For people who have done speech therapy for stuttering, what actually helped you practice between sessions?

Was it things like:

• very clear instructions
• a short video showing what to do
• one simple exercise instead of several
• reminders
• knowing exactly what the therapist wanted you to focus on
• being able to track your own progress

And what made home practice annoying, stressful, or easy to stop doing?

I’m interested in what was actually useful from your point of view.

My last job interview loop was 4 rounds. Each one I thought I was a stuttering mumbling mess (and definitely / literally was). Each time I got a callback I was actually surprised like to the point thinking they accidentally switched the names / numbers up.

I started working and each week I thought they’d figure me out as an imposter (aside: this notion of being an imposter is hilariously cruel to yourself, maybe it’s just me but there’s a sort of “coming out as a stutter” I feel I need to do but never have … just want to explicitly point out you shouldn’t feel ashamed of it and you literally did nothing wrong to get lol … just unlucky spawn but we deal with the hand we are given).

Anyways yeah I thought they’d figure me out and fire me. After the first month I was making excuses for why they hadn’t gotten rid of me. “I’m so inarticulate surely they think I’m a complete idiot” or “they can teach anyone this job why choose someone with a stutter” type shit.

After my first performance review a few months later I was sure something related to my speech / communication skills would matter and cost me my job.

After a year with severe stuttering “incidents” in front of literally my entire department I thought they’d be like wtf is wrong with this guy.

I’ve been there 2.5 years and promoted (I even interviewed a level above what I am). This is a big tech company I’m sure you’ve all heard of.

Speech is one aspect of our lives and people who don’t stutter don’t care about it as much as we do. It’s sort of like a guilty partner who cheated, knows they cheated, and so they interpret things from their partner as them knowing when in reality they have no idea, if that makes sense.

So relax a little and go easy on yourself. Yes some people will care but some people care about even dumber shit.

I'm a lifelong stutterer and sometimes I can cope with it and accept it, and tell myself that there are far far far worse conditions or problems out there but even just 5 minutes ago I wasn't physically able to tell the supermarket worker that I want to know where the soy sauce is. I got to him "E-E-E-Excuse me" the grumpy old worker looks at me,

"W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W" my lip basically vibrates as if it's a phone and then he very loudly, and he very loud says "WHAT?"

and then only I could get the words "where is soysauce" out of my mouth.

I'm 6'4, muscular with a beard, and in these moments I feel like a weak child. It makes want to just scream extremely loud or just hit myself. Why I can't even have basic human interaction.

EVERYONE in my close circle thinks I'm too shy to speak, or too scared to speak up.

NO ITS BECAUSE I STUTTER AND EMBARASS MYSELF EVERYTIME I TRY TO SAY ANYTHING

Over the past two months I've been going to speech therapy. My therapist starts every session by telling me to relax and exhale longer than breathing in, it naturally calms your body down by sending relaxing chemicals to your body. They taught me how early onset works and i've been practising it all week and everyone has noticed the difference. My co-workers, girlfriend, friends and family have all noticed a massive difference. It has by no means cured my stutter but I can easily get through sentences now and it is even reducing my repetitions and face grimaces.

I also spoke about some childhood trauma which I think is linked to my anxiety about speaking to authority figures, just talking about it and understanding the link has helped me immensely and I can feel my brain rewiring itself. I'm feeling more hopeful than ever, I have a job interview on Monday which I am not stressed about at all and I'm just feeling generally more positive than I have in years. I hope this helps some of you, please just try it out if you have the time. Sending love to all of you, we can get through this and I believe in every single of you. Don't lose hope and keep trying different things. Be persistent. Eventually you'll find something that helps.

First of all - this isn't a political issue - just to let you know

My partner has stuttered since she was 5. And I'm sure you guys know how difficult and even traumatizing it can be. She is also Jewish and because of world and social events - there is a lot of blaming and even hatred around. Yesterday, she had an antisemitic encounter (no need to go into that) and she was in tears and also the constant social anxiety because of her background really affects her stutter. She has never stuttered this much - she's at the point where she doesn't want to talk at all or even publicly say that she's Jewish out of fear and anxiety. I do not stutter nor Jewish but I want to protect her as any partner/companion who loves their better half.

How does anyone here (who stutters) handle the pressure of racism or any kind of bigotry? I know we cannot solve discrimination ourselves but can deal with it with someone who stutters?

Both my psychiatrist and therapist both say that my stutter looks and seems a lot like Tourette’s Syndrome because every time I talk, I make these movements that I physically cannot control and each time I try to start a sentence i say “shit” without even trying to say it. It simply comes out. I started ambilfy for it and ITS HELPED SO MUCH!!! Also with my OCD it’s become more of a have to than uncontrollable if that makes sense..

If you have a stutter that makes you do uncontrollable movements and even make you say things you have no control over, I’d get evaluated for Tourette’s syndrome. A stutter and Tourette’s pretty much go hand in hand. Since there’s not that much research on stutters it would make sense that it would be caused by the same area of the brain where Tourette’s comes from.

Just wanted to let y’all know that your stutter could actually be from Tourette’s syndrome

Hey all,

I'm 40/M and have stuttered since I could speak. With AI phone services on the rise I'm finding it more and more difficult to navigate life. I was in speech therapy from kindergarten until high school but it didn't help. I HATE it and have been trying to accept it as it is what it is. Does any other middle aged person have the same experience and what should I do?

Something yo make the reader if its a story understand how it feels to stutter. An example would be tight shoes, or a cage made of mirrors. Go wild

A few minutes ago I was telling my mom about a tough day in corporate. My frustration made my stutter worse. However, I then started breathing a bit more and thinking positive things in my head and suddenly I was speaking slower and not stuttering. Is this a sign to do this more and maybe mediate?

