Everyday im school I struggle so dam bad, I get in class I don’t wanna speak to anyone when someone tries to speak to me I just sound like a freak becuase ive got silent blocks. I can’t make any new friends I only have two close friends. I struggle even speaking to my own girlfriend and it always makes me insecure that people don’t like me because of it. My girlfriend is best friends with my friends and I can’t even make friends with hers because of how bad my stammer is anytime I try and speak to them I get so embarrassed and I just sit there. I can’t even say my own name too anyone, I don’t know what too do and it should’ve gone by now or at-least eased but no it’s still here I shouldn’t be really over reacting but if anyone could give tips I would appreciate it’s making me really insecure about just talking too anyone.

And if anyone’s genuine response is only that they have family/friends/pets that would otherwise be affected if you went, or if your just waiting for the next big movie/video game to release or something, please just don’t bother with giving your comment on this one.

I feel I have been slowly beating and gaining control of my stutter from not caring about how I may look or sound when I stutter.

I used to and still somewhat care about how I was perceived when I stuttered. However, now I am starting to let go of that feeling slowly and I feel like it’s been helping me.

I realized there is no point in caring about what other people might think of me when I do stutter. Especially if it’s a classmate or some random person. Maybe not for an interview or such.

Accepting this is apart of my life has surprisingly made it a little easier for me to speak. I don’t stutter as much as I would in class, and even while saying my name.

I was at a donut shop about a month ago and stuttered for like 4 seconds straight (which feels like an eternity). For a moment after I got the sentence out I felt stupid. But then after I left I didn’t feel mentally bothered by it. I felt whatever about it, not defeated.

This isn’t me telling everyone to be like me or to think like me. But that you can cope and help yourself in different ways. I’ve struggled with stuttering my entire life. You too can get over this feeling of dreadfulness behind a stutter.

I've been on a very long journey, but I never thought this would happen. It was like an outer body experience. I was no longer in my stuttering brain. No stuttering thought, mental gymnastics, negative thoughts, word substitution even entered my psyche. I dislike evaluating fluency (but I know my audience here lol), but I did not notice any stutter. I'm sure if you had me recorded and had an SLP analyze it after, there were probably some minor hangups here and there, but nothing that my brain processed as a block or stuttering moment. I did not use any techniques or think about my quality of speech. I was fully engaged in what I was saying and doing.

Again, I know my audience... for context, I was a very severe stutterer, and consistently was so into my 20s, and then after that, it became more variable. I went to an intensive speech clinic as a kid. They told my parents I was one of the worst cases, if not the worst that they ever had. I'm in my 40s now. I had a lot of hopeless thoughts earlier in my life. Similar to the ones I see posted a lot.

I wanted to share this story to tell people: Yes, there is a lot of struggle and trauma, but if you explore things and be open to experiences, it can get easier.

19M, I’m a severe stutter and fucking hell is my life miserable. You ever feel so unsupported by your parents? Well I do and it’s like I’m placed the blame as if I WANT to be non fluent and they deny passing this gene onto me.

Im told I don’t practice enough, that im stupid and gonna be up to nothing. I wouldn’t be surprised if they thought that way ever since I lost all my friends due to this stutter and how I “made my mom look bad” because some ableist Catholic teachers couldn’t accept that I stutter so it caused her problems.

They get mad when I’m on my phone but don’t have patience to wait for me to talk and say “I guess the therapy is a waste of money, I see no improvement”. Yeah maybe when you’re telling your son all these things he may stutter much more with you. My brothers I still stutter but significantly less but it’s a blessing that they wait for me and hear me out…

On Tuesday yesterday I was at a bus stop and there was a man who attacked a person in front of me and was holding a weapon. I don’t mean to sound edgy but I wasn’t scared at all, it’s like I got relieved that I can finally be away from this world but he just went on the other side of the street and went on his day. I’m guessing gang on gang violence it seems.

For most of my life I am miserable and I’ll smoke to the miserable years to come 😂. If only I wasn’t dealt this card, what life could’ve been the one I had….

If anyone here is comfortable on speaking about unsupportive close ones, it would be comforting to hear someone in the same boat. Thank you for hearing me out

My daughter is almost 3, and about a month ago she suddenly began stuttering. It has been getting progressively worse, and I’m worried.
Initially, she used to repeat syllables, but now it’s mostly repetitions of sounds like “eh-eh-eh-eh-eh” before she can get the words out. Sometimes she repeats the sound 10–15 times. It happens at the beginning of almost every sentence, making it difficult for her to get started.
Her maternal grandfather has history of persistent stuttering, which makes me especially anxious.
I’d really appreciate hearing about your personal experiences with childhood stuttering, especially if it started around age 3 and was severe. If you’ve experienced something similar, did it improve or resolve over time, and did speech therapy help? Any advice or suggestions would mean a lot to me as I try to understand what my daughter might experience. Thank you for sharing your stories.

I stutter much worse when I'm giving a presentation, and practicing it doesn't help at all (other than switching out some words). It's specifically just for prepared content - I am muchhhh more fluent when answering questions or adding things to the presentation off the cuff. Directly reading things vs paraphrasing what I know I need to say doesn't make a big difference at all for me. Stress levels or presentation importance also don't make a big difference. My theory is that because stuttering is a neurological disorder, and because remembering information and synthesizing information are different neurologically, going down the remembering/reading pathways does something to exacerbate the stutter. Does anyone else experience this? Could definitely be an issue that varies with different stutter types.

You guys should check out this guy’s YouTube channel. He’s a guy who stutters and post skating content. I just found out about him today. He has a lot of subs on YouTube.

Sometimes I want to be more expressive and engage in conversations but I feel the "seizure" coming from a mile away ..then I just smile, nod to almost everything and go away.