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The exact reason why in high school I decided to start everything with a low “fuckin…” because I could use F’s to get me through the rest of the word 😂...

last year in one of my classes the teacher asked a question and the answer was “nonmaleficence” and i said “nonmmm-“ and couldn’t get the rest of the word out. in my defense that word is a tongue twis...

I was at a bar and already high on dxm which made my stuttering much worse and was attempting to order two michelob ultras and couldn’t get it out. The bartender just said what and my friend ordered i...

i would really recommend being upfront about your stutter from the beginning. i know it feels embarrassing to say “just so you know i have a stutter!” but honestly telling people lets your mind shift ...

I have stuttered since i was around 7 years old! I dont stutter all the time tho i used to stutter at every other word when i started stuttering it gotten better for me speaking for me is easier w...

But I have a serious disability I have a bad stutter since I was a kid. But its not so bad in every day life when I speak with family. I don't know if I can risk doing this again but I really want to ...

Yep, Paxil, like many SSRI anti anxiety meds essentially boosts seratonin and down regulate dopamine in the brain, reducing anticipatory anxiety, especially for stutterers. Not a cure, but an effecti...

I'm really sorry you're going through this. That first lesson sounds incredibly stressful, and it makes complete sense that you're shaking right now. I want to validate something important: live, syn...

Embarresed myself so badly, literally shaking

Embarresed myself so badly, literally shaking So I'm starting my journey as an english teacher online, but I have an awful stutter. So I just had my first lesson on twenix and I COULD NOT GET ANY WORD...

no, i'd be terrified that they'd finish my sentence incorrectly and then ask me a question so fast. So if I were in the middle of saying "A B C. D.", it'd be like me: "A B......" them: "X Y. Z?" m...

Does anyone sometimes put their hand near their mouth when they talk?

Does anyone sometimes put their hand near their mouth when they talk? I keep doing this whenever I have a stutter, am I the only one who does this? Also what does this mean...

Interviews can be hell for us stutterers. Personally, I take Propanolol and Baclofen 90 minutes beforehand. It really takes away the adrenaline and relaxes me a lot more. I’m also on anti anxiety m...

Been there so many times! Depending on how accepted / comfortable we're with out stuttering, I'd consider responding "it's more that in reality at times my speech blocks when meeting new people. So...

Most of us mate. My wife knows I love her because I'm willing to try to order Aioli "ay-ol-ee" sauce for her. Haha...

Alcohol gives “most of us” temporary fluency because it raises GABA at the GABA A receptors in the brain, which essentially acts like a brake on dopamine hyperactivity for stutterers. This modulating ...

All of these medications are anti-anxiety/depressant medications, which work on different neurotransmitters in the brain and also modulate dopamine too, to some extent. By reducing anticipatory anxie...

Omg I'm just like you lol. I'm Bangladeshi too, born in the US with immigrant parents. I learned Bangla first actually and mostly learned English from cartoons as a kid. Then I was admitted into extra...

Yesss, I also mainly stutter on certain letters and sounds. Then I substitute the beginning of the sentence with whatever easier word I can come up with or just fully alternate the grammatical form 😀...

Me!!!!!! My name starts phonetically with A and I can't voice it out. But there are times where I do not stammer or stutter at all. I don't know why this happens. And there are also times where I'm li...

Can someone relate, not being able to voice out a sentence because it starts with a certain letter?

Can someone relate, not being able to voice out a sentence because it starts with a certain letter? I struggle especially with letter A. And sometimes P T K. There are moments where I wanted to cry c...