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commentr/StutterJun 4, 2025
3 points

Truly, no one will say anything. If they do, you can choose how to handle it but I just simply say “I stutter” and usually they get all sheepish. I’m a therapist/professor and talk for a living. If yo...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
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commentr/StutterJun 4, 2025
2 points

Practice helps, I think as well people tend to be more impatient nowadays (especially in school with phones and social media). I'm 20 with a stutter and now in college to be a high school teacher. I w...

Community & SupportEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
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commentr/StutterJun 4, 2025
4 points

You're not alone in these thoughts. I'm sure there are many of us feel the same. I'm in my 50s and have allowed my stutter to dictate every aspect of my life from jobs to friends to the woman I ended...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency+1 more
postr/StutterJun 4, 2025
22 points

Toxic shame as a result of stuttering/social anxiety

Toxic shame as a result of stuttering/social anxiety I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting lately and realized that my stutter has shaped the way I see myself in a much deeper way than I ever imagined. ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & Hopelessness+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 4, 2025
2 points

This isn’t gonna be verbal abuse or as bad as you asked for but here’s my story: I’ve been bullied my entire life for my stutter and my parents and family always have my back but at the same time they...

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Genetic & Family FactorsTrauma & PsychologicalValidation & Empathy+3 more
commentr/StutterJun 4, 2025
2 points

Oh I'm well aware - I used to do the things you mention as well, but as it seems that OP's stutter has worsened according to his mental health, and self esteem issues, that means it can swing the othe...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shiftIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJun 4, 2025
1 points

My mother was and still is a fucking narcissist who made fun of me growing up. (Yeah, imagine getting taunted by your mother for not being able to speak fluently). Fast forward, I am in my 30s, found ...

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Trauma & PsychologicalShame & EmbarrassmentHope & Motivation+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 4, 2025
1 points

You definitely shouldn't let go of that dream, just because of your stutter. You have a possibility, along with the talent, and abilities to back it up. Those pro players that demeaned you? Woul...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJun 4, 2025
9 points

The entire field of video game players is full of neurodivergent people, geeky people. They don't judge you as much as you think, in the end the majority of people who have invested so many hours into...

Community & SupportEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Validation & EmpathyHope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJun 4, 2025
7 points

Refrezh, the CS player, is an ingame leader and he stutters. Just want to let you know that it is indeed possible....

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Validation & EmpathyIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterJun 4, 2025
11 points

Those raised by or involved with narcissists, how are you dealing with your stutter?

Those raised by or involved with narcissists, how are you dealing with your stutter? If my stuttering didn't affect me out of the blue, I'd still be more social. Now I'm introverted as a result of it....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 2, 2025
4 points

I’m 32 years old and I have had a stutter for as long as I can remember. I’m pretty sure mine came up from childhood trauma and it’s been a rollercoaster ever since. Some months/years my stutter is ma...

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Trauma & PsychologicalHarmful Med OutcomesRecreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)+3 more
commentr/StutterJun 1, 2025
3 points

Yes! thank you, finally someone said it. personally, I tend to stutter more around family and friends who know I stutter, while I speak mostly fluently with work colleagues, others, or strangers etc. ...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Cycles & RandomnessAvoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJun 1, 2025
1 points

Hello, as a stutterer, suffering from it, to exchange my relatively one-sided view of stuttering, I think stuttering has a genetic relationship, Genes cause different physical structures in the brain,...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Genetic & Family FactorsStress & Fight/FlightTrauma & Psychological+2 more
commentr/StutterJun 1, 2025
2 points

In my case i stutter severe when im alone but i stutter waaaay less when i have people around me. Its like my brain feels the presence of other people and my brain shifts into a diffrent state. I beli...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Trauma & PsychologicalIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJun 1, 2025
2 points

Thank you for sharing, a very interesting take. Apart from the pain of stuttering, I always felt a deep disconnect from myself, I even remember the moment when I lost this connection, and since then m...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Trauma & PsychologicalIdentity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterMay 31, 2025
0 points

Stutter Coach here, such incidents happened to me in the past & now I don't stutter. i suggest you some precautions before you handle it next time 1. Identify real problem behind your stuttering in...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring+2 more
commentr/StutterMay 31, 2025
3 points

I think having stuttering is a kind of good thing too. Sure, it can be super unbearable and draining at times but it can also teach you many things that you won't understand if you live a stuttering-f...

Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideStigma & Bullying+1 more
commentr/StutterMay 31, 2025
1 points

I think im like you before your journey rn... an introvent who is an extrovert wanna be, and i came to your post as ive also thought about talking to strangers on omegle as a cure for it being highly ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
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commentr/StutterMay 31, 2025
2 points

Stutterers usually hate themselves, they hate their stutter, they hate their own skin. They don't forgive themselves for stuttering. The first thing when a stutterer realizes that they stutter is to f...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride+1 more