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Thoughts on Self Diagnosis?

Thoughts on Self Diagnosis? I'm curious about the community's opinions on self-diagnosis and what you all are comfortable with people self-diagnosing. Eg. If a person clearly stutters, but doesn't ha...

"I must speak without stuttering" - one point that's mentioned in the article. You are saying that everyone should find therapy in order to *speak without stuttering* . So are you contradicting yours...

Okay, if you play the facts game, then provide: \-trusted and scientific article/proof where it says that after teenage you can't be naturally fluent-trusted and scientific article/proof where it's m...

I see what you are saying, but your post comes off as using your position as an "ex-stutterer" as somewhat of a qualification to help others achieve your state of now barely stuttering. Most likely t...

>I remember having to record voicemail greetings numerous times because my stutter came through while I was trying to record it. Recording is different than speaking alone though. You know that so...

Well, you completely ignored my argument. I didn't mention anything about singing. Most speech therapists agree that nobody knows much about stuttering. There's definitely some difference in brain, bu...

Why don't I stutter when I'm alone, talking to animals, babies, siblings? And, how some people get randomly cured after some years? Even in their 30s, 40s? How some people get cured by NLP (Neuro Lin...

Agreed. Stuttering seems to come with a lot of psychological effects which are really, unfair. Especially depending on your severity of stuttering I could see how these psychological affects amplify. ...

I learned to see stuttering as a gift. I'm strongly into meditation and yoga, both require awareness of myself and my surrounding. So stuttering became my gateway to awareness. The more focus I put o...

Hey, u/AnxiousAbrocoma5222! Stuttering has no ‘cure’, but there are a ton of methods and speech therapy techniques to help suppress stuttering at its core. With that said, the other commenter is hitti...

I'm sorry but there is no medicine or cure for stuttering. There are some ways to handle it a bit but that's not my "area of expertise". I really wish you good luck and i hope someone with better advi...

Stuttering a disability in the US if it impacts you a lot. It doesn't count as being "neurodiverse" though. That applies to the autism spectrum and behavorial things, like OCD. Stuttering is grouped w...

I would say no unless the person has another disability. However, I would say it might be considered a disability based on the person. For me, it isn't bc even though it impacts me everyday it's not ...

(Just my experience disclaimer, personal observations! ) I have for sure always been casually treated like I have more serious/entirely different issues from just anxiety and a stutter. I am inclined ...

>I get treated like an autistic guy First, please elaborate. Does this happen regularly, or are you relating a particularly bad event? Seeking to understand what you mean. I have one particularly ...

You can if you want, or you can specify if there's an option for stating in the box what it appears to be. Usually I tick 'no' then disclose it to the interviewer in person so I come across as very co...

There's no consensus. I think the idea that stuttering is not a disorder but a neurodivergence is relatively recent but growing. I think it will continue to grow. If everyone in the world stuttered or...

Are stutters considered nuerodiverse?

Are stutters considered nuerodiverse? Companies are starting to recognize people with disabilities and are starting to open up hiring pipelines for nuerodiverse people. Is having a stutter considered ...

Should I identify myself as having a disability when applying to jobs?

Should I identify myself as having a disability when applying to jobs? Hi everyone, This is a new reddit account just so I could ask this question but I have had a stutter my whole life. It used to b...

Question to people who speak more than one language..

Question to people who speak more than one language.. Just want to ask anyone who speaks two or more languages, do you'd still stutter or is it just your native language you stutter in? Reason I ask...