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commentr/StutterApr 14, 2023
1 points

There’s no growth if you stay within your comfort zone. If you want to isolate yourself, go for it. I was in your position last year, I hated myself, hated everyone, didn’t want to do anything. I push...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Mindset shiftAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterApr 14, 2023
2 points

Why not just reply to my comments instead of creating new posts lol? I know exactly how you feel, high school was super hard for me too. By far the worst period of my life. All I am trying to say i...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideMindset shiftHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterApr 13, 2023
2 points

The first sentence of this post is what’s impacting your stutter the most. Embarrassment. The fear to be anything less than fluent. You have to come to terms with the fact that you’re going to trip up...

Emotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Shame & EmbarrassmentMindset shift
commentr/StutterApr 13, 2023
4 points

I know exactly what you mean. This is easier said than done, but I’ve found a lot of success recently in expecting and accepting that I will stutter instead of trying to fight it or desperately hoping...

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Acceptance & PrideAuthenticity vs. MaskingAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 13, 2023
1 points

Yup having a stutter sucks. But limiting yourself because of your stutter is pretty pathetic. You sound pathetic man. I do agree that people shouldn’t accept their stuttering because it can be beat. I...

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commentr/StutterApr 13, 2023
5 points

Well, the bar you’ve laid out for yourself is people not judging you, fluency in another language, a great reaction from the super hot girl, and joining the worlds’ most exclusive military force. What...

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commentr/StutterApr 13, 2023
2 points

I will tell you this. I'm 23, been stuttering since probably 7 years old. It has diminished a lot, massively, over time. What it was, for me? Self-confidence. Real self-confidence, because I'll tell o...

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Mindset shiftHiding & ConcealmentHope & Motivation+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 13, 2023
8 points

So I should sit in my room crying all day and squander the only life I will ever have. Na, your alright mate. I'll stick to travelling and doing the job i want, and seeing my mates thanks. It's ha...

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Mindset shiftHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterApr 13, 2023
2 points

To try act as a hero, you need to first have some level of skill in that area. If a girl rejects you, you’re not her type, try someone else. You might want to learn a language as a hobby or to improve...

Emotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Hope & MotivationMindset shift
commentr/StutterApr 13, 2023
7 points

I understasnd your perspective 100%, because I shared a similar perspective for many years.Look having a stutter sucks, we all know that. I would do anything to 'cure' it, but if we want to be real......

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commentr/StutterApr 13, 2023
1 points

Are you able to recognize that your attitude & self-perception are the issue in this case, and not your stuttering? If you can make that self-realization breakthrough..You can stutter & not fe...

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Mindset shiftAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterApr 13, 2023
3 points

It's not weird at all. Right now there are people all over the world complaining that their life sucks because they are too short, too tall, too fat, too skinny, not attractive, have a skin condition,...

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Mindset shiftAcceptance & PrideHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterApr 13, 2023
30 points

What's the alternative? Be bitter like you? Don't have goals and don't try to do anything in life? You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. Life is too short to worry about failing and worry about w...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Mindset shiftHope & MotivationAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterApr 13, 2023
1 points

Well it is nice that it worked for you. I´ve tried many strategies, also the "i dont give a F i will stutter but I say what I want" strategy, but it was not good for my mental health in a long term - ...

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commentr/StutterApr 12, 2023
2 points

Nope that's shit advice. It's ok to accept you have a stutter it's OK to shrug off how other people treat you. It's not ok to believe you can't get better, to give up on trying. You got dreams you wan...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Mindset shiftHelplessness & AgencyStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterApr 12, 2023
1 points

I'm 44 (plenty of experience with stuttering lol) and would be willing to consider being a chat partner for such a thing. The best advice I can give to someone trying to evolve into a more fluent p...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Mindset shiftAvoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterApr 12, 2023
2 points

You are probably going to hate this advice, but the best thing I did for myself was to face speaking dead-on in my late teens/early 20's. I made it a point to put myself in stressful speaking situati...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Mindset shiftAvoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterApr 12, 2023
2 points

There are so many times I need to shrug it off to keep my sanity. That doesn’t just apply to stuttering but for a lot things out of my control. When someone chuckles while I talk I don’t replay the ex...

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commentr/StutterApr 12, 2023
1 points

Move forward in a way that is comfortable for you forget the pity party BS just get on with your life. I’ve had a stutter my whole life let me tell you it’s bothers you more than it does other people....

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Mindset shiftHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterApr 12, 2023
10 points

The worst thing you can do, is let your stutter define you. When I was your age, I doomed myself to never having a career never having friends, because of it. But thats not the case, if you want to be...

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