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if you have the type of stuttering that only happens around people but not when you’re alone…

if you have the type of stuttering that only happens around people but not when you’re alone… Or say if you stutter less when talking to very close people or yourself as opposed to when meeting new pe...

I feel like this is me talking. I too was the chaterbox of class up until high school, where my speech anxiety got so bad. I'm currently in my second year of college, and what's really helped me is re...

I’m a covert stutterer (27f) and I regret it. It’s such a habit now and I’ve been doing it for so long I don’t know how to stop. This year I’ve actually made it a goal to allow myself to stutter aroun...

Take the little wins

Take the little wins Hi guys, hope you’re all doing well. Having a stutter since I was kid, now 31, the rollercoaster ride of getting to this point hasn’t been easy. And I’m sure for most of, if not ...

I'd say I'm almost able to be covert on a good day. My life is filled with constant planning of word substitution, forward social thinking, anxiety management and exposure theraping myself....

Thought that would've been separate, probably why I wasn't getting the answer I was looking for searching for on Google. Didnt think of it as anxiety...

I would always self identify before a date. found one that truly didn't care about it and am happily married now. if your stutter is a turn off to someone then you don't want to be with that kind of p...

The more you can relax and the more confidence you have in yourself the less likely you'll stutter. There are 'avoidance techniques' and distraction techniques but they typically don't work well in th...

i don’t like bringing up my stutter because i don’t want to make a big deal about. i once saw online someone talking about insecurities and they said people will only care about your insecurities as m...

Anyone down to chat on a video call?

Anyone down to chat on a video call? I have been stuttering for 8 years, and I have realised that more I think before speaking the more I think about stuttering, thus it happens. So, I am happy to con...

i never mention it tbh but i’ll try to give it away over a facetime or a phone call. one time i told a girl i have a stutter fyi and she got upset that i was pre assuming that she was going to judge m...

Will you be personally interacting with patients? I ask because I work in a hospital and have never personally seen pharmacy staff interact with any patients. It’s always the nurses who communicate to...

I feel like I’ve always talked about it with friends and family since it’s not something I can easily hide, but recently I’ve started doing it with strangers. I have a really great SLP that goes to a ...

I had a guy disclose it to me, and it only made me see him as a beautiful, vulnerable soul. He later realised he still had feelings for an old fling who was returning to our city, so we didn’t end up ...

I have to watch myself too, if I begin to ramble, I'm in the "self conscious mode", I let my stutter own me. Sometimes I'm speaking in circles, I take it as a defence mechanism. I dissociate. The ra...

I don't understand why you wouldn't wanna talk about it. I talk about my stutter so that I educate the people around me that it's normal. Talking about it shouldn't be a burden. Side note but I don'...

Yeah, I can see how having to engage with senior management would be anxiety provoking. I feel your pain! Sometimes I have to lead solutioning workshops with SMEs across diverse domains. It can be ne...

Thank you for your encouragement! I’m also trying to pivot into a security architect role, in my current role I’m a pentester and I think my anxiety got a bit worse since we usually have readouts with...

I couldn't agree more. To me, the "real self" is defined by our sensibilities and perspectives—not by the quality of our vocal output. But sadly, the world often judges us on "how" we speak rather th...

Mad respect for your grit. Seriously. But honest question: How’s your mental health holding up? I tried to power through like that, but eventually, I crashed. I ended up depressed and bedridden for 3...