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Yes, talking slowly does help with stuttering. But *telling* a PWS to do that usually does the opposite. Personally I think by offering a 'fix', it kinda gives the impression that they have become un...

Yeah this does happen sometimes. Not just the speech therapist, I often speak fluently when talking to a doctor or therapist. Maybe it's because they are trained to appear accomodating and unimposing...

I've been stuttering for 7 months after moving to a different state

I've been stuttering for 7 months after moving to a different state So I move ALOT, but this has never happened to me before. Somewhere in late November or early December I began to stutter which led ...

Anyone have an occasional stutter? One that comes and goes but NOT in correspondence with anxiety/nerves/etc? Kind of lost..

Anyone have an occasional stutter? One that comes and goes but NOT in correspondence with anxiety/nerves/etc? Kind of lost.. Hey all 👋 I've got a question that I can't seem to find the answer for and...

They need to be told that you have a physical condition; it's called "stammering." If you say this to them in a very direct way *with the silent implication that it is beneath them to look down on yo...

Many won't laugh. But you have to agree that we Stutters have a tendency to fall back in the interviews because they would think that we are too anxious and not capable enough....

Thanks for sharing. I am afraid that if I stammer in front of my senior doctors, they will start to look down on me....

>I know I will be laughed at in the interviews Nah, you don't _know_. But you _fear_. It's understandable, of course, but not all humans will suddenly start laughing when confronted with stutter. ...

I would like to be a doctor, but then I always worry about the quality of a doctor I would make. Appart from the knowledge, communication is also a vital part of the job, that leaves me thinking....

Medical student as a stutter

Medical student as a stutter Hey guys..... I wanted some honest opinions. I am a Stutter as long as I remember and I would grade it mild to moderate, depending on the situation. I have tried some the...

Teenager who stutters, affecting my school and social life.

Teenager who stutters, affecting my school and social life. Hi everyone! I'm a student in high school and I stutter. My stutter is not really severe but I do stutter now and then. Especially on ...

I hate it when I call someone up on the phone and I can only say a few words.

I hate it when I call someone up on the phone and I can only say a few words. I sound like an idiot or like I don't know English. I can't stand it. Just had to call back someone I haven't met before a...

I had a similar experience. In elementary school it would usually happen for a couple weeks at the beginning of the year before teachers caught on. Also kids would usually make a comment during their ...

I'd be interested in knowing any statistics on the matter. Do you know of any? To me, the idea that stuttering is caused by nerves is a myth and misconception about what stuttering is. Many non-stu...

Yup, it's quite common to experience this sort of variance. Multiple factors are likely involved (as you mention yourself). Maybe you shouldn't measure your performance compared to the periods where ...

Good Days and Bad Days

Good Days and Bad Days I am male, 20 years old, and over the past couple of years I have noticed my tendency to stutter has become very polarized. Sometimes I will have a period of say 3 days to a wee...

It's like sometimes I'll block when they're asking me a question, or the usual "ums" and "uhs", and you can see them getting frustrated, so then i get stressed out, and i start stuttering. So i get th...

Yep. I haven't met on stutterer who was confident and outgoing ever. ...

> I wish I could tell everyone that the secret words for helping me be more fluent is to ask me to stutter as much as I want, once they do that, I feel no pressure at all. Do that....

I also hate it when someone tells me to slow down. But I know the reason they do it is because they want to help, so I don't hold a grudge that much over it. Yes, sometimes telling me to slow down put...