postr/StutterAugust 24, 2025

To ex-stutterers (if you even exist) : is there any hope?

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To ex-stutterers (if you even exist) : is there any hope? I am 22 and no one in my family stutters. I might as well be the first in my lineage. I have stuttered for as long as I can remember but according to my mom, I started stuttering at around 6. Is there any hope for it to go away? Or am I destined for a life where I can’t say what’s on my mind? My parents brought me to a speech therapist as a kid, but my stubborn ass never talked to her. Stuttering is normal among kids and usually they overcome it by seeing a speech therapist at a young age. I didn’t. There is only so much my parents could do, it is entirely my fault. Now I live a life full of regrets. It feels harsh to have to go through this because a kid made a stupid decision. But I will never accept this as my future. I see people on here saying that we should accept ourselves as who we are concerning stuttering, but that is not who I am nor who I want to be. I know some people stutter because it is genetic, but that is not my case. I just need some hope to cling on to. The clock is ticking and with each passing day, I lose a little bit of hope. Soon I will have to do “adult stuff” (meeting a woman, having kids, etc.) and by then, I hope I will be able to talk normally. Thank you for reading my rant, there are many more to come. Because we can’t speak right, we think a lot, so we have a lot to say, but we can’t say our thoughts, so we write them.

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Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability

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Hope & MotivationHelplessness & AgencyGenetic & Family Factors