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Hey i have a stuttering problem thats really messing up my life

Hey i have a stuttering problem thats really messing up my life Ive been stuttering every since i was young and im 18 now. Ive been getting therapy in school but now it doesn't seem to help much, it w...

That happens to me. I can sorta get the words out not making eye contact, but trying to talk to someone, making eye contact, I start blocking and stuttering. I start running out of breath too :(...

I talk low, and when I have to speak louder, it's bad... I end up blocking or stuttering :(...

That sucks, but it's great you told him off, even after stuttering. Shows a lot of self respect to do that, even when you're feeling like shit. I would look into therapy. Real therapy, not the pointle...

How am I supposed to get a job when I cant even talk to other people

How am I supposed to get a job when I cant even talk to other people I am coming to that age now where I have to set out and do my own thing...to most people, I am probably well over that age. I see p...

Yeah I've found when I first stutter, it's followed by multiple stutters in frustration, I'll try to be more relaxed, thanks....

Like for instance, some who stutter might throw their head back in an effort to get the words out. That's secondary stuttering behavior. I think. ...

I used to work in a call Center and am pretty fluent but like 95% on a good day. But could never say my name. Idk if you can do this I could at mine. I would turn my computer camera on so I could see ...

What do you mean by secondary stuttering? Like secondary behavioral characteristics? And I didn't mean to make it sound like she's the model example of how a Stutterer should sound, she is not witho...

I think we've had this topic in here before, that of the distance between stutterers and those seeking to help them. The only recourse we seem to have is to rely on the (potential) accumulated experie...

Did you e.g. use your hands to signal that something was going on, that they'd have to wait for? I sometimes do that when I block/repeat. Just to sort of let listeners know I'm still trying to get som...

>most slp's don't know much about how to deal with stuttering This sounds weird to me. You do know we're talking about _speech therapists_ here, right? That's the function I'm referring to. >s...

Those tricks will eventually stop working and turn into secondary stuttering behaviors....

Can't Say My Own Name.

Can't Say My Own Name. I am one of the few who stutters on vowels and h sounds with vowels after them. My birth name is Ylvie (ill-vee) which contains a very sharp vowel sound. Today an adult came up ...

I think I may have a stutter

I think I may have a stutter I am not sure if what I have is a stutter or some other speech issue. I only "stutter" at the beginning of sentences. What happens is I usually try to say something (usua...

I hate stuttering (not people who stutter, my problem with my stuttering/cluttering/block whatever you call it)

I hate stuttering (not people who stutter, my problem with my stuttering/cluttering/block whatever you call it) I have a problem, and I'm not saying it making it up, other people say I stutter. An...

One thing that irks me

One thing that irks me I was the PA announcer for a hockey tournament this weekend, I read names of nearly 400 kids with exactly one stutter. I was actually pissed off when the sound board fried and I...

That feeling of adrenaline after a presentation is amazing!

That feeling of adrenaline after a presentation is amazing! So I just gave this 5 minute technical presentation for my undergrad engineering course that I've been dreading really badly for a couple we...

I have been talking better lately and would like to share

I have been talking better lately and would like to share I was a severe stutterer starting at about age 13 and lasting until recently (I'm 19). I'm the kind of stutterer that could talk perfect when ...

Actually, several circles (including McGuire Programme) involve deliberate disfluency, meaning that you purposely stutter when you don't feel like to. For most of us in this subreddit it sounds appall...