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I did this around the same time. My teacher asked me to read in class and I outloud just said I can read this but do you want it to take 5 hrs. Ever since i have been making jokes and stuttering has b...

All of the mobile ordering apps are so good. I can order a drink at Starbucks without being looked at weird....

^ exactly. We condition ourselves to live in our heads and assume that our stutter is going to ruin our life. Of course it's one of the hardest things to deal with, but we fail to realize that other p...

How about giving a thumbs up and e.g. nodding? I know this won't help situations when you're on the phone, of course....

Such a good thought man. I had a interview for graduate school a few months ago. Once it began I could feel the sweat dripping off my fucking head and the speech blocks appearing. Once I became so ner...

Mate, mind my language, but what the fuck did you expect their reaction to be? For the average person, hearing/seeing a stutterer is translated as extreme nervousness or some mental disorder. They can...

THIS. Like most of other stutterers, I always forget to speak slowly. I always try to speak as fast as possible when I face speechblocks. Yeah, I should inhale first, then try to speak, and exhale lat...

I don't know man, I was sick and tired of hiding my weaknesses by staying far from public speakings... This time I decided to come out of my comfort zone and see what I'm actually good at. I won't lie...

Nope, but there was another student in my team who before giving his presentation, told them he was a stutterer but he didn’t stutter at all when his part of speaking came (lol, good for him I guess h...

26 M, and I went to a leading school in my field as well and I wanted to add something eloquent and inspirational and be like 'yeah, you can do it!' - but honestly, after reading it my main response w...

I'm 29 and Female. Please don't be discouraged. I had a similar experience where I was a trainee exacutive at my country's leading advertising agency. Due to my stuttering and fear of public speaking,...

Stuttering has made me fall to my knees, I'm 100% hopeless

Stuttering has made me fall to my knees, I'm 100% hopeless So I'm [19, M] currently in my first semester at a reputated and one of the leading universities of my country. There's a club in my uni that...

Just go through with it. Stuttering isn't a disease or smh. It's a part of your identity that makes you different from the rest. The sooner you make peace with stuttering, the sooner you can move on w...

Hi! I'm a 20 yo student who has been stuttering since I was 8 yo. My stutter was terrible through secondary school (High school for any American friends here), but I had a group of friends that liked ...

Hi! I'm a 20 yo student who has been stuttering since I was 8 yo. My stutter was terrible through secondary school (High school for any American friends here), but I had a group of friends that liked ...

How would you define useless? I don’t think anyone is useless! Yes everyone does useless things but to think of ones self as useless is sad Most people are nice too, sometimes patronisingly nice and ...

Wow - I feel like we're the same person. I work in public accounting too and have the same struggle with participation. Glad to hear it's gotten better with age!...

Hey. You know, I also support sports, including weightlifting. I also thought about becoming a coach, I love teaching people, but I chose a different field of study. It does not stop me that I can stu...

I’m a trainer at a gym (not personal, more like a group thing), it can be tough and there’s pressure to get the words out faster since there’s a timed aspect to the workout. Most don’t care and will...

I have and the speech therapist basically told me my stutter wasn't as bad as others might be, but again I achieved this fluency in what was essentially a controlled environment. It was 5 one on one s...