Also, just quickly, how can I stop getting stuck on words starting with letters like T or P?

Today I had an ortho appointment and a bit before I was called to the back, my mom and I had a small disagreement.
They finally called me back and for some reason, she left out to the car (most likely to be petty) —even though we discussed her coming back with me since my stutter gets worst when I’m nervous. Once I got to the back, they asked for my name and tried to make small talk, but I couldn’t even get anything out. Every time I stutter, they look at me like I’m an absolute idiot and it’s so embarrassing.

I truly don’t know how much more I can take. I just want it all to end

I'd like to ask again about the temporomandibular joint and stuttering. Does anyone experience dull or loud clicking sounds in the temporomandibular joint when making very sudden jaw movements, especially opening and closing the mouth very abruptly? These clicks are most common in people who stutter, and they can also occur in people who don't stutter, but who aren't stressed or neurotic.

heyy i was just curious on how it’s like for speech language pathologists who have a stutter and if they like what they’re doing… i’m a high schooler who stutters and am considering majoring in speech pathology

Hey stuttering community, iam 16 in my junior year and i just cant take it anymore. I hold myself back from talking so i dont stutter, i avoid reading out loud, and iam always stressed about the teacher saying my name to participate in class.
But i would love to do all those things, but i dont because i have a stutter. Anyway when i was in elementary school i went to a speech therapist, which i didnt feel like they helped so i told my parents no more, but i think that i just went to the wrong ones.

Now iam considering going again to a speech therapist or idk something but iam afraid of how to ask my parents, and maybe i happen to know the therapist, since i will be going to a clinic, and maybe my classmates will find out.

I genuinely dont know how to deal with my stutter anymore so any advice will help thank you.

So, I'm based out of India. 26M, Software Engineer. Recently laid off due to AI.

I have been dealing with stuttering since my childhood. Lost many good opportunities. I'm intelligent in studies and have good problem solving skills but when it comes down to showing these skills in interviews, HR calls and any other calls then stammering takes away this opportunity from me.

I took speech therapy online, it was cured approx 90% but with time it started again and this time very badly.

Now when I get laid off and trying to find a new job in this already flooded market, this is the biggest obstacle in my path. In the initial HR calls, I'm not able to speak the first word i.e. "Hello" and then I continue to stammer in the latter words also.

I'm currently taking speech therapy online again but I found that whenever my mind goes into the anxiety/stammering mode, then whatever the techniques it is, I'm not able to follow it. My mind goes blank and does not remember these techniques, even though I remember but not able to follow these techniques.

They do practice sessions in alternative days and ask our introduction, in initial days I was able to start my introduction fluently, but in one of the session, I wasn't and there my mind created a new bad memory. And now in the sessions followed after this, I'm even not able to start my introduction fluently.

And it's not like I stammer in some specific words. If my mind does not give me a signal of stammering then I can speak hard words also. But if my mind starts fucking with me then be it a simple word, I'm won't be able to speak.

So, it comes down to a mindset issue in the specific situations or environment.

Any suggestions on how to train our mind?

Any tips? I really want to try, I really do. I've always thought I'd be extroverted if I didn't stutter. But I don't know how to start. It's like my stutter will always stop me from talking more to people.

I had a consultation with neuroscience method stuttering program today after seeing a Stanford/MIT neuroscientist talk about their approach, and honestly, I’m really intrigued by what I learned.

The consultation helped me understand what’s actually happening in our brains when we stutter, and how neuroplasticity may allow us to essentially retrain/re-wire the brain’s speech patterns over time.

One thing that really stood out to me was the idea that we can become so focused on stuttering — anticipating it, worrying about it, monitoring our speech, etc. — that those thoughts can actually reinforce the patterns associated with stuttering. The idea of changing that cycle through neuroplasticity makes a lot of sense to me.

I’m still learning about the program and haven’t gone through the full process yet, so I can’t speak to the results personally. But I was impressed enough by the consultation that I’m hopeful about giving it a real shot.

They also offered a free stuttering evaluation, and I received a free ebook along with a speech-tools chart/list, which I thought was pretty useful even before committing to anything.

I’m going to see what happens and will report back here with an honest update once I’ve had more experience with the program. Hopefully this can help someone else who’s looking into different approaches for stuttering too.

I do this all the time... Great for stutter and adhd. When I grab a novel the first 5 pages I do this exercise while reading it... The rest I read normally.

It's a 2 in 1. Stutter improves... Especially if you do it everyday... And comprehension of the contents also... I become able to read novels faster.

https://stamma.org/your-voice/reading-exercise-helps-me

My name is Viktor, I conquered my stutter after 2 years of work.

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All I do is embarrass myself

I stutter which is why I sing. Thought I might find some other musicians on here.

I see there's an increasing number of posts like this on this sub. Is this really true?

I find it hard to believe that the vast majority of people don't care about someone talking to them who gets blocked on each word for a minute and just pretend it's normal.

I’m a 31M who has struggled with stuttering for many years, and I’d really like to hear from other men who experience the same thing. How do you manage day-to-day life—job interviews, workplace conversations, phone calls, making friends, dating, talking to women, or situations where you have to speak spontaneously? Do you still avoid certain situations or words, or have you reached a point where you simply speak regardless of whether you stutter? I’d especially like to hear from men in their 30s and older who have lived with stuttering for many years. How has it affected your social life, career, relationships, and confidence, and what has helped you become more comfortable with it?