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I agree on what you have said about anticipation. I have noticed that the more I think about what I am going to say, the more I will stutter. If I know what I have to say without thinking about it, I ...
In my opinion: On the first day that we - people who stutter (PWS), first start stuttering, it's likely not a 5 second speech block. Instead, it's probably a lighter form of stuttering or speech disr...
I think it is entirely possible that you are correct in some regard, that I do make things worse for myself because my perception of myself worsens my behaviour which is the truly off-putting thing. ...
Yes, you absolutely can! It's the fear of stuttering that can be so debilitating. If you focus on being a good communicator instead of putting your energy into not stuttering, you can become very empo...
I think one of the biggest problems is just being a teenager, stutter or not. Starting to plan out your life and becoming an adult is stressful enough. Stuttering only amplifies it. I eventually real...
Definitely think so. I’ve had people just smile and start asking me questions about myself. It’s like they just feel like since I’m vulnerable they wanna be vulnerable with me....
chicks dig stuttering. if you’re open about it and stutter freely they find it very attractive. rly tho everyone finds it attractive and you immediately become endearing and “safe.”...
How stuttering can actually make you more attractive as a man
How stuttering can actually make you more attractive as a man Hey guys, 26M here. I know a lot of us men here have fear to talk with women….But I had this thought today…women tend to be attracted to m...
That's a pretty solid take. Analyzing our disfluency isn't conducive to fluency. Learning fluency is a whole different beast....
Whats worked in my case (may not work in yours)
Whats worked in my case (may not work in yours) I've been a stutterer since I was 10. Been to all the therapists, tried all the tricks, and I'm happy to say that it doesn't play a major role in my lif...
Tips to improve stuttering according to the research study: "Stuttering: Beyond Disfluencies" (2022)
Tips to improve stuttering according to the research study: "Stuttering: Beyond Disfluencies" (2022) This is my attempt to extract tips from [this](https://journals.lww.com/topicsinlanguagedisorders/f...
Separate issue was discovering true authentic self. Self-image was more related understanding and changing the picture of ourselves that’s in our own head. I over-simplified this concept, but there ...
Was this about discovering your true authentic self and learning how to express that, or more like creating a self, or a bit of both, or neither?...
Here are my techniques and strategies as a (mostly fluent-passing) stutterer
Here are my techniques and strategies as a (mostly fluent-passing) stutterer I (27M) have been dealing with a stutter all my life. Speech/stuttering has been a self-improvement project of mine for the...
It got so bad as a child that I used to hit myself to get words out. Now, I’m fluent enough that people are surprised if I tell them about my stutter so I quit bringing it up....
Very valid point that I missed. I should have clarified as well: My mindset is all about small, locally owned businesses so that's kind of what I was referring to. Once you go corpo, all bets are off....
46/M--California. I've been in SaaS for huge private company for the past nine years...never disclosed my disfluency until recently I started to with a few clients mostly as an ice breaker and to give...
Among the places I worked, none had inclusive policies towards stuttering/stammering people. But they were always comprehensive and understood the blocks I had and never put any shame on it. To me, t...
Probably not, but I've had better luck with businesses that openly support the LGBTQ+ community. This obviously is not a hard and fast rule haha. Turns out the people who are willing to openly suppo...
You said that non-stutterers who never had to worry about their speech don´t care about it. That is just false. 1) They do care. A lot of them. 2) They also struggle to speak. They get nervous, an...