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The best way to know is to ask him. Eiher way, make sure to **NOT LOSE EYE CONTACT** when he starts to stutter! Doing this will make him feel like you dont respect him, his stutter and the conversatio...

I also stutter much more on the phone. For me the hardest & most stressful part is thinking about the transition between waiting and talking. So what I do to combat this is to wear earphones and w...

mr manukha

mr manukha i have a degree in Sociology and Anthropology, but i'm facing problem in term of jobs. most of my degree jobs needs candidates who have good communication, i'm stressed i have no solution. ...

For me personally it's part of normalizing the situation and unlearn the fear that is connected to stuttering. Loosing that anxiety was the dominant part of my successful therapeutic process....

Yes, very much. The first time I saw it I nearly backed right out. I only didn't because I was at a crossroads of pulling myself out of a major slump and made myself read some posts. I hate porky the ...

Applying to jobs sucks ass. CS tech interviews sucks. Talking to profs can be hard. The mental gymnastics of speaking fluently takes a while to learn. A grad student clinician I worked with said jus...

Never apologize for venting. I'm 24 and stutter. I can empathize with you quite well because I feel the same way. Low self-esteem, being overly self-critical, and the mental distress is familiar to me...

I'm 21, hit my breaking point when I was 19 in college. Broke down outside the dorm. I went back to speech therapy which has helped tremendously. It's hard to embrace the suck, but reading about th...

A few things to note: 1. Can you take these calls in a private room? The anxiety of what others in the room think of you may be a part of it. 2. Change in jobs and life situation has always brough...

I wish I knew. I believe my great grandfather had a stutter, and others in my family. At the root I think it's genetical, but it has turned into a fear issue. My immense fear, shame and embarrassme...

I am suffering at work

I am suffering at work My stutter/block has gotten really bad lately. Ever since I've started this job (back in April 2017) I have noticed I am having a harder time with my speech that I didn't really...

You've gotta get over your fear of talking and what others think about you. I know it's hard, but stressing out about your stutter does nothing to help you at all. It actually makes things so much wor...

That's not how it works. You're trying to control something that is a part of you and you can't control it. It would be like someone with twitch actively trying to control it. The more harder you try ...

Cannot get words out

Cannot get words out Hi guys, I am 20 years old and have been dealing with a stutter/stammer for as long as I can remember. Thankfully the stutter has gotten a lot better in recent years since I hav...

Feeling helpless and frustrated and tired

Feeling helpless and frustrated and tired I’ve had a stutter since I was a child and I gradually got over it until about 8 months ago. It’s come back into my life with a vengeance. It’s been so bad th...

If you have a question, make an appointment or go during office hours. Tell them you stutter before you ask your question. That's what has worked for me and it helps relieve some of the anxiety associ...

I'm sorry to hear this happened. Anxious situations like interviews hardly help with speaking. I get the feeling that you were apprehensive going into the interview - which makes things worse. I highl...

I honestly wouldn't reccommend going into law enforcement with a stutter, police officers have to do a lot of communicating with other officers and people they deal with in day to day. You have to hav...

Talk to the university, let them know that you have a stutter and ask them if it'd be a problem. If they don't know beforehand, they'll be surprised and maybe they'll think that you have some type of ...

I know very well what you’re going through since I also encountered such hard situations! if it is a very important question, go ahead and ask it. in my case, I’d go to the teacher’s office hour and a...