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commentr/StutterMay 5, 2025
13 points

I did it for years. I’m as close to being desensitized to stuttering as I have ever been. I know deep in my bones that stuttering won’t hurt me. I’ve stuttered to countless people on purpose and it wo...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterMay 5, 2025
6 points

I did it as part of a speech therapy course. I haven't kept it up. You ask if this reduces your stuttering, I doubt it would on its own. A lot of people that stutter have a fear of stuttering and ...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & DisabilityCommunity & Support
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureAcceptance & PrideFluency Techniques+1 more
commentr/StutterMay 5, 2025
3 points

It doesn't make you accept the fact that you stutter. People incorrectly assume it's purpose. The point of it is to stutter when you don't have to to remind yourself that you're a person who stutters ...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureAcceptance & Pride
postr/StutterMay 5, 2025
28 points

Has anyone tried the voluntary stuttering technique?

Has anyone tried the voluntary stuttering technique? This technique isn't widely spoken of, but it's claimed by some people and authors on the internet that it greatly alleviates your stutter by makin...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureAuthenticity vs. MaskingAcceptance & Pride
postr/StutterMay 5, 2025
4 points

Am I bad or in the wrong for this?

Am I bad or in the wrong for this? I've (31m) been a stutterer my whole life. It can get pretty bad some days where I get stuck on pretty much every word. Some days barely at all. The problem I face...

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Validation & EmpathyHumor & Community ToneAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterMay 5, 2025
2 points

Yessss, this ^^^^^ I’m a woman with a stutter and it seems like this thread doesn’t seem to understand that the stutter itself is NEVER the issue, it’s all about how the man carries himself. I mean, i...

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Acceptance & PrideDating & RomanceHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterMay 4, 2025
3 points

Oh, man. This is absolutely key. I stuttered like a mofo as a teen. Could barely talk. Therapy helped a ton. But I could still feel a block coming a mile away. Started using different words to avoid ...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftAvoidance & SubstitutionAcceptance & Pride+1 more
commentr/StutterMay 4, 2025
7 points

just a reminder for everyone here that anybody that rejects you for something like a speech impediment was going to be a terrible shallow partner anyway...

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Acceptance & PrideDating & Romance
commentr/StutterMay 4, 2025
2 points

Yes, im kinda starting to feel that way, atleast with people i love and im comfortable with (which i know im so lucky to have). So i will just keep going, what i always do lol...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterMay 3, 2025
4 points

I hope you eventually see yourself a little differently with a little less judgment and stigma. I have benefited greatly from learning about the disability rights movement and the pioneers in pushing ...

Identity & DisabilityCommunity & Support
Acceptance & PrideStigma & BullyingValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterMay 3, 2025
4 points

Radical self acceptance. I’m not embarrassed I’m not ashamed, I do what I want, I say what I want and if people want to judge me they can go right ahead, that’s a them problem not a me problem. There ...

Identity & Disability
Acceptance & PrideIdentity & Self-PerceptionMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterMay 3, 2025
17 points

I stopped considering my stutter a personal issue. Rather it just is a characteristic about me. I’m a woman, I’m 5’5, I’m right handed and I have a stutter. It is simply a part of my biology, nothing ...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterMay 3, 2025
1 points

We are not unfortunate. Stuttering makes you stronger, and gives you a perspective on identity that other people will be oblivious of their entire lives. You’ll get to the point where you won’t even t...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterMay 3, 2025
1 points

Catch is you need to accept it. Like say what's worst that gonna happen? People will laugh? let them. People will judge? let them. In the end you need to build such a personality that they come to you...

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commentr/StutterMay 3, 2025
1 points

Heya! I’m 26 years old and recently went through in-person speech therapy. Like you, I struggled to get the first word out in sentences, especially in class or during meetings/presentations. In fact, ...

Therapy & ProfessionalAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Therapy ExperiencesOverthinking & MonitoringAvoidance & Substitution+3 more
commentr/StutterMay 3, 2025
2 points

It's more complicated these are to help. The idea is don't stutter don't push thru blocks. Stuttering reinforces the neural pathways that cause you to stutter. Not engaging them, makes them less promi...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureAcceptance & PrideFluency Techniques
postr/StutterMay 3, 2025
7 points

4 yr old stuttering 1yr anniversary

4 yr old stuttering 1yr anniversary My son started stuttering almost a year ago now and I have to say that it already seems like a lifetime ago. There is a heavy family history of stuttering - my dad ...

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postr/StutterMay 2, 2025
8 points

Hello

Hello Hey there! I’m a 43-year-old dude in Los Angeles with a stutter and a decent sense of humor. Looking to meet someone local who also stutters so we can swap stories, maybe laugh at how awkward or...

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commentr/StutterMay 2, 2025
11 points

Im almost 33 years old, i have sttuter all of my life. I can tell that i have cry and suffer a lot, only recently i have accepted my condition and when i speak i try not to think that i sttuter. I ...

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commentr/StutterMay 2, 2025
2 points

So what if you stutter. Really, so what. The worst people will judge you but fuck them. The right people will take the time to listen. Are you smart? Are you funny? Be smart and funny with a stutter. ...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & VariabilitySchool & Work
Acceptance & PrideIdentity & Self-PerceptionSeverity & Fluctuation+1 more