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when i started to stutter i had repetitions, now i have blocks. i think it changed when i started being insecure about it. like instead of showing i stutter, now i just can' talk🥲🥲...

From relationships perspective - don’t do it over chat. You can begin chatting more at first and at some point invite her to go out only the two of you. She would take the hint that it’s a date and wi...

Advice

Advice I’m 25m and I I have my life together “ for the most part” I have a really good paying job and working on saving to buy a place. I met a friend of my brothers wife a few times and she always ha...

I get this way too, whenever I ingest caffeine and highly sugary foods. My speech suffers really badly. I’ve now changed to decaffeinated coffee and limit my sugar intake....

Need help for interviews and jobs

Need help for interviews and jobs M/22 indian. I have a mild stutter. I recently moved to Bangalore to start my career and i have been applying everywhere but the only call backs that i get is from ca...

I’m having a rough week. It feels like I can’t speak.

I’m having a rough week. It feels like I can’t speak. I have a moderate to severe stutter, which consists of mostly blocking. For the last few days, it’s been incredibly hard to speak, and it’s making...

I’ve thought this too like I wonder if I subconsciously switch to blocks instead of repetition or prolongation so it sounds less like a stutter. I can’t remember the last time I’ve stuttered with repe...

I do that too! But I’ve noticed some people don’t register it as a stutter they just think I’m struggling to find words or they’ll ask if I’m okay and that’s frustrating!...

Is fluency the goal in your own stutter experience?

Is fluency the goal in your own stutter experience? I think we can all agree that many people who stutter use synonyms, swap words, alter volume, pitch or accent, or change the speech plan in one or o...

Useful books that I can read for free?

Useful books that I can read for free? Really anxious because soon (in One month) i Will be doing interviews to start my internship for my masterdegree. I am searching for useful books to realise my a...

Sharing my story

Sharing my story Hi all. Happy to see this community. Grew up with a stutter. Got made fun of by friends and family. Had speech therapy at a young age (maybe 7yrs old) - helped out greatly. I grew ...

Speech Therapist seeking input

Speech Therapist seeking input Hello! I am a speech therapist who really enjoys working with people who stutter, and I want your input on what has and hasn't been helpful for you. In grad school, my...

Filler words, saying your last name first, saying "my name is," etc. They'll laugh, but it's less bad than what happened to you. There comes a point where we have to find ways to make it "less bad" be...

Any advice and what helps

Any advice and what helps I stuttered when I was saying my and the teacher said what’s your name loud to class and I had a block when saying my name and my friend help me out. But I was disappointed o...

Sneezing

Sneezing After I finally leaned how to say thank you without stuttering. I can finally sneeze in public spaces...

My name starts with an R (impossible) I just invented an easier name (Sam) and assumed it as a nickname (invest fake story to tell people here)...

Same here. I ordered a slice of pizza at the Sam’s Club food court today and I was standing in line overthinking and repeating in my head “can I please have a pepperoni pizza and a fountain drink”. Ov...

I stutter and I changed to my middle name mid 40's when I switched careers and became a CPA in Public Practice. If I had a smooth introduction to new clients, the rest of our interaction would be muc...

If you are switching to your middle name instead of your first you are using the classic avoidance technique. Don’t do that because it will make things 10x worse...

List of stutter tips

List of stutter tips **Stutter tips:** reduce pressure to speak quickly reduce fear of phone calls or introductions or being interrupted or rushed or authority figures or group settings or fear of j...