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Starting internship

Starting internship I’m a speech pathology graduate student starting my internship at a hospital tomorrow. I plan on disclosing my stutter to my supervisor and speaking freely as I can :) wish me luck...

All my friends and classmates have gotten used to my stuttering, but it's still awkward and embarrassing to speak/answer in front of an audience, and I avoid it as much as I can :(...

Comfortability Talking to People

Comfortability Talking to People I doubt I'm the only one who feels like this. Generally, the more I know a person, the more comfortable I am talking to them. With most people, I know that they want...

And the Stuttering Just Dies - Part 4

And the Stuttering Just Dies - Part 4 [Hello there](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/1qxigus/and_the_stuttering_just_dies_part_3/) I had another post in mind I thought I'd write There isn't...

treat them like 2 separate things. First do everything in your power to manage your social anxiety. I think most pws fall into this category where social anxiety basically cripples our ability to spea...

Joseph Nguyen's book is really about one thing: we suffer not because of what happens **to** us, but because of what we *tell ourselves* about what happens. For people who stutter, this hits home hard...

I don't have a mild-stutter. My whole childhood was spent in speech therapy, one of whom said I was essentially a lost cause and actually suggested I learn sign language. Every single horror story of...

I disagree. While working a crappy fast food job as a stuttering teen, I built up my confidence and started working the drive-thru window for an hour or so on a few random shifts. I developed a funny ...

It's good that you are seeing hypersensitivity. This is something we can address ourselves. Yes, I'd imagine most if not all stutterers are very sensitive about public shame and embarrassment from the...

It’s interesting how the same anxiety can hit someone even if they hardly stutter. It sounds like you’re punishing yourself for absolutely no reason. Give yourself a break. Let yourself be imperfect l...

I've done great for myself despite having a very strong stutter, but goddamn I'm not ashamed to admit I still fantasize about the day I can attach a little black mirror bullshit to my temple and be ab...

My experience with speaking on the cambridge exam

My experience with speaking on the cambridge exam I applied for the C1 cambridge exam and I was very confident that I would be getting it. But I did not know what I would do when the speaking test ca...

Playing conversations in my head

Playing conversations in my head The sad thing about living with a stutter where it's not welcomed or accepted, is you always have to live on guard to protect yourself from being attacked, bullied etc...

Fully agree! 100% This negative loop is what Benzos fix, but it doesn't work forever. After a while, 2-3 years on the pills, you stutter just as much with Benzos as without. ...

Tell her about it. Maybe not in the first sentence when meeting but when you guys are having a convo. It releases lots of tension in my experience...

Struggling with drinking

Struggling with drinking M24 It’s a double edged sword. I just can’t take this I’ve ignored my speech disfluency for so long. Had realization the other day that made me happy cause I developed a need ...

Stuttering is Mind programming? Have you thought about this

Stuttering is Mind programming? Have you thought about this I am a software engineer & do coding, i stutter only in real life but not when alone.. My mind creates overthinking & doubts before speak...

Currently doing college. I avoid talking to people as much as possible due to my stuttering being severely worse in the last year. Havent made any friends/acquaintances in the year I have been doing i...

This sentiment is true in the experiences I've had. I've made unbelievable progress at making my stutter my bitch the past 10 years, but it doesn't stop, it never stops gnawing at my mental state. E...

I don't let stuttering consume my life my job right now is in hospitality anyway where i talk to a lot of people. But this is such a shallow assumption. So if you stutter with a family member you're ...