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commentr/StutterAug 19, 2024
8 points

Sometimes little kids would mock me, because well, they dont’t know any better. But it boils my blood when parents ignore that behaviour or laugh at my stutter with their kids. Like how can you teach ...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterAug 19, 2024
9 points

“You have a stutter? No you don’t! Why didn’t you stutter In this conversation “ are you my speech pathologist? No?! I didn’t think so either love! 😁...

Social & RelationshipsIdentity & Disability
Disclosure & Telling OthersStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterAug 19, 2024
6 points

“There’s no need to be nervous” “Just breathe” “I used to have a stutter as a kid and grew out of it, you can too.” Also see literally any famous person that “overcame their stutter” and now uses it s...

Identity & DisabilityCommunity & Support
Stigma & BullyingValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterAug 19, 2024
13 points

"I used to have a stutter like you, I just spoke too fast to get my words out" Gee thanks, if only I'd thought of that!...

Identity & DisabilityCommunity & Support
Stigma & BullyingValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterAug 19, 2024
7 points

I hate this one. Because, like, what possible answers are there here where you *don't* look like a dick for saying that?! Someone who forgets there name definitely has some kind of issue you shouldn...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterAug 19, 2024
6 points

>no you don’t, I can’t tell Same person 5 minutes later: “Why do you keep making that weird face/doing that thing with your hands/why can’t you keep your upper body still while talking? It’s really d...

Identity & DisabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Stigma & BullyingPhysical Tension
postr/StutterAug 19, 2024
7 points

Unsolicited stammering ‘advice’ or comments

Unsolicited stammering ‘advice’ or comments What’s the oddest or weirdest piece (probably unsolicited) of ‘advice’ someone has given you as regards stammering/stuttering? Once I was in a takeaway res...

Identity & DisabilityCommunity & Support
Stigma & BullyingAdvice OfferedValidation & Empathy+1 more
commentr/StutterAug 19, 2024
9 points

When they stutter on purpose to mock me, it make me cry. ( But it's been a while since someone did that)....

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Stigma & BullyingVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterAug 19, 2024
17 points

When people mock me for it. Or when people claim they stutter because they have a presentation or get stressed. My stutter is genetic and I'm stuck with it for life. I met a grown adult for the fir...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingGenetic & Family FactorsShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterAug 19, 2024
8 points

I hatee when people do this. Now when people say that to me I just reply, “Yeah I have a stutter” and then they feel bad lmao...

Social & RelationshipsIdentity & Disability
Disclosure & Telling OthersStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterAug 19, 2024
15 points

Or the equally annoying “ohh, cat got your tongue” 🙄 no bish, i have a stutter. I did get one woman at a store fired through corporate because she wouldn’t let me speak, made fun of me, then said I...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterAug 19, 2024
82 points

"What? Did you forget your name? Hahaha..." What the hell do you actually think is happening? Like, what possible explanations are there for someone to pause while saying their name that *isn't* a...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterAug 19, 2024
53 points

Stutterers, what is your biggest ick that non-stutterers do?

Stutterers, what is your biggest ick that non-stutterers do? Me, when people mock or intimidate it and start acting like they know more about my condition then I do...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingFrustration & Anger
postr/StutterAug 18, 2024
42 points

Alien: Romulus and stuttering

Alien: Romulus and stuttering No spoilers! I'm not sure what I'm expecting from this post, but I feel I need to get out my thoughts somewhere. I just saw Alien: Romulus today and while I liked the m...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingAnxiety & Social JudgmentAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterAug 18, 2024
2 points

The worst part is people assume you lack intelligence because of it. Comments like “just spit it out” or “it’s just simple words, why can’t you say them?” really get my blood boiling....

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingFrustration & Anger
postr/StutterAug 18, 2024
15 points

Is anyone sick of stuttering?

Is anyone sick of stuttering? I am. I am so sick of constantly having to think of words to immediately switch out, having to physically strain myself to get a word out because of a block, sometimes li...

Speech & StutteringIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Blocks & StoppagesPhysical TensionRepetitions & Prolongations+3 more
postr/StutterAug 18, 2024
15 points

since 1 year looking for a job is impossible, with this speech disorder it is impossible, I know, I can't get even a simple job, I don't know what to do, where to go, all this brutality is insane

since 1 year looking for a job is impossible, with this speech disorder it is impossible, I know, I can't get even a simple job, I don't know what to do, where to go, all this brutality is insane ...

School & WorkEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Employment & CareerHelplessness & AgencyStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterAug 17, 2024
1 points

Aw … unfortunately the older u get the better people are, usually in high school people get better. They are more understanding and nice about it. But after highschool no one cares at all so… keep ur ...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Stigma & BullyingMindfulness & Breathing
commentr/StutterAug 17, 2024
1 points

Email all of your teachers! I've been using the same email for 4 years now and it's worked great. All of my teachers have been very supportive and accommodated a lot. I don't have to read out loud if ...

Parent & CaregiverSchool & WorkIdentity & Disability
School/Clinical AdvocacyAccess & RightsStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterAug 17, 2024
2 points

As a gay man with a stutter I’ve faced hatred from the so called “Christian” community, and then being made fun of by the uneducated because they don’t understand what a stutter is. God does indeed h...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingSadness & Hopelessness