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I stuttered since early childhood. My mother-in-law stuttered most of her early life. Not having children never crossed my mind. We have two adult children. Neither stuttered. We have 5 adult grandso...

I wonder if #3 might have to do with acting… you’re role playing, ie, playing a character, or telling their story. You don’t think of stuttering, bc your character doesn’t stutter. Maybe try to incorp...

Anyone have accents due to their stutter?

Anyone have accents due to their stutter? Many of us know it’s quite unusual for us to recognize fluency when we put on an accent. For me, I’ve done that unintentionally… and now, my accent shifts so ...

anyone here play music?

anyone here play music? stutterer here obviously 😅 anyone else sing in a band here? i find it a great outlet for my stutter hence you don’t stutter when you sing. plus on stage i barely stutter it’s...

I never done therapy. But doing theatre and speech team in high school and college helped, as it’s in a way exposure therapy. Also, being a teacher assistant in college helped. What helps me is empha...

I did modeling and some acting. The whole experience always seemed surreal to me while in the moment so that really helped me to not stutter. I basically don’t stutter if I’m extremely confident almos...

That was intentional though, he had full control over his stutter...

Yeah except he didn’t stutter in his roles except for angriest man in Brooklyn...

This!!! OP this is genuinely a great tip... For every one of us as well. I also do this when I'm having a presentation or when I'm in a meeting. When I was younger I used to think myself as captain ...

Think about it this way: failure is not if you stutter during your presentation. Failure is not trying. I give tons of presentations nowadays. I’ve stuttered as long as I can remember. I find that a p...

Yea I like poetic movies. So you like Romeo and Juliet.. by Leonardo Dicaprio? Leonardo Dicaprio showed Rick Dalton's stutter in the new Tarantino movie 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' it's not always...

Yes I mean actors.. if they throw in miscues, stumbles, and people correcting themselves, you start to lose your audience. This goes along the lines of accents. A good example is the Jamaican lady in ...

Sorry I misread your question, you meant actors 😂 I'm sure a lot of great actors use it on purpose to exaggerate anxiety or fear....

What I suspect you are doing is providing yourself with a distraction—you are focusing on the accent instead of thinking about stuttering. That can work—at least temporarily. You are also almost a di...

Donning an accent helps me, can't do it all the time obviously. It's meant as and usually taken as being humorous so it usually goes over well with others....

Stuttering made me more empathetic and accepting of people with any disability. Ironically, stuttering made me more outgoing. I tried to be perfect (it’s from having a pushy Jewish mom) in other way...

I think voice acting isn't that bad because people who do that get into character mode and probably don't stutter as much. Also they have to do many takes of the same lines so you'd get used to saying...

intresting! I found french speaking more easier than in italian ( the language i am learning now ), it may be because some syllabus are not pronounced whereas in italian pronounciation is more "harsh"...

For me it's making a british/australian accent. Also English is my 2nd language and I stutter more in it....

ohh nice, I love the sounds of the German language! After years of hating speaking foreign languages (because stuttering of course), I decide to overcome my fears and learn Korean. and it's fantast...