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current ms4 med student i have been where you are and still am i manage by persenting only when i have to , stuttering the hell out of it and look almost done with school . it sucks but its doable...

She had a pre-drafted template for stutterers, but I was asked if I wanted to input anything. You can ask your teachers to give you a sly hint that they're going to call on you, like a tap on the shou...

Similar issue with me in Pharmacy School. When I'm spontaneously asked some question or tasked with reading out loud I can't get a word out. This has gotten to a point where I just say 'I don't kn...

My school's disability resource center wrote me a letter to send to all my teachers. It explicitly said "do not cold call this student", meaning don't randomly call on me in class. Most of my teache...

I appreciate the advice. I’m trying to be better. For me it isn’t really even about the other kids seeing me. That’s a part of the reason I avoid class, but I genuinely just hate stuttering. I hate th...

Tbh I cant relate at all, I've always been a goody 2 shoes with attendance. But please please STOP CARING, people dont give a shit about your stammer, they might laugh like once but that's them being ...

Anybody else develop a habit of skipping school?

Anybody else develop a habit of skipping school? Ever since I was young I would fake sick to my parents so that I could stay home on days where I had presentations or other stuff like that. When I got...

I don’t want to say that this is „the solution“ but if you are brave and don’t mind other people hearing you stutter, joining a speech club ( such as Toastmasters e.g.) might help to train 1. exposure...

I see myself stutter more often with my family, sometimes with friends, and sometimes with teachers. But the change I see the most is with family because in the past 2 years I stutter much less than 3...

Stress

Stress My condition has worsened by about 30–40%. Health anxiety has completely destroyed me, and now my tongue stumbles every few words. I don’t know what to do. I’m supposed to apply to university t...

I personally find phone calls to be more manageable than in person conversations probably because I have a lot of experience doing them at my previous job. Many face to face conversations are just ove...

Rant.

Rant. Genuinely jealous. I'm not ashamed to say that I'm jealous of schools in the West, like US, Canada. Even some European countries. My mom lives in the US while I'm stuck in this country and I wi...

15 years ago, I was coming out of a year of school phobia during which I stayed at home, and I was starting in a new class. We had a school project where we had to make short films in groups and then ...

We definitely flew there and only had a few days. There were never any promises or talk of she needs or could be fluent. This was solid speech therapy. I was just over the moon about the difference se...

Sorry, let me clarify…the “fluency” part was speaking about my daughter was me saying that…not the SLP. He never mentioned her being fluent. And yes, if she practices, it’s a huge difference in her s...

This may not be the most helpful advice, but I can 100% relate to your feelings. However, this was over 10 years ago for me. So my advice for you is to just push through. Just get through it. School i...

Skipping school because of presentations was like my specialty. Every time I got caught I would have no idea how to explain why I was skipping to my mom. Great post btw....

2nd semester anxiety

2nd semester anxiety I’m a 17 year old male, and I’m in my senior year of hs. Winter break is ending and I’m freaking out a bit on the inside. As someone who stutters I get awfully nervous when I have...

Thanks. I actually use your second tip and i think everyone should, i don't know how it works in other countries but in my country you have the main teacher and there are the teachers who teach you th...

I feel your pain. The same always happened to me at school and made me really anxious too. I think it's the combination of sudden anxiety, and also having to speak cold with no build up, and therefo...