Stuttering

tuner_metronome · 2016-11-04T09:32:06+00:00

I worked with this retired Air Force Chief (Highest enlisted rank you can achieve). He had a bad stuttering problem. Coolest guy in the building. Funny. Well dressed, classy motherfucker.

He didn't appear to be bothered by his stuttering so most people didn't care either.

Most people look around at others hoping someone will tell them how to feel. If you don't care they'll take note and follow your lead. Fuck I miss that guy.

Jcbthaname · 2016-11-04T10:34:42+00:00

Don't let it bother you , ever. I stutter from time to time. If you're conversation and it happens, I'd say if you visibly show the other person it bothered you, you're breaking frame. If you show that it does not, you seem more confident.

bittr_n_swt · 2016-11-04T13:41:23+00:00

3rd year medic, mild stutter too. It's gone better over the last few years but as someone said earlier, if you're not bothered by it and don't make a scene, no one will care. It sucks to stutter but just work with it.

How I deal with mine is to really slow down my speech rate which works most of the time. There are some words I just can't say no matter how hard I try to slow it down mid-speech so I just find a substitute

aqua_puss · 2016-11-04T16:08:24+00:00

I'm doing sales, I too have a problem with stuttering and I sometimes speak quite fast. Sometimes people will point out that they are having a hard time to catch up with what I say and it kind of bother me. Now, I usually think before I speak, I phrase a sentence in my head before I speak. it helps.

ClassicYoshbosh · 2016-11-06T02:05:11+00:00

Hey man, I can completely relate to the stuttering problem, I have full blown Tourettes, stutter included. For a long time I felt ashamed that I am the way I am, but it gets to a point where you have to stop worrying about it.

Stop beating yourself up, if you don't give a fuck about your stutter neither will anyone else, if you act confident eventually you will become confident.

I find the more confident I act the more confident I become, this then lessens the Tourettes and the stutter, it may do the same for you.

Make eye contact and have a good posture when you talk to people, try to engage in conversation. Hope that helps buddy!

blue_dover · 2016-11-04T15:57:39+00:00

Talk slower

Title	Stuttering
Author	tuner_metronome
Upvotes	3
Comments	10
Date	November 4, 2016 8:03 AM UTC (9 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/askTRP
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