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I've given stuttering a lot of thought, and I think the purpose of this subreddit should be improvement, somewhere you can get new ideas for challenges, feedback and of course information and support....

I can totally relate to this and it makes total sense. I just need the courage to accept it and start owning up to it instead of hiding in fear. Thanks for the great reply....

It totally depends on your confidence and ability to communicate. Speaking and communicating are completely different. This topic has come up many times in my NSA chapter meetings. After many interv...

That's just the thing-- in my experience, and a lot of other people who stutter that i've talked to, you become so much more fluent when you *stop trying not to stutter* -- you have to stop fearing it...

some people reject trying to control it as well. They simple strive not to be so bothered by it. To stutter without struggle (and this usually helps with fluency too)....

For all we know, it very well may be discrimination. How do you carry yourself/your stuttering during these interviews? I find that things work out better in any situation if I advertise my stuttering...

I encourage you to not give up on communication. Obviously I don't really know your situation...you seemed to have gone through the motions of speech therapy. How many clinicians did you try? Do you f...

Stutterers are busy with their lives, as they should be....

I like the idea of changing the r/'stutter' to something to lighten the mood of people already here, but I also appreciate and agree with the hesitation to do so for fear of turning newbies off. I'm ...

I get people make fun of my blocks all the time, and I laugh about it. Nobody would ever get to me teasing me about. Part of what has improved my speech is that I simply do not give a fuck. ...

It was my rock buttom moment when I diced I had to do something. I didn't want to see a SLP because of bad experiences in my Childhood and Teenager years. So I also stumbled upon it and gave it a shot...

You've hit the nail on the head as far as im concerned. A lot of people and programs have shifted their focus from fluency to not struggling, as they realize the struggle behaviors is really what take...

Hey man, i'm severe like you. A few weeks ago I was on a bad cycle with me speech being a 9 or a 10. Right now things are a little better and its around a 7. I really think the key is learning not to ...

I have a severe stutter as well, from the sounds of things its basically at the same end of the scale as yours, and the biggest thing for me has been to really and truly realize that I am not a "broke...

it never just disappears, but you can learn new ways to think about it and develop new ways to deal with it....

I just try to have the mentality that I'm doing my best, and if my best isn't good enough for some people it's no skin off my back. I struggle at times with making connections. I have a few close fr...

Exactly this, one day at a time, look for things that make you happy, because happy is often comfortable and comfortability is the key to fluency. I am in college and it's definitely hard to start con...

Preach on brother! I agree that you just have to stop caring about your speech and what others' think to some extent, just be careful it doesn't turn you into someone you're not. I would hate to see...

Congrats. IMHO you can't erase stuttering, you have to embrace it and go from there. Nice job on the new gf and the conference. Hopefully others can learn from you in this subreddit....

Not like this always works for me, this is an unorthodox method to stay relaxed and I probably require some professional help for thinking this, but meh. I remember William Wallace's quote in Bravehe...