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Yeah, I don't think it's really true personally, but it's better than people telling me something is wrong with me, so when people tell me this, I just smile and thank them. ...

No problem. I wrote a lot about how my stutter has made me a more patient, empathetic, open-minded person and I truly believe that. I've noticed I tend to be less judgmental than some of my friends an...

Yep sometimes in social settings i start conversations just so nobody can put me on the spot, I'd rather talk of my own choosing than be forced to talk. Its sweet though when somebody calls you chari...

Funny thing is im a stutterer and i do all those things. Sometimes we use the stutter as an excuse, personally I've made a promise to never let my stutter stop me from doing anything. This leads to ...

> my brain is working so fast that my mouth can't keep up That's EXACTLY what my mother used to say to me....

80% of the time I don't see myself as disabled. My speech is pretty bad but I can still get my point across. The other 20%, when my stuttering is so severe I cannot get a word out, I'd say I'm disabl...

I struggle mostly with letters that begin with vowels and my middle and last name begin with an E. I also struggle sometimes with L and my first name begins with it :( just ironic really ha...

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Female who stutters :) I live in UK and I'm 20 and never ever met another female who stutters, even in my therapy groups when I was younger! ...

I'm 19 and just started going to therapy again. I haven't gone to therapy in 10 years for my mild stutter. I don't stutter a lot in clinic, so it's a bit weird for me. I don't think it's helping as...

Looking to speak with people who have taken control of their speech

Looking to speak with people who have taken control of their speech If anybody is available, I'd like to talk to people with a "success story", preferably on skype some time. I'd like to discuss some ...

Do you mind telling me about your personal statement essay? Just how it has shaped you into a person that would be a good doctor? how so I am In pharmacy, looking to get into medicine in 2 years- I t...

Really? That's interesting! Could you describe it in more detail? Is it the "sensation" of stuttering, like, an anticipation of stuttering, were you to speak the words in question out loud, or are you...

Right on brother, thanks!...

Bruh. I stutter in my head half the time. =/...

Many stutterers experience not stuttering when alone. Basically, the context in which we speak is important, and being alone isn't the same as being amongst others. Many stutterers also experience no...

It might have influenced me a little bit, but I wouldn't say it was the primary reason. I just find medicine interesting, and I have a personality where I really enjoy taking care of other people. Stu...

Has your stutter influenced your decision to pursue medicine? Did you end up mentioning it in the interviews?...

hey man, I got married 2 years ago this summer and I definitely stuttered a couple of times. We wrote our own vows though, so I kind of changed it up to words that I knew I could say. If you don't alr...

For me, my stutter is about equal when I speak English vs. Spanish, but it's 10x worse when I'm speaking Chinese. It sucks because my Chinese is already pretty bad (I'm Chinese-American), so when I tr...