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Introducing myself is the hardest thing for me to do. If I know for certain that someone is coming over to introduce themselves, the thing that typically helps me is if I take control of the introduct...

Does your stuttering get worse when you feel that you need to get your words out quickly? If you allow yourself permission to speak slower, do you stutter less or more?...

Same happens with me. Now I always reply, "Hi I'm <name>"... It's easier for me to say something before my name, than directly stating with my name....

Go to the restaurant and order something I actually WANT, and not something random I am able to say without stuttering...

That's such a shame, I loved preparing presentations... and practicing alone in my room only to be humiliated in class I understand the desire in you, the recognition, the feeling that you can see ...

I often consciously distract myself - or the person I'm talking to - with lots of gestures when speaking, for example. I feel more comfortable talking when I'm moving, like walking, rather than sittin...

I’d love to go into voice acting! It would be much simpler and realistic without my stutter...

Start making a lot more short form videos on TikTok and stuff for my brand. One of the things I struggle with a lot is speaking to a camera and often. Stuttering adds so many takes to every idea and s...

It is extremely difficult blocking on your own name. It happens to me constantly when I am in a professional setting. I try to divert and buy myself time with BS questions like “Have we ever met befor...

Change your name to something easier to say. That’s what I did or practice saying your name over and over again , with a script. Whatever works for you. Be kind to yourself kid...

I had this exact problem with my own name, I ended up changing my name in my early 20s. Was a bit strange at first but has definitely changed my life for the better. I picked the fake name that I'd al...

Need urgent advice for an interview

Need urgent advice for an interview I want to do a PhD and have been applying to different programs and positions since a while now. I got accepted into a reputed graduate school with 3-4 projects of ...

I'm new here

I'm new here Hey, first of all, I think it's very nice that there are so many of us, we must never forget that there are so many people who stutter. My school days were a total nightmare for me, I s...

I feel that, I avoid going to restaurants that don't have these self-ordering displays or I persuade my companion to order for me beforehand...

Nobody deserves this

Nobody deserves this Hello everyone! I thought I would introduce myself a little and talk about a recent experience I had with a car salesman. But first, I’ve had a speech disability (or stutter as it...

I’m sorry you’re having to go through this. It hurts no matter how many times it happens. Ultimately you want to get to the point where it’s not nagging at you afterwards about what happened and isn’t...

The moment I stutter, both female colleagues faces got fade after seeing me. I usually replace the words on which I stutter. But this trick doesn't work with my name. Still don't have any plan, how I...

yeah like why the hell would my parents chose a name that stars with a sound I heavily struggle with...

Learning another language (Arabic) has helped me stutter less

Learning another language (Arabic) has helped me stutter less I (27m) am most fluent in English as that’s the language I use the most. I usually have a mild stutter when speaking English however have ...

Dam this kinda true, I always knew word switching was semi useful, but becoming goated at your language could make it a game changer...