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I had a similar backstory to yours where my stutter showed up around age 12 as well. Started mild but got significantly worse overtime. I think speech therapy is kind of the by-product of there being ...

Try not to let the stutter define who you are as a person. Does it cause a few setbacks in your life? Absolutely. As hard as it is, you have to accept your stutter first. Build confidence by appreciat...

how to beat blocks when try to initiate speech ?

how to beat blocks when try to initiate speech ? i speak almost perfectly with relatives, doctors, on the phone and in circumstances that i can take my time and the topic of conversation is predictabl...

how has stuttering affected your dating life?

how has stuttering affected your dating life? I've had a stutter my whole life , combine with being short statured as a male - I feel absolutely cooked! I don't get taken as seriously, relegated to ...

In my opinion, when we say we accept it, it just means we learn to live with it. The feelings of embarrassment and stress they never go away. We just learn to live with it. Make a joke about your stut...

Is it normal to exploit other people’s weaknesses to put them down and feel better about yourself?

Is it normal to exploit other people’s weaknesses to put them down and feel better about yourself? I’m going through something difficult and I need to share. I’m currently doing an internship at a co...

Have you thought about saying something else? I adore you. I cherish you. There are ways to express love without saying love...

You gotta just get out there and shoot your shot. I'm 50, been married 21 years, and had a few girlfriends before that. There are certain things we gotta acknowledge and accept: you're probably never ...

I don’t know how I should go about finding a job

I don’t know how I should go about finding a job I (M21) don’t mean that I don’t know where I should look but the past couple of jobs I’ve had I have had horrible coworkers who were not very fond of m...

Stutter/speech issues ruining my life

Stutter/speech issues ruining my life I'm 37/M, I have not had classic speech impediments/stuttering that started during childhood. I was actually verbal early according to my parents and as a child...

GAGUEIRA & EMPREGO

GAGUEIRA & EMPREGO Oi gente, eu me chamo Cosme e tenho 17 anos… estou trabalhando como atendente em uma pizzaria da minha cidade, a menina que trabalhava vai sair daí eu fui escalado no lugar… os ped...

Yup...thankfully I'm great at it now, but it took years of effort. In high school, I'd have my best friend book me appointments cause my block would be so bad they'd hang up on me. Hell, even one time...

I work in a IT role for a small national branch of an international company, so my boss for the most part is the branch manager. He himself is not from an IT background and prefers communication in pe...

Yes stuttering is a kind of illusion in our mind and bad habit....

Oh my god this is hilarious. I have been banned by Siri because it couldn’t figure out my intonation and cadence I use to cope so I got annoyed and started swearing profusely at it. Turns out AI can p...

When speech to text was the new thing I tried using it. I got caught up trying to say the 'th' in the amlnd repeated the sound quite a few times. The phone added my text as 'thththththththth the...' a...

Also, about the phone number. Let me tell you. Mine had a bunch of 6s and 7s and it was a nightmare for me. Long story short, a crime happened & I had to get a new phone number... AND IT WAS GREAT. ...

This might be an opportunity to drop a letter by adding more words. 'looking good, ow many reps you have to go?' If it sounds substantially similar, people will fill in the H sound automatically & u...

Hey bro. I’ve been through a similar situation. First of all stuttering for me is usually caused by my anxiety which causes me to stutter which causes me to become more anxious etc. First of all, we...

For me it was repetition. Stopped all my jerks and attempts to guide it out with my body so to speak.  The harder I tried, the tighter it got and when I was too tired, the moment of weakness was when ...