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I totally relate to this. Sometimes I just can’t do eye contact out of embarrassment. But the good thing is that you don’t have to do it all the time, you can look at the person, then look away natura...

I try making eye contact. Sometimes I do great but other times i block so much my head won't stay still lol. Does it make you flow better if you don't make eye contact? I've been stuttering 40 years...

And just to clarify, if it was an online thing or the dating service (back then it was a brick and mortar place), I made my stutter clear up front. If it was a coworker, I really didn't have to say an...

When I was 16, I worked at six flags as a RIDE OPERATOR. Nothing got me over my fear of public stuttering like talking on a microphone for 10 hours a day lol...

This. Or, while out running errands (or going to a coffee shop or library), make a point to compliment someone on their clothes or ask for directions- doesn't matter if you need help or are actually g...

I actually fully agree with this post. I have a moderate to severe stutter depending on the day but I make a point to get out of my head and try to be dynamic and have interesting things to say, even ...

This was me! I dreaded presentations even days before it but for some reason I would always ask the teacher for me to go first! I hate the panic attacks/anxiety so I needed to relieve myself by just g...

I live in the UK, I sometimes get ppl making fun of my stutter, mostly ignorant pricks who think they are doing gods gift by mocking me, but I always put them in their place. (Unfortunately, my mum sa...

French is my native language but I have learned English when I was very young too, being from Canada. I'd say I actually stutter less in English but I think that's mostly because the context of when I...

I would typically sit at the back of the class or wherever the entrance/exit is and then once it's approaching my turn to give an introduction of myself I would leave for about 5 mins and come back ...

I just smile and reply “I have a stutter” and watch their reaction. They feel embarrassed and say “sorry”. I respond with a smile it’s okay! Got used to it. Doesn’t bother me much...

I get what you're saying, but I feel like you're really overgeneralizing. Sure, the self-pity and defeatism aren't helping anybody, and the frequency with which it appears here is frustrating. But...

I have a large online group in Vietnam, but in real life, it's really rare for me to encounter any one of them...

when i was little and couldn't say my surname in the library i sat there and pretended i didnt remember my surname. a very low level....

Hello! Long time listener, first time caller, etc. In a past life (i.e. in my late 20s), I was an academic; I later transitioned to teaching in my 30s. I taught EFL for about for a total of four yea...

I’m a retail employee that gets paid from commission, so I’m talking basically all day, and if I feel like I’m going to stutter on smth I don’t continue and switch the words US btw...

Could say what I do now but I’ll list jobs/volunteer opportunities I’ve done in the past: -podcast host -karaoke host -stage manager -community theater director -nanny -toy store manager I stutter w...

I have a severe lifelong stutter who spent years in social isolation and speech therapy (which did not work at all, BTW). I was born the way I am with all of the problems described. I also work in a ...

Oh, I guess all those people laughing at me and doors closing in my face and those lonely nights and feeling ostracised mean nothing? Nor does the hours, days, weeks, and years of work I put in to mak...

Multilingual people, do you stutter more in one language than the others?

Multilingual people, do you stutter more in one language than the others? I know three languages; English which I’m most fluent in, Bengali which I was raised with and Arabic which I am still learning...