft. I know a person who stutte...

I dunno, I couldn’t really identify with him, his issues felt very ham-fisted. Could have been more subtle and believable....

It's true but you gotta open up about it and be confident which is what most stutterers lack...

Perhaps just a misunderstanding on their part. At any rate, there's an inconvenient overlap with _item_ cluttering here, which makes it difficult to promote a particular version of it. I think the o...

Wrong. Cluttering is its own thing. :) It's not a sub-part of stutter (but there may be symptomatic overlap). In case this is a matter of language barrier, you should know that "cluttering" does inde...

Yeah, fillers only work so long as you don't stutter on them... OP, you should just stutter instead. Don't create bad habits, you'll regret it in years to come....

Where did you learn this? Do you have a reference? I've read a lot of books on cluttering, and I've never heard anyone say this before....