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Thanks...it sounds the same, just couldn't find many examples of kids that stutter and at the same time, don't stop talking. From what we gathered with SLPs, kids have a tendency of avoiding to spea...

22 year old who stutters

22 year old who stutters I’m 22 and have had a lifelong stutter. Mine’s mainly triggered by anxiety, though certain sounds can set it off too. The anxiety part feels like my brain associates specific ...

This is just me. I’m not speaking for the group. 🙏 I can definitely sense when an upcoming word in a sentence will be hard to say, and so, I will purposely move to a word I know that I can pronounce...

I want to have lunch but I remember that I stutter....

just a rant.

just a rant. i’ve recently come to terms that i have a stutter. and it honestly makes a lot of sense. i was always wondering why i am the way i am. but i think it all makes sense though. but still, it...

Gonna be honest, stuttering has made me a great public speaker for just this reason. I'm not afraid of anything related to speaking in public now, bc I had to deal w fear of ever speaking at all, ever...

I try my best to hide it. People always ask me when I'm socializing, "and why are you so quiet". Then I reply, that I'm more of a listener. I'd love to interact, but due to this thing, I can't always....

Yes, this definitely sounds like developmental stuttering. It sounds like she's already reacting to blocks with word-switching, which a lot of us learned to do as well. If this is any consolation, ...

Yes, I speak in a higher pitched voice and if I feel like I’m boutta stutter I switch what I was going to say so I can sound like Ik what I’m talking abt when I’m at work...

That's common for everyone who stutter.. Even me.. I'm good with friends.. Whereas while talking in a new situation or with a new person or in phone call, my flow is affected.....

I would argue it’s called masking and I think all stutterers try to do it to some extent. It’s even as simple as when we change the word we are going to say because we know we are going to trip up. ...

Pretending to not hear what the person said, coz I’m struggling to say what the person asked me. I just pretend to be dumb and ask the question again....

I unfortunately avoid and don’t attend gatherings as much as possible, female here… reason: to spare me the horrors of talking to people I’m not that close with, and the psychological exhaustion I fee...

I unfortunately avoid and don’t attend gatherings as much as possible, female here… reason: to spare me the horrors of talking to people I’m not that close with, and the psychological exhaustion I fee...

Yeah I relate. I’ve always hidden my stutter. I’ll change my words around or find different ways to say things just to avoid stuttering. Over time I’ve developed selective mutism, I barely talk out lo...

I unfortunately avoid gatherings as much as possible, to spare me the horrors of long talks/ conversations and agonizing blocks, which is sad....

I can really relate man. I spent most of my adult life doing everything I could to hide my stutter. I’d keep quiet, substitute words, and even say things I don’t actually believe or want just because ...

i avoid talking when in a shopping centre or loud place. i have auditory processing issues and it makes it so much harder to articulate when i cant properly understand what the other person is saying....

Am I just stuttering or do I not know the language I'm speaking?

Am I just stuttering or do I not know the language I'm speaking? What the title says?...

To be honest I'm trying everything that I come through and makes sense to me. I'm fluent and pass as fluent 90% of the time, but the stutter bites my ass in situations like presentations, phone calls ...