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Great post! I'll be starting a job soon which will involve speaking almost daily in front of small groups. I've done this before at work, albeit in a different, more familiar environment. I'm fluent...

I honestly didn't stutter at all during the interview or the first weeks working, because my mind was so occupied with the new enviroment I guess my brain didn't "clam up" to cause me to stutter. I d...

I'm from USA and my field is business. I went to CC most of my college years until my last year I got a degree in business admin. I'm not applying for jobs where voice communication skills are greatly...

> There's a lot I'm afraid of and insecure about lol Yes, we're all afraid and insecure of how we *think* things are going to go. My point is, things are rarely going to end up as awful as we wor...

The 2018 Stuttering New Years Challenge

The 2018 Stuttering New Years Challenge Some of you may know me from the Discord, so you've probably already heard this. A lot of us have issues with avoidance and anxiety. Many of us don't use our vo...

1. You know all those daydreams and fantasies you have of being completely fluent, which makes you suddenly all suave and awesome, and then you ride off into the sunset on a dragon while perfectly rec...

Help with my situation - can't get a job, afraid I can't get a boyfriend, have no friends and so lost and confused with my thoughts

Help with my situation - can't get a job, afraid I can't get a boyfriend, have no friends and so lost and confused with my thoughts Hi all. Thanks for reading and replying in advanced. Looking for new...

The suggestions were about customer service, but she asked me to add something to my greeting that I know I will block on before too long so I went back to my old greetings. I pray I don't get called ...

These feelings really suck.. and most of us have it at some point, but we must SURVIVE these situations (not excel at them, just survive) and believe in improvement. I believe a stutterer reaches succ...

Is anyone else's self esteem shattered?

Is anyone else's self esteem shattered? I'm at work now, stuttered all day. I'm about to get off in 10 minutes (thank You Lord). As soon as I get to my bedroom I am turning off all my lights and I'm g...

Today I found out my boss can listen to my calls

Today I found out my boss can listen to my calls After I answered and redirected a call to our store my boss called me and told me how I could have said something better and told me how I could have a...

Maybe you stutter with family members because they know that you stutter and they are maybe looking at you in a way where they are 'waiting' for you to stutter, -> You subconsciously think about th...

I think about it pretty often. I think i would be quiet even without a stutter. I've had a stutter since i was 6-7 years old, it got a bit better over the years and now it's a mild one. I rarely stutt...

Is my stuttering purely psychological?

Is my stuttering purely psychological? Hi, I've been struggling with my stutter since I was 6-7 years old (I'm 25 now) and I was wondering if my problem is psychological, neurological or just a habit ...

I hate it (well, not really hate since it's a nice gesture) but when cashiers, cab drivers etc randomly say merry christmas, happy new year and so on I usually stutter with the reply

I hate it (well, not really hate since it's a nice gesture) but when cashiers, cab drivers etc randomly say merry christmas, happy new year and so on I usually stutter with the reply I stutter with th...

I play counter strike but making calls where the enemy is can be really tough because if you do it a second late it can mean a lost round...

Yeah I know, that was just a meme. I learned a lot this year actually, changed my personality quite a lot and am actually able to talk to people without too much fear....

+1 for Seinfeld Isn’t being the person not talking worse than being the person who stutters? I feel like that unless you’re just gorgeous and can pull off the aloof disinterested stranger vibe, it’s ...

More annoying for me is how, on occasion I just can speak very very clearly in social interactions. No problems with word retrieval at all, no tension. At those times it's like something switched in m...

I can remember doing a presentation back in 7th grade, and I was quite nervous about it. When I was called to go, I went, and that’s where it went south. About halfway through my speech, my teacher co...