well ive had a stutter for my whole life im now 17 and because of my job as customer services assistant makes a lot of people get annoyied at me taking ages to get a single sentance out. ive had many complaints about me such as " he shouldnt be working as a customer services assistant because no one understands him" and ive had a lot of insults thrown at me like " only retards have stutters". maybe im just over reacting but i get quite hurt about people saying stuff about my stutter and how i shouldnt be doing my job.

anyways anyone had the same problem? and how they sorted it out, the stutter or the insults.

EDIT:~ im a very sensitive guy i take offence to most things said about me no matter how small the issue is

many thanks Abr92:)

I'm not experienced in that case, but I heard that talking slower than normal and also thinking of every single word before saying it can help. And don't think of the person you're talking to. Just think of you, your voice and the words. You can also do some "training" when you're alone. Are there some words that you have the most problems with? Try to "learn" them. :3

Sorry, I'm maybe not a help...but at least I tried. :'D

Oh... edit. xD And people complaining about you, calling you maybe a retard or something, etc. They either should have the same "problem" tomorrow... or just shut the fuck up. hugs

Aw, I'm sorry people make fun of you for stuttering. It's not your fault, and that's really mean of them. I stutter too, but my stutter has actually gotten better over the last few years. You should see if you can find a speech therapist, because that has been very helpful for me. If not, because you're seventeen, I assume that you are still in school. If this is indeed the case, then you should talk to your teachers, specifically English and Foreign Language teachers and see if they would be willing to help you, because that was also really helpful for me. My social studies teacher helped me with my stuttering before I saw a speech therapist and it did improve.

Also, remember that stuttering isn't necessarily bad. I still stutter a bit, and in all honesty I have no desire to stop. You should remember that everyone has a weak point or something that they are sensitive about and that even people who make fun of you feel self-conscious over something else.

I hope that things get better for you, and that people stop making fun of you. If you feel confident enough to tell them to stop, I'm positive that will help. Good luck!

thats what i do i think of each word i want to say and say things much slower than usual but i still get stuck on sentances, i have been doing "training" for words that i find i stutter more when saying them, i have been doing it for about 2 months but i cant see any different in my speech, ive been to a speech therapist and they cant really do anything to help because i have tryied it all before and it didnt work.

anyways thanks for the help:)

One of my high school teachers actually had a stutter, but we only found out at the end of term. He spoke with a very subtle cadence, a slight rhythm or beat to the words he was saying. Apparently people who don't stutter when they're singing along with a song, like him, can kind of work their sentences into "song" and eliminate the stuttering. Unfortunately, from what he told us it's something you have to be trained to do, because you don't actually want to be singing the words, and you don't want people to immediately notice you're speaking to a beat.

Maybe it's something to look into?

I have had a stutter since I was really little. For the most part it went away after I practiced more. My issue is stuttering with people I don't know, but only on the phone. In person, I have controlled my stuttering but I still get nervous on the phone if I don't know the person.

My advice is to keep at it. If I answer the phone, normally after 5 times, it starts to get easier for me and I lose my stutter for the rest of the day. Hope I could help.