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The problem with giving accommodations is that it takes away a ground for improvement. I used to hate giving speechs and asking questions (I still do haha) but it helped build a lot more confidence th...

I know your struggle my friend, all too well. This is very hard advice, because it's very difficult, but you just have to stop caring so much. Trust me, it took me about a decade to stop giving a sh...

Jjjjjjust a rant.

Jjjjjjust a rant. Everyone I talk to knows I stutter, it's clearly obvious, but I never mention it. Ever. Not to my family, random people I talk to on the phone, anyone. If someone mentions it, I chan...

I am in a similar boat as you. I'm 21, and a senior in college. Sometimes my stutter can be controlled, but other times it gets the best of me. When one of my professors asked me a question in class t...

I deal with this same issue, albeit on a smaller scale. I need to take my own advice, but you just have to say fuck it, and try not to worry what anyone else thinks of you. You should see a therapist ...

How did you get over your confidence issues?

How did you get over your confidence issues? I've been a PWS (Person who stutters) since I was a kid and it has shaped who I am to a great extent. I only stutter about 5-7% of the time (as per tests I...

A little late but thanks for the advice! I'm studying to become a teacher and I have so many presentations this year that my stutter is crippling me. Actually, it's the *fear* of stuttering more than ...

Any advice?

Any advice? I am a freshman at Baylor University and I have stuttered for as long as I can remember, which was ever since the first grade. I have had speech therapy and that has helped a lot but it s...

some rants?

some rants? Just found this subreddit seconds ago. Never thought it actually exist. I'm stuttering since child (now I'm 20). I never met any person who stutter in my country. The community around me ...

may i ask how old you are? i never heard of anyone develop a stutter out of the blue dont be embarrassed, if your around a mature group they wouldnt care if you stuttered or not before you talk take a...

a recent development

a recent development I have developed a stutter recently. I try to say a word and my face muscles lock up and I'm stuck on one syllable for a few moments.I've never had an issue like this before. I ha...

I'll be there - Will be an awesome time. I won't really know where put myself though, since I'll be 18. Too young for 20 somethings, too old to chill with 12 year olds.. Haha. ...

I am an undergrad in the comm dis major and also stutter. So nervous about grad school and having this profession eventually while having to deal with my own stutter - I'd like to work with kids who s...

No problem, I hope it helps him. I remember being in middle and high school - had some problems reciting poetry or speaking in Spanish class, but it wasn't anything that my friends couldn't accept/han...

The world abounds with idiots, man. Gotta learn to ignore them. :( Easier said than done though, I admit. It's hard not to feel ashamed. I am generally very confident, and never shy away from any si...

This is a really old thread, and OP probably doesn't need anything anymore, but I felt that I should add my two cents as I didn't see it in the comments. I actually stutter very little when I'm arou...

How do you deal with oral exams?

How do you deal with oral exams? Soon I will be having two oral exams. Both will be in English, which is only my second language and has me stuttering a lot more than I already do, so I guess most of ...

This is EXACTLY how I am, my biggest fear is definitely reading out loud because people will think my stutter is a fluke, so they might laugh or something. Then when I go out somewhere in public and m...

for a realistic experience (damn i just noticed this thread is a month old :/ ... anyway \^\^) try fake stuttering in situations where you *don't* feel confident for example asking a girl/guy out or s...

Actually it's fucking terrible that part of my job is calling clients. Theoretically, practice makes perfect. Problem is I've been calling with this problem for the past month and it never got better....