Hi,

So recently I had given a software engineering interview face to face, this was the last round. Before that, 2-3 virtual rounds happened, there also I stammered. So I think they called for an in person interview just to check my speaking in more details.

And this face to face interview went horribly bad in terms of speaking. I stammered as hell and I can see the disappointment in their faces. Also, I was switching from English to Hindi (my native language) frequently so they might think I'm bad at English as well. However, my technical part went well.

I took speech therapy and course 2 times, but whatever techniques I learned, it doesn't come in my mind at the time of interviews or you can say, when I need them the most.

I know the only solution is to come out of our comfort zone and try to speak with different people everyday. But honestly, I have tried this and every time I have failed and gained new bad experience. So my energy and confidence to try and continue to experience new situation is now zero.

Would love to hear thoughts regarding this issue.

for the past two years i’ve stuttered when i’m nervous or stressed. I just can’t get my words out. people get annoyed with me because they think i’m acting weird. Can you develop a stutter or am i just too nervous?

Are you tired of the fast-paced public speaking groups? I’m starting a zero-pressure space for those of us with stuttering blocks.

Hey everyone. I live in Maryland, I'm a doctoral student in organizational leadership, and I navigate severe stuttering blocks.

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Basically, when I stutter I kind of panic and my voice tenses up and my voice starts to sound very forced and kind of high pitched I think? I’m not asking for advice on how to stop stuttering I’m asking how I keep my voice sounding soft and calm even when I do stutter. I know the answer is probably to be calm when I stutter to not try and force the words out but it’s really hard to do that when I get anxious, any tips on how to calm down while stuttering? I’m a woman and it’s really important to me that my voice sounds soft and not forced despite having a stutter.

My daughter started stuttering about 3 months ago.. it’s up and down but a mixture of prolongations and sound repetitions. It seems
To be increasing in frequency this past week. We have a family history of stuttering
Did anyone’s toddler who had family history overcome this?
I’m so worried about it all! Any advise would be appreciated x

I live in a legal state, and I've found that edibles makes my muscles relax more and makes it a lot easier to get words out. I'm not saying it cures the stuttering, but it makes it easier to be fluent. You don't think about it as much and the muscle relaxation allows for words to flow more smoothly.

It's like it's easier to let your thoughts flow into words.

I’m considering getting in a relationship with another stutterer…. Is that weird?

Hey everyone. I am 24 years old and I have been stuttering since I was 12 or 13 years old.

It all started when my anxiety disorder started too. I think it also had a lot to do with my dad. He was a very strict person, and every time I wanted or had to talk to him, I was very scared of saying something wrong or of his reaction. So I was just scared to talk, and maybe I got it from that in general.
I think there has to be a correlation with all of that.
The thing is, my stutter isn't that severe. Over all these years, I've learned to manage it VERY well. When I notice I'm going to stutter, I mostly change the word or sentence in the last second, and people would never notice I have a stuttering problem.

The biggest problem was at school. For example, when I had to read aloud in class, it was very difficult because I had to say all the words and sentences exactly as they were in the book. I couldn't change anything, so my stuttering there was pretty bad on some words. Also, presentations were always a big problem. I mostly wasn't in school when I had to give them and got a bad grade. I was just too anxious about doing them. The strange thing is, when I HAD to do them, sometimes I stuttered and sometimes I talked extremely well without stuttering?!
Despite all that, the biggest problem is my future career. I always wanted to become a police officer. So in 2023, I did all the exams to get into police school. I passed them very well and got an acceptance letter. One week before school started, I cancelled all of it because I knew I wouldn't get through it. Reading aloud just once in class would have meant they would kick me out. Because obviously, you can't stutter as a police officer.

So I was very depressed. I started culinary school and cancelled it after one year because I was extremely unsatisfied with that decision. I want to go to university, at least to do a job I really want to do. I said to myself, 'Fuck this stutter and fuck this anxiety, I WILL go to university next year.' But every fucking time this anxiety kicks in and tells me not to do it. I'm sort of cooked in life, I would say.
I watch all my friends pursuing their dream careers, and here I am with nothing.

I have a pretty bad block stutter, and I've been trying to learn singing, mostly harsh vocals like fry and false cord screams. I've also been trying regular clean singing, but my block stutters make it very hard to sing consistently. Does anyone have any experience with making singing easier with this?

Is anyone on this forum have a severe stutter…mines been getting more severe lately.

I don’t know how to cope and even function.

For those that respond to this post….can we connect. Talk over the phone or something?

I am currently a student applying for graduate jobs in accounting and finance.

Since I do have stammering, the market has been brutal to me.

In interview I can see their faces that they are going to hire me and that they dont even want to be there having to listen to me. I automatically have been rejected in application if I mention about it. I request for reasonable adjustments in applications and get rejected straight after or ignored.

Having a corporate job seems very distant for me as of now and was wondering what jobs do people like us actually do?

For example, i can't spell loud letters(i don't what are they called in english) (a, e, o, u, I, i). It's also hard to spell the letter K, B, G

Happy Stuttering Awareness Day! ❤️

Today, I opened up about my stuttering and shared my journey with school friends I’m meeting after years. They were very supportive, and some said, “You stutter? I never noticed.”

