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I'll bite. You could argue that as is the case with many disabilities it allows you to appreciate all the things you do have that others may be more likely to take for granted. Potential future topi...

Yeah I agree with much of what he writes. It was a pretty big revelation the first time i read it. I dont agree with everything he thinks, such as i definitely think genetics is a large component of s...

i hate so much people that tell me to talk slowly or calm down, i.e. during university exams teachers tell me always this things and the result is only more anxiety and stress; i wish i could tell the...

also in my family runs stuttering, so the questions is how and why stuttering genes appeared during human evolution...

Stuttering is a strange thing. It's full of gray areas, which is typical with things having to do with the brain. ...

Thats bullshit. I have a video record from that time when i lost my memory. And i aws speaking perfectly, not even a glitch....

I had a speech class in college. I was really nervous about it. But honestly, I only had to speak infront of the class for my 5 speeches during the year. The first one your really nervous, and it actu...

Maybe I'm splitting hairs, but ... For adults who stutter the vast majority have atypical brain activity during speech production and language processing tasks compared to adults who do not stutter. ...

I'm currently reading his book [Redefining Stuttering, What the struggle to speak is really about](http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/Infostuttering/Harrison/redefining-stuttering.pdf). The download is...

If you really had to squeeze a positive out of it all, stuttering is, ironically, an interesting conversation starter with strangers or acquaintances. I try and approach talking about stuttering with ...

interesting! thanks for the input...

I took speech in college a few years ago. It really depends on your professor and you. I talked to mine the first day to let him know I stutter. They are usually understanding and will offer alternat...

You make a good point. The post just came off as negative to me. I mean the reason why a lot of us come here is to increase our hope that one day we will release ourselves from this horrible mental ba...

I have a combination of silent blocks and repetitive sounds. I definitely can tell a difference if I am around friends or strangers. I stutter both times, but it is worse around strangers. I work as a...

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Perfectionism seems to be an universal trait amongst stutterers. It actually works agains us. We are trying to achieve perfect fluency while not even people that are fluent are fluent 100% of the time...

I'm not trying to be negative. I'm just trying to get real information out there. I think spreading false hope can also be damaging. That is my personal belief and this subreddit is so we can discuss ...

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Very good. I like the part about him speaking about not being assertive and being a perfectionist. I'm like that too. On the outside I feel confident but deep down I know I am definitely not. I don...

All of the recent research I've read is neurologically-based, and that is the prevailing theory and thought in the speech-language pathology field. Most ideas of stuttering being caused by a psycholog...