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It's honestly one of my majors blocks in life. I remember getting back from my first interview after grad and sobbing all night. I felt so sorry for myself because no matter what conscious effort I ha...

For a long time it put it in the shitter. But I just worked on being more confident with it. I can’t really give steps on how to do that you just kinda do it(I know not very useful). It also helps to ...

My parents firmly believe that if I just slow down. Most of the problem would be solved. So for my entire life, they’ve just reminded me to slow down. They also had me do some speech therapy for years...

Honestly at this point my thoughts run as fast in English... I've been fluent with it for years, so it doesn't even feel like a "second" language anymore. Especially since I spoke 90% English the past...

In one line thoughts are not running faster than you speak . If you speak longer stuttering comes back ....

Salut ! Je répond en français ça sera plus rapide ;D Je suis en Écosse depuis septembre, et les 1ers mois c'était génial et incroyable, comme toi je begayais absolument pas en anglais (ni en espagnol ...

I am a native turkish speaker and i can talk english well enough too. In fact, my english is mostly more fluent than my turkish (when i am calm) But my french? I cant speak it without stuttering on ev...

I stutter in French but not in English, or Japanese. Why?

I stutter in French but not in English, or Japanese. Why? Hello. My native language is French and I've always had a stuttering problem speaking it. Nothing too intense, I can manage most sentences ...

Oh, okay I see. I quite often get a repetitive stutter, for example the word paramount, I’d stutter on the first part, para-para-para... until I’d run out of breath. What works for me here and what mi...

I think block is sort of avoid mechanism we developed in order to hide our stuttering.What really bothers me is this mid block stuttering.Its like I can speak the first part of the word but block on t...

I agree. I use "umm" when I block before starting my sentence.But what if I get a block right in the middle of a word? For example, if there's a word Paramount,I can speak the para part but will block...

I block but I'm silent until I know I can get it out by silently trying to say it numerous times until I feel there is no block. It's not a nice thing when talking in phones, because I tend to get a f...

***Speak slowly*** and ***know your material inside and out***. Dont memorize it, but be able to talk about it. Show your genuine interest in it if possible. Recognize that everyone gets nervous in fr...

Exactly. I would try getting atleast some sound out, try to turn it into a repetition stutter instead. Lot easier to handle....

For me, I was blocking because I was afraid of repeating a syllable and embarissing myself. Once I became more comfortable with repetition, my blocks completely disappeared and I now just r-r-r-reapea...

Trying different techniques, for example, adding an “umm” or “aa” before the sentence. What works for me is acting more confident than I really am. Standing up straight, keeping shoulders back and s...

Is there any way to overcome block type of stuttering?

Is there any way to overcome block type of stuttering? Hey there! I am a covert stutter but every now and then I block on certain words. Overtime my mind has created a fear of these certain words. Mos...

Yeah someone at my work once asked me that. Like, yeah. I was smoking and drinking pre speech, that seems legit....

My stuttering story and pieces of advice

My stuttering story and pieces of advice It was an ordinary day as I looked up online how to overcome stuttering once again, and I found these stories from people in reddit. Just created my account an...

Wedding vows

Wedding vows I'm not looking forward to my wedding purely because I am afraid to do my wedding vows (even just the minimum "I name take you name to be my...."etc). I keep putting off the planning beca...