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How do you cope with the feeling of not being able to stand up for yourself?

How do you cope with the feeling of not being able to stand up for yourself? When someone does some injustice towards me, I can't help but feeling like I can't stand up for myself and for what's fair....

I don't feel that way anymore, at least at work. I demand that people respect me, and I have a lot of dignity. If someone talks over me or demeans me I will say something...

How would you command respect when you have a block? Many people take your block as an opportunity to start speaking (especially if your stutter is covert). So you either stop from what you were tryi...

I think it’s the way you handle it. I never cared about my stuttering and just kept going trough eye contact on that person. If it’s really bad I just say 'sorry my stutter is really bad right now' I ...

Command respect when you have blocks. Never feel guilty. Teach a lesson to those who need to be taught....

Hope it went well! School was the worst lol, until I grew a backbone and started doing what I wanted to do. Another user suggested to ask the teacher to do it privately. I suggest that. I did that thr...

I think it went ok, I had a few long blocks but carried on through it and said everything I needed to say, I know I won't get discriminated against and will be given a grade I deserve because I have a...

I had to speak on comms when I was in the navy .. I did it but I got others to do it most the time. When I worked at amazon warehouse I would find managers and such to help me and not talk on comms. ...

Ask your teacher if you could do it alone after class, I had a similar situation just today in the morning I had to do a roleplay interview for business studies I didn't want to do it because I would ...

I asked a cowerker and he said Its okey if I ommit some words from the “phrase” as long as the person I am calling gets the general messeage....

Good two cents. I'd have preferred to not have spoken, but everyone is different. Any opportunity to avoid the embarrassment associated with disclosing my stuttering, would have been appreciated....

Yes, presenting the various roles, and allowing him to choose, is the most sensitive way. The stigma is removed if the various options are presented and free choice is allowed....

You are obviously a kind person to consider the feelings of your fellow group member. Every stutterer reacts differently. He might resent your offer to allow him a significant, though no speaking, rol...

When you talk to them: -Maintain eye contact (to a natural degree) - don't finish their sentence or fill in their words, just wait for them to finish speaking - saying things like "just take a brea...

I have one short song and the whole lyrics is "that was not the end of sentence. let me finish. let me finish." I cannot get rid of my blocks. So I do some voluntary blocks in the middle of some word...

thank you for your post. very good tips, something that help me a lot is at the beginning of conversation I let them know I am an stuttering and I talk real bad. after that I feel a relief and talk be...

There are girls/women out there that literally do not care. Of course there are most that don't understand it and will run for the hills. Your advantage will be the guys they are into will break their...

When there’s no other word or phrase that can replace the “problem word”, then I pass. If the word is unavoidable, that’s when my stutter is worse. Such as my name, city, street. All of those I cannot...

You are a very thoughtful colleague! Having been an out of control stutterer until I was about 25 and worked in open plan offices, I can understand his anxiety. Although everyone is different, it is ...

Disclosing (saying “I’m a person who stutters, sometimes pausing, repeating etc”), especially to potential employer, is universally seen as the most effective, powerful and helpful tool. It actually ...