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the clinician should be experienced to know this happens. TARDIS gave some good advice that maybe you can try something feared such as the phone or go into another situation you normally stutter on....

That happens when you're afraid to speak. Better to stutter than to look like you're gasping for air....

I may be totally wrong on this, but apparently speech blocks are the next step of stuttering. It's your brain saying "I'm so scared of stuttering that I just won't even talk." If you don't talk, you d...

Stammering into Speech Blocks?

Stammering into Speech Blocks? For some reason for the past few years, my stuttering has gone from an actual stutter to a lot of speech blocks. Ive heard that means its gotten worse, any ideas?...

I'm sure it is something the therapist is used to dealing with. But maybe you could call someone, if you are anything like me the phone usually drops my fluency in half. On a side note, so that's O'Ne...

aaaa...I just ruined the second part of the skype interview!!! started off well, then, I fucking had to switch to phone mode....:(

aaaa...I just ruined the second part of the skype interview!!! started off well, then, I fucking had to switch to phone mode....:( So, I started off well while on camera....then when the sound wasn't ...

Sometimes I Don't Stutter? Sometimes it's worse?

Sometimes I Don't Stutter? Sometimes it's worse? I recently got a retail job working behind a cash register, and working in front of people again has made me realise how bad of a stutter I have. Howev...

We were reading some play in class and my teacher gave me a heavy part because when I'm not stuttering I'm pretty good at reading aloud. One day I guess I was stressed and I just couldn't get through ...

8th grade. Decided to try out for the school musical. Worst fear came true: got a speaking part!! Rehearsals went well, I was feeling ready. Opening night: I'm standing center stage with my cast mate...

Yeah I stutter, It has improved a lot over the years but a presentation just tears me apart completely. I'm 19 and pretty broke atm, therapists cost quite a bit too, I don't see this being an option f...

I really don't have a story, but that is amazing that happened and also really cool your professor even said something. I have a presentation coming up and I guess I'm just gonna do it and stutter a ...

my worst cases were all after i graduated college. It didn't bother the listeners that much. I guess they felt it was unfortunate i was having such a hard time. I felt like total shit though. There ar...

What gives you the hardest time with your stuttering?

What gives you the hardest time with your stuttering? I just discovered this subreddit recently. I've stuttered for as long as I can remember. Through high school and college, I had managed to get it ...

Stuttering effecting my work!

Stuttering effecting my work! Iv'e been working at Arby's for a year now and was about to start a shift leader position but then i started getting really bad "stutter blocks". I completely can't do d...

Conquering the beast...

Conquering the beast... And by *beast*, I mean the telephone. I don't necessarily have an incapacitating stutter when talking to a person face-to-face. Yes, I do stutter and block rather frequently, b...

Yeah, I just couldn't handle the pressure you know but eventually I had to talk, and this time it was in the middle of class, math class, couldn't finish a word without stuttering at every syllable. ...

I stutter for as long as I can remember, one of the first stuttering moments I can recall was on an end of the year kinder-garden presentation, there were close to 300 people staring at me waiting for...

everyone ive met in college find my stutter endearing for some reason, my advice: dont worry about it if you get a block well then you get a block...

I've only met a couple of stutterers, but none had the impediment I have (silent blocks) and it's also just extremely uncomfortable for some reason ...

you know my therapist said developmentally silent blockers usually never gain repetitions...