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I’m a woman, and I’ve never been in a relationship. I was homeschooled through high school because the severity of my stutter had me under constant anxiety at school, and my grades were suffering bec...

Stuttering narcissists?

Stuttering narcissists? Non-stutterer here and I didn't really know where to post this. I've had experiences with a guy who used to stutter until around 14yo when he fixed it. Now he's 21 and his spee...

Rather be a confident stutterer than an under confident anxious stutterer. All the best dude....

I am going to MEPS in probably the next two weeks. My recruiter thinks I will be fine but I'm terrified of locking up so bad and not even being able to get one word out. Thanks for sharing that they s...

Have you tried being gay? This solves the women problem. More seriously, what are you afraid of? There are levels of comfort when talking. A typical person with a stutter will be relatively stutter f...

marriage

marriage Hello my friends, I have a fear of marriage and a phobia of women because of my stuttering. How will I get married? Is there any hope or motivation?...

I am 30+ and wake up every day imagining how my life would be if I did not stutter. I get anxious going through drive-throughs when I can't order what I want....

Help 13 year old

Help 13 year old Hi everyone, my son who is 13, diagnosed autistic at 2 and non verbal until 6.5 has always been behind in speech, which was to be expected seeing as he was non verbal for so long, ho...

Covert Stutter and Sales

Covert Stutter and Sales I saw a post on here from a couple days ago about covert stuttering and it pushed me to post too. I only found / join this sub a couple days ago. I (f23) have stuttered all my...

Ok that’s a lot to sort through, and it’s very interesting. But it’s very difficult to just essentially forget that you stutter. I’d imagine for most people it’s nearly impossible. There’s a definite ...

I always think this. My siblings keep saying that stuttering isn’t a big of a deal and they could deal with it. I always tell them that they would go mentally insane after a day and kill themselves wi...

They don't have a clue... put them in our situation and they would probably either go insane or attempt suicide. No joke....

First of all try to understand why your stutter happens...every person has different issues like breathing problems, muscle tension, anxiety, etc If you don’t find the root cause it’s hard to make lon...

i think i got it. it's a mental trick. you put your focus on the pressure and less on your anxiety....

Sounds like you may have found the cause of it. I’m willing to bet you and your dog were very close too. According to my mother, my stutter started when both my parents got into a giant argument of th...

Hey pharmacist here. I take an sssri and bupropion. I can't say either has helped with the anxiety. But the ssri has definitely took away the depression and suicidal thoughts for me. SSRI/SNRIs don't ...

Same with people with social anxiety. This disability is clearly visible but social anxiety is only in your head. Hate inc but that's the fact....

Stuttering is hard when dating. Especially if your stutter gets worse when nervous. I will say, a stutter is a good filter to find good supportive partners. My girl has never once mentioned my stutter...

Same here. I’ve been on like 3 interviews, and I always mention it when they ask the “Tell me about yourself” question. It’s usually the first one they ask, which is good. But my last experience was h...

Right, but I believe there are non-stutterers out there who can also understand what we’re going through. Just like we can empathize with someone going through a tough situation, even if we haven’t ex...