commentr/StutterMarch 26, 2016

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Yup, I do. I come here regularly in the hopes that someone found that magical cure that will eliminate my stutter. That one thing that eluded scientists and thousands of dollars in research. I fucking want it so bad. I understand your pain. These days, after a particular encounter early last week, I am feeling dejected and demoralized about how stuttering has completely ruined my life. I have zero social skills, I can't hold a conversation, and I am terrified of meeting/approaching new people. This is especially bad when you work in a field where you are surrounded by well spoken people who look great and are incredibly charming. I hate myself for not even coming close to that level of communication. Here's the thing though. I am also on a weight loss journey, and two months ago I almost gave up. I was unable to lose weight no matter how much exercise I did. Nothing was making a difference. I even lost a bet with a friend over my inability to lose a single kilo in a week. As I read further, I realized that losing weight has nothing to do with exercise. It's what you eat that matters, and it's about creating a deficiency in your calorie intake to lose weight. I downloaded MFP, started logging my food, and kept my consumption to 1200 cals a day. Its been six weeks now and I have lost 7.6kgs. That's over 1kg a week. That's fucking amazing. So there has to be something like this for the stutter. This one tool that will slowly and steadily help in overcoming our so called disability and make us more fluent. I am hoping someday I will find it. There has to be one. So keep hope, man. Don't "end it". It's not really worth it. Get help if you must.

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