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What makes Stuttering so funny and cute in the media?

What makes Stuttering so funny and cute in the media? Seriously, why is it constantly used as comedic affect in shows or to make anime characters look cute or weak, like it’s so confusing. I had someo...

I qorked at subway for 2 years, ive been spoken too like im slow or talked to like im dumb. Yhe trick is to just smile and get through your day. You dont have to jump at the opportunity to feel like s...

I feel your pain bruh. A lot of my fear and social anxiety comes from my family and how they treat me. Then they make me feel bad for getting mad and blowing up. Mainly because I don’t feel valued or ...

I’m sorry I didn’t mean to be victim. I’m fourteen that’s all. I guess I’m just sick of it constantly. I’m mainly talking about those people that self-diagnose themselves or/and themselves they have a...

People are so ignorant

People are so ignorant Hey guys I gotta get this off my chest. I worked a customer facing job for five years and sometimes when I would stutter, the person I was talking too would change. Their whole...

Stuttering is not your fault

Stuttering is not your fault Stuttering is no one’s fault. Anyone could have been born with a stutter— it’s just random chance who does and who doesn’t. It’s nothing personal. Our bodies and our br...

Stammering sucks. I wish there should have been be a separate country for people with stammering and selective mutism because other people don't understand us....

A former class mate of mine suddenly started stuttering when he was 11 years old. He was 100% fluent before this age and used to make fun of my stutter before his appeared.💀...

So true. It suggests that we are not to be taken seriously but laughed at or pitied. The stigma is also internalized. Although we might have earned professional careers( medicine, law, academics,) we’...

youre the daughter of a VP of a multibillion car company with supportive parents. >"Nothing while still living with my grandmother and father. T**hey seem to not care about my stutter and think I ca...

I didn't much care for the way one of the droids in star wars Andor was portrayed. His "speech impediment" was one that went along with him being older and broken down / malfunctioning. Seems like a c...

Stutterer Representation in Media

Stutterer Representation in Media Stutterers in media are always used as comedic effect and not taken seriously. This gives viewers the message that stuttering is not a serious disability and it's ok ...

This is a support sub. Having suicidal ideation because of your untreated symptoms from your diagnosable DSM speech disorder is not *complaining*. Your inability to understand the struggle of peopl...

How old are you out of interest? I'm in my late 20s and completely agree, but I have a feeling most on here are in their teens (refer to parents a lot for example), and I guess you can't really blame ...

Stutterers, who else hates it when non-stutterers try to compare their normal disfluencies to actual stuttering?

Stutterers, who else hates it when non-stutterers try to compare their normal disfluencies to actual stuttering? Or they are like “I stutter too!” when they mispronounce a word once or every once in a...

Yeah friend (or bitch, I guess), anyone who’s experienced debilitating life experiences from their stuttering was a lazy ass jerk. Apparently. You seem to know everything. Maybe your stutter is mild....

My sister was always the monster in my closet as I grew up. She would always mock me in front of kids at school. To this day (Im 31) she still mocks me in front of people at gatherings and it all just...

Stutterers, vent your bullying, teasing and/or impatience stories at school you faced

Stutterers, vent your bullying, teasing and/or impatience stories at school you faced Me, I remember a time I was talking to someone, I stutter of course, and she literally ran away while calling for...

One of my friends in high school - his dad told me that my stuttering was from me wearing contact lenses. Thanks Billy's dad....

Lol my dad used to get face to face with me and mock/copy my stuttering...