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commentr/StutterFeb 12, 2014
1 points

Yep, hate it. I find spelling my name out letter by letter helps. So what if it sounds odd, most business prefer it this way anyway to make sure they get it correct. Same for information, phone numbe...

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postr/StutterFeb 12, 2014
11 points

Just got a job working at a sports stadium behind the bar. Don't let your stutter control you!

Just got a job working at a sports stadium behind the bar. Don't let your stutter control you! So I just got a job working as a barman at a football stadium in Australia. It will be very busy job and ...

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commentr/StutterFeb 11, 2014
1 points

Whoa whoa. You cant change how other people act. Im glad you're getting a "fuck it" attitude about your speech and I think its good. But dont give these people so much of your focus and attention. Jus...

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commentr/StutterFeb 11, 2014
1 points

YES, avoidance has been one of the most tiring and frustrating aspects of my life and I truly just dont want to feel the pain anymore. I think I've gotten to the point where the pain and indignity of ...

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commentr/StutterFeb 10, 2014
2 points

That's so cool to me. I went through the same cycle as you, almost exactly. My first name is easier to say than the name I go by, so when I'm ordering food and I need a name I usually say that. When t...

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commentr/StutterFeb 9, 2014
2 points

Woah, congrats! On the girl bit, too. :p I have a similar story like yours. While I am not a "journalist", I am in that field, and my work has, increasingly over the years, demanded that I go out and...

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commentr/StutterFeb 9, 2014
1 points

That's still an amazing thing to do mate! Yeah I have, I did a journalism degree at Uni so a lot of the stuff was presentation based, plus I had to do TV etc; which was a trial and a half. But I man...

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commentr/StutterFeb 9, 2014
3 points

Okie doke! Well, I had a ridiculously bad stutter as a child. So much so that it made me a social recluse from the ages of 12-16. However, literally overnight, I just decided to push myself and go to...

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commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2014
2 points

Sorry for posting this late. I teach high school math, and I've been doing so for almost a decade. I have been stuttering as long as I can remember. Growing up, I figured out ways to make my stutte...

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commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2014
1 points

congrats dude, I know the feeling :). Have you given other speeches aside from this one? For me once I gave a speech in front of ~20 people (and said to myself fuck it if I stutter), from there it jus...

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commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2014
2 points

I have a very severe stutter. For me its all about practice, man. Practice reading on your own just very very veeery slow, like 3 or 4 times slower than you would normally talk. Doing this you will fi...

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commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2014
2 points

For me it depends on the friend. I have some friends who genuinely try to guess and that's fine. But the ones who pretend to guess and interrupt me with some vulgar word, that annoys me. And if I'm on...

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commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2014
1 points

What I do is try to change the way I speak, like another accent or put emphasis on words. I stutter really less now, i almost never stutter with my friends or anyone, i just stutter when ordering some...

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commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2014
2 points

I agree! Using a word/sound that is guaranteed to be easy allows me to transition into the trouble word with a high rate of success. It allows the air flow across my vocal cords to be constant rather ...

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commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2014
1 points

life long stutterer here and I know exactly what you mean and how you feel about saying your own name. I got so bad at one point that if i was ordering something and no one knew who I was I would use ...

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commentr/StutterFeb 2, 2014
3 points

Practice an easy transition word, usually one without a hard vowel as the opening transition to start fluency. I use "This is (my name)" instead of "I'm" or other more difficult starting openers. With...

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postr/StutterJan 31, 2014
6 points

People who stutter because you talk too fast, what do you do to slow yourself down?

People who stutter because you talk too fast, what do you do to slow yourself down? I'm 27 and have had a stutter my whole life, I work in retail and although my stutter isn't as severe as others, I s...

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postr/StutterJan 29, 2014
8 points

Hello, I'm new and here and want to ask if you guys have any tips for avoiding stuttering while reading. I'm a 16 year old male who has had a stutter my whole life.

Hello, I'm new and here and want to ask if you guys have any tips for avoiding stuttering while reading. I'm a 16 year old male who has had a stutter my whole life. Here's a little background, I have ...

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postr/StutterJan 26, 2014
14 points

Stuttering;Disconnect

Stuttering;Disconnect Living as a covert stutter for 20 years has left me with a catastrophic hole in my spirit, connection to others has been skewed for so much of my life that I feel completely inhu...

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commentr/StutterJan 25, 2014
6 points

Personally, I've found that the more you try and plan your sentence or you think it over in your head, the more you end up setting yourself up to stutter. The less concious you are about it and the le...

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