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Getting past my Stammer (25 or so years on)

Getting past my Stammer (25 or so years on) **Note there are references to medications in this: they are certainly not an endorsement, far from it.** Ok so I joined this sub and spent a few days rea...

Hopeless

Hopeless Hate this stutter with my entire life. Can’t even hold my ground in front of my family coz I’m getting stuck on every word. I’ve lost all hope in everything. Can’t even find a job in my caree...

Stuttering at start of sentences, especially around new people.

Stuttering at start of sentences, especially around new people. I stuttered when I was a kid and it kinda comes back every now and then but seems to be back with a vengeance now that I’m getting a bit...

I tried an antidepressant that my friend had and it reduces my stammer by at least 80%

I tried an antidepressant that my friend had and it reduces my stammer by at least 80% My friend told me he was suffering from anxiety and was prescribed these and as we were talking about it he was d...

Just had an online interview.....

Just had an online interview..... I just want to get it off my chest but i think i flopped really bad. I didnt stutter much but i had a few blocks, and whenever i have blocks i find it difficult to co...

Anyone else have a psychological stutter?

Anyone else have a psychological stutter? 17M and my mind is my worst enemy. “You know what? I’m gonna make this guy stutter today because why not”. I talk > I think about stuttering > I stutter > em...

Yes, disappointingly. I’d heard first hand accounts that it makes the stutter get better. But alas, no. Only thing that works for me (unintentionally) is to stay up late / get very poor sleep. Then ...

Me too. Stutter is like a crow, it waits... And when you're weaker, it hits!...

Can't even participate in a group discussion bruh 😐.

Can't even participate in a group discussion bruh 😐. In class we are working on a project in groups, and we get graded on if we talk or not. So I try to participate and then I feel a speech block com...

any tips to leave thoughts?

any tips to leave thoughts? I’m 17, and struggles with a stutter since I was 17. Around my family, I don’t stutter much, occasionally. But every time I’m in school or somewhere I always think if I wil...

It happens to everyone I thought I had a stutter too but it was social anxiety and anticipation, some peoples social anxieties CAUSE stutters, some peoples stutters cause social anxieties....

Post interview reflection

Post interview reflection Hello, so I just had a digital interview and although I wasn’t really anxious I got stuck on every other word and when I completed the interview I sent a video to my friend a...

I chose a major where you work on technology. I hardly need to present to speak in front of a large audience. I hate introductions though where I struggle to say my name....

Struggle to start/jump in on conversations

Struggle to start/jump in on conversations The most annoying part of my stutter, is it always happens if I start a conversation or try to jump in on one already happening. Like if I’m the first one t...

How did you guys get jobs with a stutter after interviews?

How did you guys get jobs with a stutter after interviews? I’m 20F. I have a 15 minute phone interview tomorrow morning for an internship. My stutter always bothered me but it wasn’t something that RE...

So a lady asks her lady friend,

So a lady asks her lady friend, "how did you meet your husband" "Well, I'm a pharmacist and he came in the store asking for XXXXXXXL condoms......but I didn't realize until after we got married that ...

Stuttering killed my social life

Stuttering killed my social life For years now I have difficulty introducing myself to people because I have to take a long pause in my speech to say my name. People have made fun of it by saying "you...

Thank you for your response. [This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AES-7ARLYgg&ab_channel=PaulBrocklehurst) new research recommends prioritizing **maintaining fluency** (aka the forward flow of speec...

[This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AES-7ARLYgg&ab_channel=PaulBrocklehurst) YT video explains the Threshold Hypothesis in stuttering in simple words, it explains why some people block more in cert...

Job Interviews

Job Interviews How do you ease anxiety before job interviews? I feel like I think about potentially stuttering or having a big block sm that I ruin the process for myself before....