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From my experience, 95% of the people I meet don't care I stutter. WE place more emphasis on it than everyone else does. ...

I'm kind of late to the party but have you tried online dating? By the time you meet face to face you'll already know a lot about the other person and you'll feel more comfortable talking to them...an...

I'm 34 and have been married for about 7 years. I will admit that it was very difficult for me to initially approach females and would absolutely dread making that first call after I got her number (I...

It use to be a lot more apparent when i was younger. in grade school and middle school. I'm in college now, and it seem I only stutter in stressful situations. I'm not really sure why it got better,...

That's the thing in run into in my daily life as well. Haven't found a solution to that. ...

While I'm happy to read that your experience has been totally different than mine I don't get much hope out of it. You're stutter seems to be at the opposite end of the severity scale. My stutter is s...

I'm an SLP graduate student. I stutter. It's great! Who would be better and more compassionate towards people that need help communicating than someone who knows exactly what it feels like when you ca...

There's a quote in this movie Certified Copy from a few years back. This woman is a talking about her sister who is married to a stutterer. She (the sister) loves it: She sees it as him lingering on h...

Upvote for Kristen Chmela! She is quite a figure in the speech therapy/stuttering world....

Firstly, social skills dont determination your worth as a friend of as a person. You have something to offer that im sure a lot of people would like. I think you believe this, the tough part is gettin...

Dude don't give up! I thought the same thing a few years ago! Then, one day I just decided being shy sucked. Still stuttered, but got myself out there. Then one day of playing hacky sack on the quad s...

Twenty four....

If I may ask, how old are you?...

SLP here- I've known of several SLPs who stutter. I believe it would help you be a better, more empathetic therapist, which is really the most important trait in the field. ...

Thing is, I haven't had a conversation with a person of the opposite sex in nearly 5 years besides family of course....

I am the same. I get along with the opposite sex fine, and have plenty of friends, but dating...just no. Have no experience and now at 22 its like wtf do i do. Never going to happen. ...

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Well kinda sorta ... The first disorder Orton and Travis (psychologists) studied was stuttering. This drew Johnson, Van Riper, Williams (early speech pathologists) etc to the University of Iowa ... it...

I agree! How else could someone who doesn't stutter reeeeallly understand the struggles and complexities of stuttering? I've seen many SLPs who stutter and I wouldn't have a problem with that....

stuttering speech therapist here with regard to working with other stutterers it has only been beneficial in my rapport with them. This has also been true with other communication disorders. The onl...