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It’s the best. I wish I had discovered Reddit sooner for this reason alone. It’s also great being in a community that can 100% relate to my constant struggles....

Listen to the stuttertalk.com podcast. Also see if the NSA has a chapter near you https://westutter.org/chapters/. If not, try to go to the annual conference next summer. You definitely won't feel alo...

Welcome! I think both me and my twin brother (who also stutters) have only randomly met maybe one, two other stutters in life so it's great that this sub exists....

I think for a stutterer situations like starting at a new uni will always cause intense stuttering, atleast for me it has done that several times only to decrease with time. I would not expect speech ...

I feel you, I’m also almost always on the outside looking in. So hard to break into conversations when people are talking fast and take no regard to your stutter. Also people often choose to speak wit...

Thanks, I appreciate the advice. It’s such a relief to hear that there’s a general consensus around support groups and finding the right kind of company. Human connections are so invaluable...

The problem for me is that I’m kind of boring and uninteresting regardless, so it’s not like people are missing out on much....

First of all I think you’re an amazing sister and that he could really use your help but he’s just too scared to ask. Honestly I think forcing him to apply to unis or to jobs might trigger his anxiety...

maybe after he gains a little bit more confidence something like a stutter support group could be helpful so he can see that there are others with the same problem and he could talk out his feelings, ...

I am glad that he has you as a support system. I agree with the previous post, keep engaging him and search out support groups so that he knows that he is not alone....

Hey, You sound like a great sister! I can relate to your brother a lot, I isolated my self for 4 years due to my stutter. Try to keep spending time with him, if you have a friend group maybe try to gr...

It might help to join a club that has roles that you can sign up for and take on at their meetings. It could be as simple as greeting new people to the club or leading ice breaker games. I know there ...

Talk to Chase, u/cgstutter. Im currently going through his stuttering program, and he specializes in overcoming social anxiety for stutterers. The best part is i get to work on overcoming fear of stut...

The other advice is really good. A practical bit of advice would be to check out the app Bumble, it's normally used for dating, but it has a friends option. International students will often use it, a...

See if you can find a stuttering support group. Interacting with other people who stutter and looking them in the eye, talking to them and listening to them helped me a lot. Even online/zoom will wo...

Join us in Discord on our Stutter Support Server. You can meet other people who stutter from all around the world. Also we do daily voice chats and other activities. Hope to see you there soon....

Starting university

Starting university Hello, I just wanted to ask for advice with university. I started uni a week or so ago and to be honest, I’m a bit fearful of the whole situation, I want to get involved with my ne...

Lol, my best friend always wants to call and he kind of sucks at texting. He has known me basically all my life and knows I stutter and still wants to actually talk, which I guess is somewhat admirabl...

I met \~5 people who stutter and have one currently in my football team. my first impression of them was like "WOW, I FOUND SOMEONE WHO IS JUST LIKE ME!". I find it comfortable to talk with stutterers...

Teaching the mental health of Stuttering is very important. Growing up in the late 1970s, 80s and 90s, speech therapy focused on fluency so I always believed that I was broken. I wish my speech the...