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We are working on a project to highlight experiences of people who stutter

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It's humiliating because you can't do what almost everyone does effortlessly without having to do any mental gymnastics of switching words, sentences etc, people think you are slow, unconfident(this i...

Job worries!

Job worries! Hello guys, i hope youre having a wonderful day, as a fellow stutterer here i wanted to ask if anyone has had problems with finding a job, i just currently finished my 4th year of softwar...

Biggest thing for me is 1. Accepting that I have a stutter and 2. Not thinking about it since when doing so causes me to stutter even more lol...

Is it Developmental or Anxiety related stuttering?

Is it Developmental or Anxiety related stuttering? Lately I have become a self psychiatrist researcher or what ? I wouldn't have joint this group If I didn't searched for Neurodevelopmental disorder i...

It’s hard to answer. Try not to focus on the listener — if you pay too much attention to them, you’ll get stuck on the words that are difficult for you....

When no reaction from the listener is expected, the nervous system doesn’t give importance to the words and doesn’t interfere — there’s no stuttering on the words. But in a real conversation, it switc...

They’re called secondary behaviors. I tend to shut my eyes and jerk my head when I’m struggling and have a lot of tension. At some point, the behavior may have helped get the word out, and then it sto...

I’m nearing 30… and my stuttering (and other speech impediments) have ruined my life.

I’m nearing 30… and my stuttering (and other speech impediments) have ruined my life. Keep in mind that the terms stutter and speech impediment are part of a larger range and spectrum and some people ...

Important

Important If you talk. Before you want to say something, do you think of words Like written on Text? For me that’s the case ( neurologic stutter) is there a link to this?...

Me vs. A One-Hour Zoom Call

Me vs. A One-Hour Zoom Call I never really learned how to interview or present myself well because I was so afraid of speaking due to my stutter. I'm a graphic designer and for the most part my work s...

My friend who stutters told me I stutter and now i’m confused

My friend who stutters told me I stutter and now i’m confused He stretches the letter like b ba ba ball. This does not happen to me. So when he said I stutter it confused me. This has never come up i...

Reading fluently vs Speaking to a group of people

Reading fluently vs Speaking to a group of people Hi everyone. This is my first post in this community. I'm 34, male, born with stuttering. I've improved my stuttering a lot through reading practice....

Guys I experimented a bit more and found out that stabilizing my jaw help a lot. Usually, when I speak my jaw moves not only a bit too much but also forward. Stabilizing my jaw to reduce it to most m...

Here’s another piece of advice that you can follow without effort: don’t have a dialogue with yourself and don’t judge yourself negatively. This way, you won’t program yourself for failure in a conver...

When you talk to yourself and start doubting whether you’re saying what you really want to say, you automatically trigger the freeze response....

During a conversation, focus your attention only on yourself, not on other people. Don’t observe their reactions or analyze what they might be thinking....

Your attention is focused not on what you want to say, but on how others will react to you. This creates fear, which triggers freezing, muscle tension, and a blockage of your breathing and voice — and...

I think anti-psychotics and anti-depressants have powerful mind numbing effects reducing anxiety and preventing self-monitoring. When I took these drugs I also noticed that there was a significant red...

Does anyone else tend to reply super fast, like immediately, when asked a question?

Does anyone else tend to reply super fast, like immediately, when asked a question? I take language lessons and my teacher who knows I stutter has noticed several thing as my stutter which has gotten ...