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Do you think when you do public speaking you almost take on a different persona? Does it help knowing exactly what you are going to say?...

Phone calls

Phone calls M/22(Indian) I have a mild stutter . I am usually like 98% fluent. But I am terrible with phonecalls. I will be graduating college in few months. I am scared of the interviews I just know...

It’s largely too late for me… I’m a lifer now… I’ve made a good life, but it was very, very hard at times. I would encourage you to really think about the ways you could encourage controlled “failure...

How I Overcame Stammering and Reclaimed My Voice!

How I Overcame Stammering and Reclaimed My Voice! Hello guys I hope you are doing absolutely fine today I am going to share my stammering story with you guys I hope you will find it helpful, It all ...

Do you think conversations in your head?

Do you think conversations in your head? I'm wondering do you guys imagine/plan/analyse/think conversations in your head? I'm realising that I do this all the time, sometimes the conversations are abo...

University class introductions

University class introductions Last semester they made us meet somebody in the class and introduce them to everybody instead of ourselves. This is a big gamble for me since I don’t know if I’ll be abl...

Stuttering is a mad dog, you must tame it and control it

Stuttering is a mad dog, you must tame it and control it I've been struggling with stuttering for a long time. Like many of you, sometimes my stutter is really bad to the point where I can barely tal...

Techniques (Photo for number 6)

Techniques (Photo for number 6) Hello, i’m almost 18 and i have been in speech therapy when i was 14, then i was too young to understand and i was ashamed using my techniques in front of others but no...

Sounds like my brain. Do you have ADHD? The last example sounds like [cluttering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluttering), which often coexists with stuttering (I am one of the lucky people who go...

I went to school in the United States, so I don't know if this would apply where you may be from and/or going to school. To reduce many of the issues regarding my stuttering, I purposely had a lette...

I'm 42. My undergrad degree was Drama, 2.1 with honours and in that time did shylock in merchant of Venice, friar in Romeo and Juliet and did three other plays, one was even a musical. I had lapses bu...

Give the teachers in the classes where you give presentations a heads up. I got a few bad grades because I didn't do that 🙄 Maybe practice with friends or family. You'll get through. I give presentat...

I have been through this nightmare a few years back. If it is too embarassing for you, talk to the professors to give the presentation only in front of them or see if they are okay with you skipping i...

Im this way too! During summer my speech gets way worse. Im now over 20 yrs old, and Ive diagnosed the reason for this to be that during school years my mind and body got so used to the rhytm of scho...

Your mileage may vary with this. I've literally done over 100 job interviews in the last 30 years. I was in the military and worked for the government for over 20 years. One thing I've found is that i...

I can only speak from the other side, having conducted many interviews for new hires. Do what makes you comfortable, but I want to see an indicator of how you will perform. I would prefer a candidate ...

Elvanse and Stuttering

Elvanse and Stuttering I have recently started Elvanse titration for my ADHD and have been on it for 9 days now. On the first week I started with 30mg and I have just moved up to 50mg, this being the ...

gaining confidence

gaining confidence so i work with my parents not letting my stutter stop me from talking altogether, and i was wondering if anyone could share how they gained confidence in speaking! my dad told me to...

I practice a lot before any interview. Literally, I spend week rehearsing the answers and go all out in the interview. What I found is the interviewer really does not care about how you deliver it if ...

:( Without really realizing it (that ^ what you just explained), i had adopted that approach/method throughout a large part of my academic career. Long/short: - after undergrad, i entered grad scho...