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I believe that I stutter because I don't want to stutter. edit: I have this unmanageable fear that the other person will judge my speech that I second guess myself. /edit I'm so wrapped up in my head ...

Yeah I have a similar problem, I think I'm so worried that I'm going to stutter and embarrass myself that i talk so fast no one can comprehend me:/ I know it's frustrating, but keep trying to work thr...

I love talking..I LOVE public speaking. Nothing gets your blood flowing more than 20+ people all focused on YOU. Hehe...

This spring I held a speech about graduating in front of my class. I made it very patriotic, using the Independence Day speech music(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egzfvjy6sqk) to make my speech ridic...

I am still in school. I don't feel the need to request that the teacher not call on me. I sometimes ask not to present things, but not often. I think stuttering is not a disability, but you should be ...

Thank you for sharing your story. I am 27 and still have a stutter from when I was 6 years old (this morning I had trouble getting out the word "animation" for a good 5 seconds). I am also a litigator...

It's wonderful that you've come so far, and that you plan on being an English teacher and translator is amazing! I only stammer a little these days, but I still avoid public speaking and some phone ca...

In school, half the teachers didn't ask me to read out loud, the other half always did. I wasn't bothered either way. For my college presentations, I have requested to do them in private, and there's ...

I was thinking about teaching until college made me loathe to enter into another school. I don't know about other states, but I know that for teaching here in Illinois a speaking test was conducted. T...

Light contact involves just barely bringing your articulators (lips, tongue, teeth, roof of your mouth-- the oral mechanisms that make contact to form consonants for speech) together when you reach a ...

When you speak before the class in poetry readings etc. you should announce your stutter beforehand. Any time I have to give a speech I do it and it makes everyone much more comfortable/understanding ...

Thanks for sharing. I plan to use this with my students who stutter (I'm an SLP). Very inspiring; just image how much courage it took for him to get up in front of world famous judges, TV cameras, etc...

In instances of public speaking/speaking in front of my class; I am currently in university studying Creative Media, this means I have to speak a lot, it is at it's worst when the lecturer asks me to...

First of all, this isn't offensive at all. I don't even have a follow-up to that because I can't see what part of this could possibly offend anyone. So, to get started, obviously, the more people pay...

I really never even considered telling people that I stutter directly (without them finding out on their own) until my therapist brought it up as a technique to help reduce stress. It doesn't necessa...

I am 22 and i have the same situation as yours. I have hooked up with a girl recently, and we talk on phone. i have not told her that i stutter. 2 days back, we had a 5 hour marathon phone session , ...

I feel you man, stuttering tends to make one really introverted because you can never mess up speaking to yourself :) and that's fine! I took a lot of drama and public speaking classes as a kid to h...

I suggest toastmasters. Often times larger cities with have Toastmasters for people who stutters as well. It will improve your self confidence and make you a better speaker, public or otherwise. I'm...