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Does anyone else stutter a lot around certain people but barely at all around others?
Does anyone else stutter a lot around certain people but barely at all around others? For some reason, there are certain people who I stutter way more around than other people. It seems to be complete...
Struggling with decision for Master’s abroad due to stutter and debt
Struggling with decision for Master’s abroad due to stutter and debt Hi everyone, I’m a working professional from India with 4 years of experience. I had a mild stutter in school, which became moderat...
I'm right there with you. It's always so anxiety-inducing *before* the presentation, and instead of being relief that it's over, it was just a dread of "well now they think I'm dumb" *after*. The thin...
obviously he has a stutter but very mild one we stutter when we get nervous and especially in fromt of many people (at least for me)...
If you think you would not be able to manage your stutter in the interview, it would probably be best to self disclose in the beginning. This may help set you more at ease and the interviewer will kn...
48F and blocking! Mostly hidden but more and more apparent if I speak with more people (I hate work calls)....
People stop talking just to listen to me, which makes me feel pressured to finish my sentence quickly
People stop talking just to listen to me, which makes me feel pressured to finish my sentence quickly It's supposed to be a good thing, right? The class is usually busy in themselves during lectures, ...
Hey I also used to live with flatmates in my first year at uni. They were mostly girls (I'm M) lol so a little bit different, at the time my stutter wasn't too bad. My advice would be to occasionally...
Last time we’ve had 6. The point is to get as many people as possible so we can simulate real life stress in comfortable environment...
that's the thing isn't it? In a discussion between non-stutterers they are constantly interrupting one another. but from what I’ve read in comments here, stutterers don’t like being interrupted, and...
Don't worry about the speech, what ever happens happens, no sense in worrying about what's out of your control. But how we react to it is within our control. We can still smile after. If you want t...
Good idea! But sometimes for me it's weird that, I do stutter in online calls. Don't know why, but I think it's because in face to face interaction I would use some gestures and movements that facilit...
How does this align with what SLP’s who *specialize in dysfluency* suggest - put yourself in uncomfortable speaking positions, look toward the listener, disclose or use voluntary repetitions? What ar...
Sometimes. You usually have the option to rerecord if you don't like it. Where does the pressure to be fluent come from? ...
if i know that i’ll need to be speaking in any kind of public setting, a trick i do that lessens my stammering is wearing one earbud and playing a song i find to be motivating. set the volume to a lev...
A question of etiquette in the service industry
A question of etiquette in the service industry I work at a bar and have a regular customer who struggles to speak. I would be very grateful for anyone who deals with this that can shine some light on...
We all stutter differently. You can let the other person know that you stutter and it can take you a bit of time to say some things. When you state that, the other person won’t expect fluency from you...
It's interesting, I have a severe stutter but when I'm alone I can spend hours talking out loud and not a single blockage, but the moment I perceive or think that someone may be listening to me, a "cl...
This is where I literally can’t get a word in haha. I want so much to just be able to chime in or squeeze in a joke or something but i have gotten used to being quieter in group settings. The bigger t...
Only in large social groups where a million people are all talking over each other and the conversation is going super fast, then I tend to not talk as when I pause to stutter, people speak over me. B...