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My sixth sense is broken I think, for example when I'm preparing a presentation for school I work around the words I'll know I'll stutter on and leave the words that seem easy and I feel confident abo...

Yup, I can almost guarantee that I'll stutter when ordering food. It's kind of become a joke with my friends whenever I'm ordering the food and I'll them to watch as I tell them exactly when I'm gonna...

Yep. It happens. For some reason, I just know. I wish there was a way to turn that off. Perhaps I'd stutter instead of block? Perhaps I would be fluent? I'd take that risk....

Bro, all the time! Never new how to explain it to someone, but this is it! I'll test run sentences in my head to see what words I might stutter on....

It’s not a sixth sense. In fact, your anticipation of stuttering in the word is what is *causing* the block. Word switching is actually harmful. Instead, make eye contact and begin slowly and on an...

First off, you want to say you have a stutter to the recruiter, it'll ease your mind. If your can break down your name in syllables, try saying it that way, like " Ste - vie ", will sound weird but it...

I get it too but sometimes I can still say the word, and sometimes i suddenly get it as I'm saying a word....

I've developed a sixth sense

I've developed a sixth sense OKAY SO I don't know if it's just me but recently anytime I say the word over in my head I can kind of sense what words I will stutter on. Like the other day it was som...

Is the antidote to stuttering anxiety?

Is the antidote to stuttering anxiety? Ironical but from the past 7-10 days, I have been anxious about something else and working under pressure, just barely meeting the deadline everyday. This has th...

Its sucks not to be able to speak your mind with fluency in job interviews.

Its sucks not to be able to speak your mind with fluency in job interviews. From last 1 year I'm trying to crack a entry level role but I'm unable to. Companies didn't reject coz i was stuttering. I w...

Hi, your experiences are very common. PWS are often much more fluent when alone. This was one of the first findings of stuttering research going back to the 1930's, and it has been confirmed in mul...

Need your suggestions

Need your suggestions As someone who stutters, I've often found the "Introduce yourself" question particularly difficult, especially in interviews. For me, pronouncing words that start with 'S' is a ...

I did the presentation!

I did the presentation! It was a moment in history. I went after the 2 girls in the pic. It was my first time ever speaking infront of people. I presented with someone else but i made sure to do most ...

It sounds like you have a severe speech block. A majority of us stutterers can sense when a stutter is coming so use that to your advantage and try to paraphrase or just restart the sentence instead o...

When talking how do you get your mind off stuttering?

When talking how do you get your mind off stuttering? Whenever i am communicating, i always fear that i am going to stutter on a word and then that makes it worse and i actually stutter. I tend to stu...

Same! The panic sets in immediately. Sometimes I try to say something slightly different, as if they just didn't understand the first word and they look at me strangely haha. Stuttering is so interest...

Yes whenever someone asks my name I start to panic because I know Im about to stutter so bad...

Ask your doctor what are good anti depression meds that focus on raising dopamine & regulating serotonin. In my experience any med that increased serotonin for me like Lexapro for ex. Mad me into a mi...

I need some advice

I need some advice I'm 14 years old and I have been stuttering as long as I can remember. I was able to speak in public in the past, but since last year when I need to speak in public I just can't, w...

I used to think this as well, like when a normal person does a speech they won't stutter whereas I might. But it's sort of like right before jumping from a diving board into the pool. Even though we c...