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Memorizing usually makes it easier. It's tough to focus on how to say stuff if you run out of stuff to say. Knowing exactly how to begin each slide is especially helpful for 'renewing' fluency. Even t...

One thing to remember is everyone has problems. The stutter might be obvious but no one in that audience is living the perfect life. They might be just as much if not more bothered by whatever they've...

Any tips for stuttering less during a presentation?

Any tips for stuttering less during a presentation? I have to do a presentation in front of a lot of people that I don't know. The presentation is tomorrow, but I'm already stressing out at home. Any ...

This was such an important thing to say. Thank you. It is so true. Sometimes our biggest fears ARE based on our own insecurities. ...

Hey I'm fairly new to the field. I worked as Junior Accountant for my first job. It was in a small accounting firm, so we worked very closely, which involved a lot of meetings everyday . In my intervi...

Girls think it is cute, but when things go in the wrong direction, girls start blaming your stuttering for your failures and problems. It bothers me every time I approach anyone, especially a good lo...

My SO does this sometimes and while I don't mind it at times, I didn't really enjoy it done all the time. I realized that I became sorta dependent on her to speak for me. After a while my anxiety wh...

I once went to an intensive 2 week speech therapy clinic at the University of Toledo. One of the assignments was to walk around campus and ask people if they know anyone who stutters and what they thi...

Be upfront. This was quite a shock with me. My SO and I met online. We talked online for a few weeks before we met. He didn't tell me about his (moderate to severe) stutter, and on our first date I ...

I work in a restaurant, and have been offered a server position, but I refuse to do it. I'm perfectly content working in the back doing dishes and all that. I'm the only person I know that stutters, a...

Any servers here?

Any servers here? I've been thinking about becoming a server, and while I have some experience, there are still some mental road blocks that need to be addressed; like fears of this and that. What hav...

The programwas mainly exposure. The first half of the program was talking to as many random people as we can on campus, on the streets, everywhere. We had a select number of surveys we had to give eve...

Yeah, but if you're going to feature someone who stutters, you probably want to understand what "overcoming" generally means to people who stutter. It's about having less anxiety about how you are pe...

First post, seeking advice

First post, seeking advice Hello stuttering friends. This is my first post here; I just wanted to share my experience/ask for some advice. So. I am 21 and in college. When I was young, my stutter was...

You should seriously consider seeing a therapist. Stuttering and anxiety/depression often exist together. You've described withdrawing from society and experiencing feelings of persecution, both happe...

How do you guys manage to live in this world ?

How do you guys manage to live in this world ? When I was young , hanging out with many friends but avoided to say the words which might stuttered me and I am good at saying funny stuff so I have a lo...

Same story to me When I was young , hanging out with many friends but avoided to say the words which might stuttered me But I got older and moved to abroad... stuttering is turning to pretty terrible....

Mine developed quite suddenly too as far as I can recall, but I was younger than you (about 15). However, I did experience some rare isolated instances of stuttering when I was a kid (like 3 speech bl...

> I know I'm in the minority but I don't go for the whole "woe is you, poor stutterer, you are less than a regular human, so we will not require you to do the things a regular human can do." Nah, ...

Hi, I know you've talked about this a lot, what you say right here. But I'm wondering, do you think there's any age where being forced to speak in front of the class does not actually develop confide...