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commentr/StutterApr 4, 2025
4 points

I'm 78f. I made it through but I don't think I'd have been able to compete in a professional setting. I hit the jackpot by marrying the most amazing man that I've ever known and being together for 54 ...

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commentr/StutterApr 3, 2025
4 points

I understand—stuttering is a very frustrating disorder, and those who don't experience it will never truly understand how hard it can be to live with. One thing I've noticed is that the less a person ...

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commentr/StutterApr 3, 2025
1 points

I'm so sorry you feel this way. I have had days like this, admittedly my stutter is very sporadic, can go full sentences completely fine, others not. I just own it, after I stutter out the sentence ...

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commentr/StutterApr 3, 2025
1 points

42 year old with the five words that I found post cancer treatment for thyroid cancer having had a lifelong stutter. My degree in in drama such was the chip on my shoulder about the stutter. No regret...

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postr/StutterApr 3, 2025
7 points

“Don’t Avoid Opportunity” - As stutterers we sometimes need to be more courageous! People opinions do not matter. Our goal is not to be fluent but to be understood! Be true to yourself and the right people will appreciate you . Full Video out on Youtube @StutterChat

“Don’t Avoid Opportunity” - As stutterers we sometimes need to be more courageous! People opinions do not matter. Our goal is not to be fluent but to be understood! Be true to yourself and the right p...

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commentr/StutterApr 3, 2025
1 points

The best advice i can give to those feeling like this, is working towards just letting yourself exist. Stuttering can lead to awkward situations, but is it something to be ashamed of? No. This is...

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commentr/StutterApr 2, 2025
7 points

Sounds like you and I have very similar stutters. I’m approaching 30 and all I have to say is own it and don’t think less of yourself. We’re not less intelligent than others, we just need a bit more s...

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commentr/StutterApr 2, 2025
3 points

I get that. I felt the same way when I was your age. The feeling of, “why can’t I just talk normal??” I remember watching kids in class raise their hands and contribute and I was so envious that it wa...

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commentr/StutterApr 2, 2025
2 points

I've been stuttering since age 6, had a severe stutter through much of my childhood, had it wax and wane between mild stuttering and severe stuttering between ages 17-26, then it gradually resolved ag...

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commentr/stutteringApr 1, 2025
2 points

and i LOVED how you said that “people who matter don’t care, and people who care don’t matter.” that was just amazing!...

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commentr/stutteringApr 1, 2025
3 points

Aubrey!! This reply might be all over the place, sorry if it is! I have a stutter. Like you, I've had it since around 4 or 5. I'll be 36 in a few weeks. Also similarly, it was a constant bother. Hell...

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commentr/StutterApr 1, 2025
5 points

The person who has the most control over your mind is the person who angers you. Anyone who would mock a stutterer clearly has their own set of emotional and mental baggage they’re dealing with, and i...

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commentr/StutterApr 1, 2025
2 points

It’s okay! I’ve learned a lot and I think I’ve become a much more empathetic person because of my speech impediment. I’m sorry your parents are rude to you as well. I guess that’s the way the cookie ...

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commentr/StutterApr 1, 2025
9 points

Parents can suck. People can suck. Don’t let it get you down. I’ve stuttered since I was young and my mom didn’t do a damn thing about it. It comes and goes sometimes and when I got older and it w...

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commentr/StutterApr 1, 2025
5 points

There’s a lot of people who aren’t further in life than they want to be. You must embrace your stutter and be confident. Most people don’t care that you have a stutter. Just be yourself and make them ...

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commentr/StutterApr 1, 2025
1 points

I know the feeling. I think many here do too. From my experience, what has helped is to embrace it fully. I've had an amazing speech therapist who helped me understand that what I speak is valid, no m...

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commentr/StutterApr 1, 2025
1 points

I tend to believe it can be "overcome" in a way and I know people who used to stutter a lot as a child and are not perceived as stutterers anymore. But I focus here on "perceived as stutterers", becau...

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commentr/StutterApr 1, 2025
1 points

I often think back to a presentation I had to give at university during a group exam. There were four of us in the group, and I was the one who was the most prepared and had written most of our assig...

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commentr/StutterApr 1, 2025
2 points

That's awesome! My wife was one of the first people I had ever met that didn't seem to care about my stutter. It was rare to feel that kind of acceptance and I will be forever grateful to her for sh...

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commentr/StutterApr 1, 2025
1 points

Why is accepting it not good enough? I can’t imagine being told to accept myself for who I am, and THAT being the cause of more stress or frustration, or that not being good enough....

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