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stuttering drags me down

stuttering drags me down i dont remember when it started but i found myself stuttering since i was 7, now i'm 18 and it's getting worse. i remember in grade 7 when the teacher asked me a question that...

Hii, I understand what you’re saying. I do struggle with vowels at times too. Thankfully my stutter is also very mild and not like major. Mine is mainly certain words and vowels and I try my best to n...

I stutter when saying my name. I learned to add “I’m” or “my name is” before saying it. It helped TREMENDOUSLY...

This is a huge problem for all of us. Sometimes putting words in front of your name to give you time can make it easier. Like instead of just saying your name, say “Hi, I’m…” Or, “it’s great to meet y...

Give yourself a nickname and refer to yourself as that for a while. Taking the pressure off saying your own name will be able to make you say your name eventually. I don’t know how this works, but it ...

I have the same thing and struggle to say my name. For mobile ordering, I use another name and for some reason I don’t stutter but when it comes to my name I can’t say it 70% of the time. Over the yea...

My heart goes out to you <3. In school I used to block so badly on my name that I had a severe panic attack before a presentation in Spanish class. I'd dread the first day of school when we'd all go a...

Go to the party, doofus. If you stutter over your name a lot, then change your name to something that is easier for you to say. My experience has been a lot of people don’t understand me sometimes b...

Should a stutterer go to a party?

Should a stutterer go to a party? My friend called me for a party happening tomorrow and I've no idea whether I should go or not. Like it's a party and obviously people going to be there and we have t...

Having a hard time accepting that I have a stutter

Having a hard time accepting that I have a stutter How have you guys gotten over the feeling of wishing you didn't have a stutter? I've noticed that my stutter comes on and off. Usually when I tell...

not stuttering while somone says it for me

not stuttering while somone says it for me i usually have stuttering on one specific word which i cant say by myself. but somone says it for me like they say the word aloud i suddenly lose all my stut...

**Summary**: *(of various stutter research)* Conditioned and unconditioned responses are involuntary, reflexive reactions to stimuli. There are two basic procedures for modifying classically conditio...

>*"Stuttering onset due to trauma from being mauled by a dog at age 3. Master's in engineering.* ***Philosophy:*** *The brain is lazy and will default to old patterns. Speech is a skill, not a persona...

Any help

Any help Hi, I’m new to the group and was looking for some advice. I suffer with speech blocks which are mainly situational and worsen depending on my perception of who I’m talking to. On my own I can...

How can I quit being so scared to talk/approach people?

How can I quit being so scared to talk/approach people? So I (M21) I'm lucky enough that I have some really good friends that try to introduce me to their friends and not only that, but luckily in goo...

Same here. I have 2 brothers. I tend to block bad whenever I have to say brother. So I told many people I have a sister instead. Those were people I never would really see again, so just a white lie. ...

Unpredictability💔

Unpredictability💔 When we are talking most of us know the word that they will struggle with so they might change it, and i also do the same thing but that feeling now is not good for me because it’s ...

Why aren't there any speech therapies focusing on subconscious fluency? (rather than controlled fluency or auto-pilot speech)

Why aren't there any speech therapies focusing on subconscious fluency? (rather than controlled fluency or auto-pilot speech) *subconscious fluency* = when fluency happens more naturally, exactly like...

Well ofc i dont give af when im with friends and family but i still stutter, trust me i use chatgpt a lot and i usually use the speech to text feature and i literally stutter talking to chatgpt even t...

How do you manage conversations when you're doing something physical?

How do you manage conversations when you're doing something physical? When I know I'm going to stutter, I can sometime take a moment to gather myself, and focus on the words so that I minimize how muc...