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This breaks my heart. Stutter causes anxiety which causes avoidance. The biggest wake up call for me was when I understood how I was using stutter to hide from life. Please talk to her about this and ...

I believe it's due to how the different languages place there tongues and air flow is different, youre also using different muscles. And when you speak in an accent it's the same reason...

Sure do its better than being offended about it but sometimes it does hurt when I’m alone but its fine lol best I’ve come up with is “It’s as if you’re cranking up and old car on a cold winter morning...

Getting very tired of my partner using her stutter as an excuse for everything.

Getting very tired of my partner using her stutter as an excuse for everything. My partner and I (30M, 29F) live in the UK have been together for about 3 years now. She developed the stutter after a c...

Bad day

Bad day Hello, Ive had a mild stutter all of my life, I remember when I was a kid I wouldn't go to the toilet at school because asking to go would lead to a teacher trying to get me to break down the...

Does anyone else just hate talking?

Does anyone else just hate talking? I hate talking. I feel like my fluency is fine but still people dont understand me. I dont understand why people dont understand me when I'm not stuttering. I am so...

Depends. If I'm focusing - which is most of the time - then no, but when I encounter irl Spanish speaker's, it's a nightmare, esp cuz they talk so fast...

To be honest, some people who stutter are unable to admit it. Some may even think they're hiding it when it's very obvious to everyone else that they're not. Giving him time to speak is the best thi...

Whatever works, works. We don’t really get to choose how we adapt but we gotta get through everyday and that’s enough, the thought of the constant mental battle and every social interaction feels like...

Actually, yes, I'm a very extroverted person who loves being around people all the time and large friend groups. However, my stutter led me to develop almost social anxiety, where it is very energy-co...

Why do people assume I'm dumb because of my stutter?

Why do people assume I'm dumb because of my stutter? I wonder if anyone feels the same, but from my expirience people tend to treat me like I'm dumb or less serious when I stutter. I have had people ...

Some people say that speech techniques only work for some time after that they either don’t work or stuttering overcomes the technique Was that the case with you too? And how r u now ?...

yeah i get you, i dont use a lot of filler words while speaking english since its much easier than arabic, especially that the ر letter is a lot easier which is the most frustrating for me. its funn...

my mother tongue is arabic, i stutter less when speaking in arabic,more with other languages i think the reason is that i find instantly small words to put between the words and periods of aaaaa and ...

I do it with fillers, I say them intentionally so that when the next word comes I know I'm going to get stuck or stutter. It's uncomfortable and even unpleasant but it works....

*I'm grateful for all you've done, love.* or *I appreciate the kindness, sire/milady.* Is what I usually use with my friends....

dud, I get where you're at but your kind of being a baby about this. Your ten to fifteen second delay is only the problem you make it to be, I bet your not assertive about the fact that you need a lit...

that's not going to help you get over the stutter. its the worst thing for it, like texting....

I'll tell you from experience, if you think that way you'll never get better. the first step is thinking there's a next step sometimes. Go for it, I did speech therapy throughout school and it didn't...

*Sorry for the grammar. I'm exhausted from work, and not in the mood to nit pick my writing or whether I'm doing you vs me writing.* I'm an adjunct professor of respiratory therapy and a practicing re...