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What you're saying makes perfect sense. It's not easy, but I'll try to explain: It's definitely not a perceived confidence thing. For me, the more confident someone who stutters is (with me anyway - ...

Talking to a computer in a tiny room for 5 or 6 hours, and some controlled conversation. It's hard, kind of weird, but good. Very helpful if you apply yourself, but a lot of people decide they don't l...

I had a moderate stutter when I went to HCRI. I couldn't hide it. The founder/CEO or whatever is kind of scammy/unscientific. The therapists are great though, and you will be fluent when you leave if...

For me, weed has always helped with my stuttering at first. It seems to relax me just enough, but it usually makes it worse the more I smoke. Alcohol only seems to help if I really drink a lot. I try ...

I see that this post is almost a month old but I really wanted to leave something here for anyone who happens upon it like me. I'm a new teacher and I have a mild stutter (as well as anxiety depressi...

Yeah, I think I like just talking about it with people who'd inherently understand what I'm saying without me trying hard to put it in a way non-stutterers will be able to empathize....

YES, I've had the same experience, albeit with a lesser spectrum of substances. Alcohol doesn't help, cannabis might even make it worse (and I hate how heavily it clouds my mind). Apart from those, I'...

How to stop giving a f*** when you have been hiding your own life?

How to stop giving a f*** when you have been hiding your own life? Dear r/stutter I have seen alot of people have sucess and relief after accepting their fate as a stutterer. It feels so refreshing an...

I understand and I agree, I think my problem is being kind all the time and caring too much, this could largely be driven by insecurity about my speech, but I also think it's because I'm just an ideal...

Immense Anger towards it All (Covert Stuttering/Rant)

Immense Anger towards it All (Covert Stuttering/Rant) I am a covert stutterer....kinda. I would classify myself as semi-covert in that I no longer use any techniques, substitutions, or secondaries suc...

Stuttering;Disconnect

Stuttering;Disconnect Living as a covert stutter for 20 years has left me with a catastrophic hole in my spirit, connection to others has been skewed for so much of my life that I feel completely inhu...

How do fluent people think before they speak?

How do fluent people think before they speak? It seems to me if I rehearse in my head what I wish to say, I will block on some words or I can't even get the sentence started. However, sometimes if I a...

Get over your fear of stuttering online course test run. Looking for 5 guinea pigs :)

Get over your fear of stuttering online course test run. Looking for 5 guinea pigs :) Hello fellow stutters, Do you get a nasty spike of anxiety when your phone rings? Do you avoid certain items when...

If you want her to know that you have a stutter and weren't rude, then you have to let her know, usually by speaking. Being rude because youre a jerk and being rude because you're crippled by the fear...

So, I'm trying to start a vlog.

So, I'm trying to start a vlog. I've been dying to do music reviews forever (sort of like Anthony Fantano). However, I have a moderate-severe stutter. I've been getting more and more confident about...

Why I'm leaving r/Stutter...

Why I'm leaving r/Stutter... My stuttering used to impede me a lot. Other kids wouldn't talk to me, and they wouldn't let me play the telephone game. I never talked in class. I learned to overcom...

It helps to an extent, I find that personas are very helpful for speaking more fluently personally, the only problem is I choose to not adopt one most of the time because of the fact that I'd rather b...

I feel that I don't need to highlight it myself. I don't see a reason to do that voluntarily. If i stutter when talking to someone, and they ask me about it, I don't hesitate to answer their questions...

I don't "advertise" per say. But if I happen to stutter then I kind of just brush/laugh it off ("wow that was a mouthful, let's try that again" etc). If you treat me differently because of something...

That's a very good point about the fluency-shaping philosophy (which I am not a huge fan of). Speech should *always* sound natural. It is better to be natural and disfluent than fluent and "robotic" o...