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I used to use word substitutions and whispering (lots and lots of whispering). Now I don't. But when I get those moments of how I used to talk (fluent but with tricks) I still feel like I'm somehow de...

Maybe I misunderstand. When you say you were tricking them, were you using tricks to sound fluent, such as word substitution or inane ramblings until you could fluently say the word? If that's the cas...

Between the ages of high school and now I was a covert stutterer (or at least I thought I was one). Since I'm now as open about it as I can be, I guess apart of me feels guilty not so much for being f...

Does anyone else...act? And find that they do not stutter?

Does anyone else...act? And find that they do not stutter? I have a someone severe stutter. Very often times I get blocks where I just can't spit the word out, and if I do get it out, I repeat it abou...

I understand completely. Idk how I got over it. Honestly, I don't think I did. It is awkward to let ppl kno but like u said, there is a sense of relief present afterwards and I don't feel as much pres...

yeah I guess I haven't been open about it in the beginning in the past .. but I also don't feel the need to bring it up. Maybe it's just me but I feel more awkward if I bring it up and I know I'll hav...

Good job man! I dont know what you did to get to the point where 90% you dont think about it but it's magic. I have a friend who taught English in the middle east and he has a LOT of disfluencies. H...

You want to hear a joke? I've taught oral English for over five years despite my horrible speaking (it's not a stutter, I don't what it is, I'm a member of this sub because it's one of the few places ...

I'd say 50/50. I sometimes use circumlocution, but I've been trying to force myself to say what I mean and be comfortable with my stutter. I'd say I have mild stuttering. For several years I hardly st...

Thanks for your input. If you don't mind me asking, are you a 'covert' or 'overt' stutterer? Covert being you mostly hide your stutter and not a lot of people can tell immediately, overt being maybe a...

personally, i have my down moments about it (just look at my post history in this sub) but nine days out of ten it simply doesnt bother me. dont get me wrong, it sucks when you order the burger when ...

I got that kind of reaction tonight when I went to pick up food at a restaurant. I think shuttering is rare/concealed enough that it isn't immediately recognized by people for what it is, so they expr...

I think that makes sense. I usually like to announce it to people when I first meet them though, I think it not only makes things easier for me but it also helps people to understand stuttering. Jus...

I love you, too. I hid my stutter for years, and so I hid myself as well. I wasted so many years being scared. I still am sometimes. Hell, I'm waiting for a date to show up to meet her for the first ...

You *have to* endure and you *have to* push yourself each time further and further. And you will get there eventually, you just need to focus and find your specific way how to get rid of it. As I men...

Just not talking wont get you anywhere. I will also have my 20th birthday this april and yes these escape situations are really annoying. I know I could do better, but I dont because of my stutter, f...

I totally feel you. I used to stutter in my native language, but I learned to manage it and today I'm fluent. However, when it comes to english, I feel like a failure. The worst part is that I feel th...

damn man, I've been there, multiple times, but it's a trap you're making for yourself, a paradox. This is because you realize there is no escape, no escaping your speech impediment, no escaping how ot...

I know exactly how you feel. In my school and college years I didn't do things to my disadvantage, just because of my stutter. Till this day it ruins my life. I am turning 24 at the end of this month,...

Hey 56, definitely sounds rough. And telling yourself there are worse things out there usually doesn't make us feel better, maybe only more guilty for feeling how we feel. Well it's ok to feel these t...