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I struggled with stuttering a lot when I was younger, but it's gotten a lot more manageable for me. My dad actually had the same issue as well, but it went away for him as he got older too. Instead of...

Most of the time I just dont mention it, then if I stutter when talking to them I make a comment about my stutter. Best thing is to bring it up organically...

Do you have this same issue when you speak?

Do you have this same issue when you speak? Newbie here! Not super sure if this has been brought up beforehand, but I'm incredibly curious. I've struggled with a stutter my entire life. It was reall...

Had a new statistics teacher, she had this thing that she would ask everybody a question/make everybody explain something, every single day. This was horror news for me, and I emailed her explaining ...

In college, we had a discussion session (about 30 students) for one of my biology courses (this course had over 100 students and there were multiple discussion sessions). During this first discussion ...

This is the best thing you can do. This is the only way I got through high school. I would show up early to the first day of class and tell them I have speech problem, so if they could not call out on...

People avoid me because of my stutter.

People avoid me because of my stutter. This happens all the time. I don’t really blame them because I’d be a bit uncomfortable if I was in their position, but it sill hurts. I feel like I could accomp...

It’s a secondary characteristic of stuttering. You are avoiding the stuttering moment on that word or sound. It is very common . It can be eliminated with practice and/or speech therapy. ...

I’ve also been noticing that about myself. I’ll have to ask a question and it’ll go like “do you um have the notes from yesterday?”. I hate it since its become a habit for me and it sounds really unna...

I’ve been saying “um” a lot

I’ve been saying “um” a lot About 2 weeks ago I began saying “Um” a lot, as in pretty much every other word and sometimes when I’m stuck on a word I’ll say it repeatedly. It’s never happened to me bef...

Does your stutter effect your ability to participate? If not, In my experience just casually mention it before class or something, it’s not a huge deal to them if it’s not a huge deal to you you don’...

Teacher here with a stutter. I stuttered all throughout high school and took the easy way out often. Wasn’t until college that I actually told professors, which made presentations much easier. I even ...

You know I’ve been thinking of doing this in interviews. Just disclosing it at the beginning instead of struggling so much because I want to hide my stutter so bad. Let’s see how it goes. ...

I’m a sophomore in high school. I emailed my teachers, telling them I had a stutter, and said if they had any questions, I could talk with them in person. This way, they already knew I had a stutter, ...

I think this should be on you. I mean, it certainly can help. I had professors in college that i self-disclosed to. But, i did that on a class-specific basis. I don’t think it’s reasonable to always d...

Curious if you disclose your stuttering at the beginning of the interview? I find that when I do, it actually helps me to relax because I'm not trying to hide anything. Also it makes things less awkwa...

I completely understand how that sort of thing of trying to parent or even just relate can be annoying. Personally if I pick up on something out of the ordinary about a person, I try to react in the m...

There's plenty of people with stutters in the military. I have one, and I had a battle buddy with one. I went through in 2014 at Ft. Benning. There's a dude on this subreddit that's going through spe...

Success Story of Woman Who Overcame Her Lifelong Stutter During Adulthood. Could someone please help me find it?

Success Story of Woman Who Overcame Her Lifelong Stutter During Adulthood. Could someone please help me find it? A few years ago I read the blog of a woman who recounted how she overcame her life long...

Do you parents often comment on or give you advice on how to fix your stutter? Until I blew up at my dad and told him it's never going away so he better get over it. He'd always be at me about it. Te...