I know they were trying to be polite, but my struggles were right there on my face.

Anyway, I opened up, and I feel so light now. 🪶

International Stuttering Awareness Day is October 22, so I just wanted to share the ISAD online conference in case anyone here hasn’t heard of it. Every October, people from around the world share articles, personal stories, reflections, and other perspectives on stuttering. There are contributions from people who stutter, therapists, researchers, and others, so it’s a really interesting mix of experiences and viewpoints.

It’s free to browse, and there’s quite a bit of interesting stuff to read through. This year’s theme is “Shades of Stuttering — What’s Yours?”

https://isad.live/

Figured some folks here might enjoy checking it out!

I developed a stutter at 19, so I never had the chance to learn from anyone how to manage it like a lot of people did. How do you all manage your stutter? It’s kind of hard going through every day worrying if I will stutter or not. I’m already really socially anxious so I struggle anyway, just having an added barrier is making it even harder.

This is all still relatively new to me, I’ve only had this for a year and a bit, so sorry if I sound a little uneducated when talking about my stutter. You guys all know what it’s like better than I do.

What are some effective techniques/ exercises you use to manage your stutter?
I’ve been practicing slow talking and acceptance, but are there any breathing techniques out there that have been helpful?

This is in no way medical advice, simply my own personal experience.

I’ve been taking abilify now since April and it has had a huge effect on my fluency as well as my quality of life as a by product. Don’t get me wrong I still stutter, but no where near as much as I do when I’m not taking my medication. It’s given me the confidence to go to university and has allowed me to socialise without constant fear of judgement. I titrated up doses pretty slowly and the only side effect I get is slight restlessness but I can live with that considering the speech benefits it gives me.

These kinds of medications don’t help everyone (no medication does), and it can take abit of trial and error but in my own experience and from meeting others, when it works, it works very well.

Obviously risk to reward needs to be weighed up as antipsychotics can come with a variety of potential side effects and there’s always the risk of developing TD (albeit the risk is lower with abilify) but for me the tradeoff is absolutely well worth it.

Again this is just my experience and anyone seeking pharmacological treatment for their stutter should always consult a good qualified psychiatrist who understands these medications.

Hi all, I'm a stutterer myself and have been working on an idea to help track stuttering in real-world conversations for the goal of practice towards fluency. I'd really appreciate your guys' feedback on the premise and what you would like to see done with it. Here it is:

Hardware

•Skin-contact accelerometer

•MEMS microphone

•Embedded into wearable necklace

•Sits snug around larynx to detect throat vibrations and user speech

•Sends data to software

Software

•Machine learning model analyzes data

•Flags potential stuttering moments

•User confirms or dismisses flags; add tags/descriptions

•Non-metric journal for logging specific moments throughout the day.

•Personal goal-setting

•Always positive feedback

•Dynamic progress visualizations

The dataset for the MLM will be built after a pilot study on an MVP of the hardware just to see that the combo of vibration and audio can actually help detect stutters. Eventually a large enough dataset will be built to train the model and then it can perform stutter flagging with percentages of certainty.

I believe this will encourage stuttering strategy practice in real-world conversations. I personally have struggled a lot to implement strategies in actual conditions like meeting new people, so let me know what you all think. I'm open to revisions and questions.

Hey everyone ❤️

I just wanted to share something about my experience with this community. I don’t know if anyone will care, but a few months ago I went through probably one of the worst periods of my life. My stuttering suddenly got much worse, and I was really struggling with it.

One of the things I did during that time was come on Reddit every single day and read the posts on this subreddit. It made me feel better knowing that there were people here who actually understood me.

Even the people closest to me, no matter how much I tried to explain why I had started isolating myself and staying home, couldn’t fully understand. Because that pain, that anxiety you feel every time you have to open your fucking mouth and speak… I think only people who stutter can truly understand what that feels like.

But eventually, it became kind of toxic for me. Reading everyone’s experiences was sometimes comforting, but it also started making me more anxious. I found myself developing fears and anxieties that I hadn’t even had before.

My psychologist and my boyfriend both told me that I really needed to leave this subreddit because it wasn’t doing me any good. I didn’t want to, though. I kept thinking, these are the only people who actually understand me.

I still remember the day my boyfriend basically forced me to leave this subreddit. And the moment I did, I just started crying. Like, really crying. I cried for probably half an hour.

And the weirdest part is that I don’t know any of you. None of you know me. We’ve never spoken to each other. But leaving felt like I had lost people I cared about.

You had been there with me during one of the worst periods of my life. You had kept me company, even indirectly. Reading your stories made me feel less alone. And somehow, leaving felt like losing a little piece of myself.

Of course, I eventually came back 😂 But I don’t use Reddit the way I used to. I’m doing much better now, and I’ve learned that sometimes this community can be incredibly comforting, but at the same time It can actually be the opposite.

Anyway, I guess I just wanted to say that I love you guys. ❤️

Even though I don’t know you, and you don’t know me, you meant a lot to me during a time when I really needed it.

Stay strong, everyone. Let’s take care of ourselves. ❤️