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>is there any way to at least make it more occasional? There are all sorts of techniques, some might work better than others for you. Try to find videos on Youtube, maybe look for "tips" or "advic...

alright. i guess ill just chill and wait it out then. (im pretty non-confrontational) that would be weird with the doctor. "welp, you can take that cast off in 4 weeks" "hey doc?" "yea?" "i started st...

just kill me now

just kill me now I just had one of the worst speaking experiences of my life. I had to give a short presentation and I legitimately could not get through three sentences. i wanted to shoot myself midw...

boy, this is a bit of a delicate subject, i feel like i need to walk carefully here! there is a famous clip you can find on youtube of paul stamets, a mushroom expert, talking about how a trip on mu...

Job related phone calls, hell

Job related phone calls, hell Hello, guys, need an advice. I applied for few jobs, but shit went down, when they called... Not able to get a single word out, not even introduce myself, so it ended up ...

You just have to consciously not do them. I got hooked on "um" for years and still use it a fair bit, but I'm always trying to cut down....

These are called secondary behaviors and they are learned probably from the time you were young so they are very ingrained and definitely not easy to correct. If you want to correct them, it will tak...

How can you break stutter-related habits?

How can you break stutter-related habits? I've noticed that I have a few stutter-related habits: blinking/closing eyes for a longer than normal period of time and also saying 'sorry' after I do stutte...

Difficulty at work

Difficulty at work Hello all. I have been having a hard time recently and I wanted to get the opinion people here since I don't really know any other stutterers in real life. I have been at my new ...

Your last statement is very import. Folks, you need to fully understand what you're doing wrong if you want to improve or eliminate the problem....

People who stutter don't have any bad intentions behind the lying, for myself it became a habit to avoid blocking ...

Sometimes I would like because the truth was something I knew I would stutter on. Stopped doing that years ago (+_+). Better to just stutter....

I have a speech disorder that is ruining my life.

I have a speech disorder that is ruining my life. Hi everyone, (bear with me a little as i don't usually speak in english) Backstory : Had an accident with my jaw during my early teenage year which sl...

Acknowledging it upfront vs Letting them find out.

Acknowledging it upfront vs Letting them find out. Hi fellow stutterers. Which approach do you take when talking to new people or a group of people? All my life (27y/o) I've always tried to keep it...

Please help me

Please help me Hello everyone! I'm a 13 year old that is stuttering alot.Im very embarrased because at school im very afraid to talk and i try my best to stay low and keep my mouth shut.Whenever the t...

That is common. In school, I once acted a play out in a Bullwinkle voice solely for this reason. It had nothing to do with the content of the play. Nowadays, I don't live life with an accent but I ha...

I've been stammering for the last 25 years now, even though I don't take speech therapy now, I did for 4 years and to be honest, it haven't helped me a lot. What you said is true in my case, I stammer...

What you may find is that once you've gotten used to speaking with an accent, you'll start stuttering again. It comes with the territory: We can sort of sidestep ourselves by playing a role, but if th...

Yeah this happens to me. I study nursing and sometimes change my accent slightly on clinical's so I'm not stuttering and coming off as unsure of what I'm saying/doing with my patients!...

It would take big balls to say this but I would recommend saying... "excuse my stutter, I'm working on it" to the class before any class speaking situation. Believe me, the worse thing you can do is t...