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I don’t understand my stutter

I don’t understand my stutter I’ve known people, close friends, with a stutter. Comparing them to mine’s, theirs are more severe. They stutter almost everytime they speak, repeating words, basically y...

Hmm? What’s that? Oh right right. My name. My name is… What’s that? Of course. My name. Right. My name. Of course. Hmm?...

He just makes a lot of sense in his way. He mentions that we, as stutterers, think that anyone without one is completely fluent—no hesitation, no repetitions—but that's not true. No one is. He always ...

2 things holding you back

2 things holding you back Summer is here so I suspect a lot more outdoor activities and therefore more possibilities for social interactions. We all know this is often the times when the stutter gets ...

Depends on the situation. In general, putting a time limit on someone with a stutter is going to make it worse. Whenever possible, I'd say it would be best to find ways to eliminate that time constrai...

We also have Spanish class in our school and I find it difficult since I am already stuttering in the English language. One time, I stumbled on a word because that word starts on a vowel. Personally, ...

I think stutterers are aware and actively try to avoid those situations. I can't speak for everyone, but if something is time-sensitive, I let someone else do the talking. This could be something as...

Speaking Exam 💀

Speaking Exam 💀 So I have the c1 English exam at the start of next month and I'm very anxious about the speaking part. It's juts a simple interview about our opinions and a chat with another candidat...

Toastmaster as a stutterer?

Toastmaster as a stutterer? Hi everyone, I’ve been looking to improve my public speaking and leadership skills for years. Recently, I thought about joining a Toastmasters club, but I have a stutter ...

An insight into human nature and social interactions: Learning to see people for what they are and stuttering for what it is.

An insight into human nature and social interactions: Learning to see people for what they are and stuttering for what it is. **I anticipate my turn to speak. Anxiety starts to rile me up as I think o...

I can't get over the fear

I can't get over the fear I reconnected with and ol class mate online, we've never had a conversation but would say hi, he was more my sister's friend. We've been talking over text and I didn't expec...

This is exactly my problem. I’m also an engineer (ME) and we have a lot of Teams calls. When it’s in my native language I can control myself, both in Teams and in person meetings. But calls in English...

Manager of people. 4 directs roll up to me with around 40 total employees. I am very comfortable with this group but I often have to “report out” which can be difficult...

IMHO, a block before/instead of speech is caused by stoppage in the thought generation and/or speech pre–planning process. In other words, without speech pre–planning speech delivery will be intermit...

Interesting article. IMHO, language comprehension does depend on stuttering (speech production.) The reason for this is involuntary fixation of PWS(s)' on specific "difficult" sound(s). This makes l...

What do you think? Does identifying ourselves as a severe stutterer, reinforce it? (Everyone, join the discussion)

What do you think? Does identifying ourselves as a severe stutterer, reinforce it? (Everyone, join the discussion) If children (or adults) constantly focus on obsessional doubt and possibility to fail...

I have a really bad stutter when I was in high school. It's the reason why I consider my high school years to be hell. Over years of trying to find the cure, I think I have finally fixed it. It should...

He had a stutter. That is correct. A du’a that prophet Musa pbuh made when proceeding to the court of Fir’awn (Pharoah) for the arguments (inviting him to Islam). Rabb-ishrah li sadri, wa yassir li...

One of my more recent “epiphanies…” Remember that there were many times I was able to fluently say all the “hard words” in the past. Ergo… If I did it then… I can do it this time as well....

worst for me was in my school years. i would be so afraid of stuttering i would not speak in class and when i had to it was a disaster with everyone laughing at me. around high school time i couldn’t ...