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Am I going insane or does talking really fast at times help my stutter?

Am I going insane or does talking really fast at times help my stutter? I know this sounds stupid and very different from the usual advice that people give about talking really slow if you stutter, bu...

Have you tried desensitization? This was very hard for me. I get it. I think the time presssure got to mel too,, I went into starbucks etc to practice. You are not alone here,...

I wouldn’t necessarily say I have a stammer/stutter - when I’m sober my speech is pretty clear although I can sometimes speak a bit too fast. However as soon as I’m tipsy or drunk, I find myself stu...

Also acting like i forgot the proper term works all the time in avoiding blocks 🤣...

I may add getting a haircut and thinking what to tell the barber in a closed environment and everyone's listening and you know how the barber likes to chat ! I just got my hair cut after months of pro...

Struggling to make friends, starting conversations with new people can be really hard. Even though my stutter is 95% gone now I still struggle to initiate conversations....

Add never calling in sick to work even when you’re super ill, because you don’t want to talk on the phone....

Trying not to stutter is like trying to not think about a pink elephant...

The stuff we carry alone

The stuff we carry alone I want to name some of the quiet living nightmares that came with my stutter. My aim is to encourage others to share experiences and make visible the stuff we usually carry ...

Someone told me that I was their role model today.

Someone told me that I was their role model today. I feel honored and humbled. Today I spoke to a teenager outside my speech therapist office. He saw my veteran hat, and asked me how I did it while ha...

I also have a wide vocabulary, totally get you! Its so helpful to be able to substitute a word and still say exactly what you are trying to convey!...

Hiiii, im a female stutterer. My friends are all cool, theyre understanding of me and never actually brought it up. Dating wise, it’s perfect too. Finding job, i worked in sales was okay i just have t...

Aww so nice to hear! I always think about making my listener more comfortable. People don't encounter someone who stutter very often and are unsure how to react. I sometimes joke to put them at ease.....

Thank you so much for your reply! It’s a relief to hear that this is a shared experience. The 'synonym gap' and the need to rearrange entire sentences can be so exhausting. Your tip about using speci...

Hi! Growing up I don’t remember dwelling on my stutter or being as aware of it as I am now. I would go through phases every few months where I wouldn’t stutter at all, and some where I would stutter m...

Me! I'm pretty confident in my stutter but I'm still a shy person lol. But I don't think my stutter has affected me (just me being self conscious but I overcame it). I still have made friends and I st...

A female stutterer here! I’m a mild stutterer but I have a an unexplained phase sometime when I stutter worse for some reason, lol. I socialize pretty okay but I’m tend to be quiet and somewhat a litt...

Stutter making me sound mentally impaired?

Stutter making me sound mentally impaired? Hi everyone, happy new years! I just wanted to share a personal experience that I have struggled with. So my stutter is less repetitions and hard blocks and ...

I could have written this post myself. I have this experience exactly. It can be embarrassing because my stutter is a block so often it just seems like I don't know a word. People talk about achieving...

The struggle of stuttering in a foreign language

The struggle of stuttering in a foreign language Hi everyone, I wanted to share something I’ve been struggling with lately. I find it much harder to manage my stutter when speaking a foreign language...