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commentr/StutterJan 19, 2024
2 points

Yeah man. Totally feel you on this one. Unfortunately it’s not going to go away. And you will have to learn and live with your stutter and accept it. By far a very difficult path. Buckle your seatbelt...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJan 19, 2024
15 points

You are about 50 steps ahead of people like me here. I am older than you, dropped out of college, don’t have a job, never had a girlfriend. If it makes you feel better, I think you are doing great...

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commentr/StutterJan 18, 2024
1 points

It is understandable but it doesn’t make you independent. Dating, job interviews, marriage, and more, these will require you to be yourself no matter the speech....

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Helplessness & AgencyAuthenticity vs. MaskingEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJan 18, 2024
1 points

Thx. Letting my friend or family do communications when I can't, could make me stutter more? Because when I am in not very "welcoming environment", I usually ask to someone to save me when I can't say...

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commentr/StutterJan 17, 2024
1 points

And yet another skeptical stutterer who will most likely stutter for the rest of his life....

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commentr/StutterJan 17, 2024
5 points

I found a therapist. It's not just because of the stutter. Turns out I had many other problems in the first place. Even if I wouldn't stutter I'd still have low self-esteem, problems with self love, p...

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postr/StutterJan 17, 2024
20 points

I'm used to it

I'm used to it (sorry for bad English) Today in college my professor asked me a question. I knew the answer but I couldn't said it. I replied to professor I didn't know the answer. Professor scolded m...

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Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentLoneliness & Isolation+3 more
commentr/StutterJan 17, 2024
1 points

Are you serious. Stuttering is a disability. I get pension money from the government because I’m too anxious to talk at work. I’m constantly anxious to the point of not being able to communicate. Stut...

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commentr/StutterJan 17, 2024
1 points

You really don't need to protect your child from all harm. Stop overprotecting him and hiding him from the trials of life. Stop taking all the responsibility, stop treating him like a child, stop nu...

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Helplessness & AgencyHiding & ConcealmentTrauma & Psychological
commentr/StutterJan 17, 2024
2 points

I can relate buddy. I barely got through the first semester. It hasn't even been one week since the second semester started, I already wanna quit and go home. Let's just hope things will get better....

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postr/StutterJan 17, 2024
6 points

Stuttering treatment programs: do they actually work?

Stuttering treatment programs: do they actually work? Hi everyone, In my country (Italy) there are so many courses about solving stuttering. I've done some of them, spending thousands of dollars, and...

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commentr/StutterJan 17, 2024
13 points

Unfortunately there's no real answer to guide you, this is the life of people like us, frustration, anxiety, embarrassment and even anger.. You learn to not join in with conversations, you lear...

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Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & AngerHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJan 16, 2024
8 points

Problem is my stutter has led me to depression for several years & addiction. Guess I'm battling every issue lol....

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postr/StutterJan 16, 2024
28 points

How do you deal with the frustration?

How do you deal with the frustration? Ive had a stutter since I could talk, and thought I was doing good for a while. But I cannot take it anymore. I want to be able to speak like a normal person but ...

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commentr/StutterJan 16, 2024
2 points

I was pretty pissed, it was the regional E-9 who overrode all my cadre and convinced the 06 in charge of the region. I tried to appeal, it was shut down twice. I had 2 interactions with the E-9 tha...

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commentr/StutterJan 16, 2024
2 points

This sucks man. I was considering OCS but the recruiter did mention during our very first meeting that my stutter could be disqualifying. He suggested I could try to submit a medical letter or a certi...

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Employment & CareerHelplessness & AgencyFeared Words & Names
commentr/StutterJan 14, 2024
6 points

I used to be in your shoes. I isolated, didn’t date, didn’t work, was severely depressed and coped by smoking weed 24/7. I eventually quit weed and started taking antidepressants. I then was able to g...

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commentr/StutterJan 14, 2024
2 points

Excellent advice! Couldn't agree more with what you said. However when a stutterer loses control of his or her speech, they tend to be in a state of panic. And when you're in a state of panic, most of...

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commentr/StutterJan 14, 2024
5 points

I’m a female who stutters and it’s a living hell since i was a child, but luckily here i am still existing and getting by.. been to speech pathologists during my adolescent years but i feel i did not ...

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commentr/StutterJan 14, 2024
17 points

Im curious has anyone that has “given up” on stuttering started learning sign language and just communicated throught sign language, id think using sign language would be better than just not goin out...

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