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Hi spuddingdrunk, I must have missed this comment. I'm really sorry about that. Regarding what to look for when you're 50, 60 and 70 and stuttering. I think that may be a valid concern, but why not ...

Just plow through it head on. I'm exactly where you are. Maybe we're suckers for punishment, but I too have purposely found jobs where communication is important. I used to work as a journalist; imag...

Yes a new job brings out the worst of my stutter that's for sure. How to deal with it? That's a tough one and I'm still trying to work this out myself. The phone is an absolute killer for me. You shou...

Answering the phone, interrupting people, bringing up a new topic of conversation, or, strangely enough, talking to Siri or Google Now. Basically, if I have to start a dialogue it's difficult (but not...

I don't know enough about you to speculate on why it's happening to you specifically, but a lot of factors can increase a disfluency, such as stress or anxiety or insecurity. For what it's worth, I ...

Yes, everyone knows my stutter I have the option just to do backline away from people or talking but I feel like I'm jut hiding from my problems so I force myself into the other positions. How come I ...

Figure out what your anxious about and flip it. This isn't the first time you presented, so everyone probably knows you have a stutter. You have nothing to hid. Know that everyone is anxious about p...

Ok this thread seems like a good place to share my thoughts on Xanax and stuttering. I am fairly new to Xanax but not new to stuttering. Brief background on my stuttering: I'm a 30 yr old, male,...

I'm a high school kid, its been rough doing presentations and more so the actual fear and hype before it. Any ideas on reducing the actual anxiety of presenting?...

Well of course, theirs two sides to every coin. In the end the only variable you have some control over is you. Two mind sets i've had for interviews. 1. Ok, if I stutter I'm screwed. They will think...

Hey, well it's quite common that people inherit their stutter from a stuttering parent actually, I suppose it's genetic. I do stutter a bit more around my family, that might be because I know he stutt...

CBT type stuff helped me with phones. I still stutter a little on the phone but the anxiety I used to have is virtually gone....

Fucking phones man. Even on a good speech day I can barely think about making a call without getting cold sweat. With some good ole CBT I'm getting over it though, you should look into it....

might "coping mechanism" be another word for "solution"? At some level every treatment (including pharmacological) is a coping mechanism. We change something about our situation to make our situation ...

I meant when I'm nervous, my mind races and that just hurts my speech more, you know? Like all the things that come along with being nervous directly affect my speech...

the less anxious I am, the less nervouce I am, which brings about a slew of other ailments that affect my speech. Not to say that confidence is the opposite of anxiety, but to a degree, anxiety does a...

so many for you it seems confidence might equate to anxiety? So, the less anxious you feel the more likely you are to feel 'confident'?...

I'd say generally yes. Confident days are days where I'm not an anxiety ridden mess. I have more clarity and am more in touch with reality, I have goals, things I look forward to and am generally more...

I think less stuttering can cause greater confidence, not the other way around. I think less anxiety can cause less stuttering, but I don't see anxiety as being the opposite of confidence....

interesting. Do you think that the days in which you feel more "confident" are days where you feel more in control of your speech?...