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I think it's all in the mind. Even though I don't stutter as much anymore, I still have that feeling of fear or failing; that I won't be able to speak fluently. I need to get rid of that fear, but I d...

This sounds a lot like my situation. It was pretty brutal for me too, took me a year to find work. I dont know how job hunting goes in the UK, but here (US) we use online applications a LOT. Monster.c...

Have you tried practicing phone conversations just with yourself? Working on talking slower, anticipating the questions they might ask you so you're ready. Ive found, the more prepared I am the more r...

What do I do? I practice. I act out a skit similar to whatever situation I'm going to encounter. If it's a phone interview I write out questions I anticipate and then I write the answer. I then read a...

Does anybody else stutter on purpose to watch the other person's reaction?

Does anybody else stutter on purpose to watch the other person's reaction? I am a high school senior and i have stuttered by entire life. I have a moderate to severe stutter. Sometimes when i am meet...

Get over your fear of stuttering online course test run. Looking for 5 guinea pigs :)

Get over your fear of stuttering online course test run. Looking for 5 guinea pigs :) Hello fellow stutters, Do you get a nasty spike of anxiety when your phone rings? Do you avoid certain items when...

Yeah man I know exactly what yore talking about! Often when I listen to myself talking in for example one of my video game live streams or some other recording, I often get surprised and cringe over h...

Doesn't sound like a stutter. A stutter is more like you know the words you want to say, but you literally can't say them. Seems like you're just nervous. It will probably get better if you practice m...

Sophmore in high school here. > I remember sitting in classes where we would be going around the room taking turns reading and just dieing inside knowing that i would have to speak and stutter ver...

I would like to give no shit, but on other hand i dont. Whenever i have to speak to someone and i stutter my face turns to red, palms start so swet and knowing that makes me blush and swet even more....

Stopped giving a damn. Medium dose anti depressant. Counseling from a psychotherapist. These are some of the things that have helped me virtually lose all my stutter. I only stutter, or have periods o...

Hello Dylan, your post really inspires me. I was/am an international student in the U.S/ Aus. Being a stutterer has really impacted my life in a very negative way, I am too scare to speak to people, e...

I'm somewhat apprehensive about this, but I'm going to Martinique to live with a host family in about 8 months.

I'm somewhat apprehensive about this, but I'm going to Martinique to live with a host family in about 8 months. So, I'm a lifelong, somewhat severe stutterer. I'm 20 and in college. I've taken Frenc...

Hey Matt, firstly i feel your pain and wish your the strength to overcome it sooner rather than later. It indeed sucks but I actually think you're in a pretty good place. You're only 15 and this stutt...

I was in speech therapy from 1st grade through 12th grade. I don't really remember much of what I worked on in those sessions, but for the most part, I believe it was just practicing lists of words wi...

Yeah, I can talk fluently in presentations, interviews, and the like. But I'm a mess when talking to my parents or best friends. That being said, I think anxiety can sometimes increase my stutter, for...

Mine used to do that in high school. I could do any public speaking project. Something happened in college though, I am 3 years in and my anxiety levels are so high when I speak publicly I often have ...

Reverse anxiety - does anybody else experience it?

Reverse anxiety - does anybody else experience it? Most of the stories I've heard about fluctuation of one persons stuttering intensity have been directy connected to anxiety,and how they usually expe...

I discussed this topic recently with some people who stutter and some who don't. The bottom line that came out was "Everyone is afraid of being judged." Public speaking puts you in the spotlight and "...

hey dude. 24 years old, stuttered forever. keeps me from doing so many things. i started taking paxil a few weeks ago in hopes to curb some of the anxiety because i'm out of patience. everyone here kn...