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For me it's when teachers love doing the 'introduce yourself' thing and it gets to me and I'm like my name is a-a-a-ando and the teacher like "just spit it out". Well guess what Mrs Smith, I can't do ...

I have the exact same issue as you. Usually words that start with A E and H get me to stutter and when I know they will be coming in my speech the anxiety kicks in and I become focused on those words ...

Well we also learn which words or letters we’re more likely to stutter on and get anxious when they come up. ...

Yeah, I figured it’s because I know what the punchline will be before it’s said (i is such smart wowz). I didn’t think it was related to stuttering until now. ...

I think most people have difficulty connecting words and thoughts together fluidly. This is why not everybody is a talented speaker, like Oprah for example. It takes skill. For stutterers, our patte...

Help with a speech

Help with a speech I need to make a speech to a few hundred people at school next week. I stutter alot but whenever I'm talking to groups of people larger than 15 people i burst into tears and cannot ...

Thank you - this is helpful. In this case, I’m pretty sure the “introductions” will be the go-around-the-room type; maybe I can somehow finagle my way to going first. :)...

Take control of the situation and introduce yourself to people before they introduce themselves. I find that my anxiety jumps through the roof when someone introduces them to me and I have to respond....

Hello there, I've also been looking to do this. I'm 24 years old, medical student with a lifelong stutter....

Hmm my stutter is pretty bad, so even introducing myself would be difficult. I’ll give it some thought, thanks man....

Upcoming intro/presentation

Upcoming intro/presentation Hi everyone. I have a stressful week ahead, with two full days of meetings where I will be on point for a lot of it. These meetings might have up to 30 people in them, an...

I don't know what Discord is, but if you want to talk over the phone, give me a call. You can private message me your phone number and times available. And just to introduce myself, I'm a 43 yr old, ...

Sometimes my stutter adds so much more anticipation to my lame jokes. That's makes it worth it 😂...

I do stutter sometimes on my own name too. Unfortunately there is no word you could swap out your name with... I try to play it off or just chuckle. People will usually not notice or just smile back. ...

This is such a great story for me to read. I recently slightly changed career paths (was working for an ad agency but pivoted to work on the ad sales side). This requires me to present to big ad agenc...

Wow, so true! I always hate it when at the start of a group activity the instructer say to tell the name. As my turn approaches my stress level rise & rise (to over 9000), despite all my tries to ...

I'm playing with the idea that to win you have to have confidence in what you say and that's what stifles the stutter. For me, when I get a phone call I'm more likely to stutter compared to if I call...

I learned to say “My name is Eric” rather than just “Eric” because the “em” sound is easier to slide into without others noticing, at least for me. Also the longer phrase gets my momentum going and th...

I think it happens when I over think and get anxious about a situation I know is coming, e.g. ordering food, knowing my name is about to be asked etc.. It's like life doesn't exist, only the moment I...

I just don't get it

I just don't get it I actively try to control my breath. I try to speak slower. I try to know exactly what I'm going to say, each and every word thought out beforehand. And it just doesn't work. Why...