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Oh I’ve been there. That stuff is always nerve wracking. There’s no one method but I think some of the comments here are good advice. As an additional word of advice, I’d say if you find yourself stuc...

I never gave up so say to say. When I realized speech therapists aren't really the right avenue to help me with my stutter, I kept trying other methods and "magic pills" like vitamin b1 and smooth spe...

Can you practice with a friend? Repeating the word or phrase a lot usually helps me. If you feel you’re about to stutter. Stop. Take a breath and slowly say the word and kind of merge back into it. ...

Nervous about a play tomorrow

Nervous about a play tomorrow Hello everyone Tomorrow my class is rehearsing Romeo and Juliet and I'm the narrator. Since I'm the narrator I have to go up to the front of class (its not on a stage) ...

Don’t leave the job. If they fire you oh well who cares. Try to do it. This is the only way you going to learn. Stop escaping it because one day it’s going to be waiting for you. Your parents are not ...

Working at a call center with a stutter?

Working at a call center with a stutter? This was my second job and it literally involves communicating with people over the phone all day. I was in training for 3 weeks for this job and hated every s...

I know that my experience seems to be an outlier, but also consider that you may find yourself outgrowing your stutter like I did. I had a moderate-severe stutter all through grade school and early hi...

I've done this myself, but be sure it does not become the norm. It may give your friends the illusion that they have a pass to make fun when you don't want them to. Use it sparingly :)...

I don’t know if he’s around anymore but the “I will teach you to be rich” guy, despite being spammy, suggested to get in a position where you are told “no” every day (business, personal, whatever). Th...

Replacing the words works for me. And my speech therapist really helped me. Even though i keep forgeting the techniques that my therapist taught me, i am at peace with my stutter thanks to her. (She a...

Speech therapy is going to be as good as the therapist, and unfortunately yours is no good. Word substitution can be considered a avoidance technique, something a good therapist will help you get out ...

Speech Therapy

Speech Therapy So, I'm usually pretty positive about my mild stutter, but today was a tough day. I'm doing speech terapy (paid by my health care plan) but the therapist is too young and doesn't have a...

The best is to just say your name. If you avoid it or find other ways to say it you will only get more scared of saying your name in the future. The more you stutter in public the less scared you will...

This may work for a while but it is reinforcing your fear of saying your name. Theres only one way to conquer fear....

That's how i handled my stuttering too, you have to learn to laugh about it to feel comfortable about it. Couple kids tried to bully me in middle School about it and I laughed with them then they neve...

I love saying it bc it’s one of those things where if someone else says it it’s fucked yo but if I say it bc I do it it’s ok so It’s more so me taking their fun away if they say it Example: One tim...

If you regularly block on your name you could try and start off saying: “My name is........ Or “I’m........ The ‘M’ or ‘I’ might for easier to start you off and you can roll into your name then....

What helped me is practicing the sentence/word over and over again. Introduce yourself to your cat 8000 times so that when the situation actually arrives it'll feel like second nature. Also don't forg...

I'm currently at my internship! I'm doing software at NASA JPL (related to the current & future Mars missions!), although my major is in physics and computer engineering. I actually recently met...

My stutter is pretty much the same. I say um a lot because it’s what helps me. I’m a teenager and I’m applying for a summer job. I’ve realized that I don’t stutter when I say some5hing that I’ve repe...