commentr/StutterNovember 7, 2024

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I’m new to the sub as well and it reading this sub is really sad at times, but I’ve been a developmental stutter since I was 3/4 years old and my stutter doesn’t cause me a whole lot of stress and depression. It’s sometimes frustrating, but as long as you get a good support system around your kids they’ll be alright. I did speech therapy from elementary to high school and even stopped by my Junior year because I became really comfortable and confident with how I was speaking. (I’m 23, graduated from college last year) I was always a really extroverted kid and I would talk all the time enough though I was repeating syllables and pushing through blocks, now I’m just a yapper with fewer blocks. But through reading this sub I’ve learned confidence really affects how your speech develops as a stutter. I always embraced by stutter and had confidence in myself outside my speech and that confidence carries over. For me it was built up through sports and various friendships throughout my life. Speech therapy definitely helped and I appreciate going through it now, even though I didn’t like it at times because I would be the only teenager in the building sitting in kindergarten chairs having to repeat children’s books out loud. I think if both of your kids happen to develop a stutter, they’ll at least have each other for comfort and understanding. I didn’t really know many other stutterers until very recently.

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Identity & DisabilitySchool & Work

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Acceptance & PrideSchool & Academic Life