Comments on: How to Get Rid of a Stutter

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:52:15 +0000

I have no tip but I am 20 years old and have no problem with confidence, I work as an Estate Agent and have a beautiful girl friend and lovely friends and family. But for some reason I can stop stuttering I could go days or even weeks without it but some days its mad just no stop dont understand why. Some days when im really tired or u dont feel as confident then yer it come out but most days im fine its a really weird feeling but oh well if people say anything screw them who cares what someone else thinks about how you speak as long you are happy with yourself then be cool guys and girls goodluck

By: joseph

joseph — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 06:56:10 +0000

I am an undergraduate of some college in nigeria,
i began to stutter early in my teen years,although i never stuttered while growing up.
So i guess the stutter was caused because of a very low self esteem.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:20:17 +0000

I was in a lift with my teacher the other day and we were talking about my work and I began to stutter (probably because I was nervous about the work). Then my teacher stopped me mid sentence and said ‘Are you dyslexic’. Considering that I have no difficulty spelling words on paper or orally I’m pretty sure that was based on the stutter. And well…let’s just say that it didn’t help with my nerves. So I’m pretty sure that’s my problem.

By: Dion

Dion — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:40:32 +0000

I’m 15 and I stutter, I have tourrettes syndrome aswell. I can say one thing about this, you can deal with it, I get made fun off sometimes because of it but that just makes me a stronger person, it’s now leaving me cuz of self empowerment, one day I said to myself the man and tell the world that this my house, and with the love and support of family and friends I’ve gone on to be captain of the sydney comets basketball team, I’ve led the team to 2 state championships and taken them to the national championship game in Melbourne, but I’m sure watever life threatening disease u guys must be dying of is big enough to make you give up on life, btw did I that I’ve appeared in morning talk shows, school assemblys and tv programs talking about how you can do anything you set ur mind to, my motto is for every dark night there’s a bright day after that so keep your head up, and believe to achieve, just look at me

By: MiRo

MiRo — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 21:17:07 +0000

It doesn’t matter for me in the end of the day. Im living with my girlfriend, who constantly makes fun of my stutter. Any advice for me in this situation??

By: Sunil jha

Sunil jha — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 12:56:46 +0000

Stutterring has made my life no less dan hell..m a BBA 1ST SEMESTER STDNT.I WNT 2 XPRESS MY FEELINGS,THOUGHTS BT I CNT..IT HAS MADE ME INTROVERT..I FEEL LIKE KILLING MYSELF..SUICIDE IS D NLY SOLUTION!!EVR1 SPEAKS FLUENTY, WHY NLY ME MAN?

By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:49:46 +0000

Im 25 and spent most of the last 10 years of my life trying to ged rid of it. as one of the above comments has mentioned, people tell me to slow down or think before i talk. That dosent help. I cant socialize properly as talking to new people is almost a phobia. Its not bad speaking infront of my friends and family but even then i feel like a idiot, it just wont go away.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:13:24 +0000

I still stutter at 28, even with family and about stuff I have a deep understanding of. I also suffer from a loss of words, despite having a relatively large vocabulary. I have no problem with small talk, but with any kind of extended monologue I tend to fumble with words. I even have trouble reading out loud. It’s more like I lack the ability to prepare more than half a dozen words far ahead. People often tell me to slow down or think before I speak, but that kind of advice doesn’t work for me.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:59:44 +0000

Interesting testimonies: yes, it is true that people who stutter have brains that are wired a bit differently. I had a stutter as a child and joined a choir; that helped me. I beleive that stutters should avoid courses that involve reading outloud, especially in another language.

By: James

James — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:32:20 +0000

I had a severe speech impediment when I was younger. It made life pretty much hell as an adolescent. I went to a state college for assistance when I was about 40 years old. I got assigned to a graduate student in speech therapy which really helped. Lisa was the department head and she watched over my progress. So try your local state college or university for help in the speech therapy department. When I was in college I wish my advisor would of assigned more speech classes for me. Perhaps I should of insisted on this myself. Later in my career I got some relief by walking on the tread mill and repeating my name and job title and home location as an introduction orally. We usually had to introduce outselves at each meeting and this had made me extremely uncomfortable. The treadmill duplicated the stress level created during my introduction of myself. I think this could be of massive help to some people. I know I really got help this way. Someone should do some research on this in their spare time (hah). Jim