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postr/StutterFeb 2, 2024
36 points

Stuttering has killed my life

Stuttering has killed my life I stutter at a moderate rate and I do it enough to where it has killed everything about me. I love voice acting and doing voices, and we had this big group voice acting s...

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commentr/StutterFeb 2, 2024
7 points

Socially awkward for sure. It's not that bad anymore but I notice when it happens and I can't help but shut down...

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commentr/StutterFeb 2, 2024
1 points

I’m sorry you’re going through this and relate to you so much. It makes you feel so much shame and humiliation and it’s one of the hardest things to deal with. I would sell my soul to the devil to h...

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commentr/StutterFeb 2, 2024
1 points

It’s my experience/opinion that the blocks result from being so ashamed/scared of others hearing your repetitions, that you try *so* hard to push the words out, they actually get stuck. The physical ...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Shame & EmbarrassmentBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterFeb 2, 2024
1 points

I have this shit too. I can't even say a simple sentence at all. Whenever I do try to talk normally, I keep making a STUPID ASS FUCKING NOISE. It won't go away and it can't be fixed. Its going to piss...

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commentr/StutterJan 31, 2024
6 points

We have been rejected so many times that we have become numb to it. Now rejection feels normal. Not just rejection from the opposite sex, but from people we meet everyday. People who are stuttering fo...

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commentr/StutterJan 30, 2024
2 points

I agree but did u ever listen to a voice recording of youself or hear someone else stutter? I personally hate it, its like staring into hell for me...

Emotional Experience
Shame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterJan 29, 2024
15 points

How do I deal with my stutter?? Help me please

How do I deal with my stutter?? Help me please Hey guys 25F here, I've been dealing with what I believe to be a stutter since I was about 18 years old. I have no idea where it came from or what starte...

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postr/StutterJan 29, 2024
7 points

Help/ rant

Help/ rant Hi. First ever Reddit post but I thought I’d seek help. I’ve had a stutter my whole life and am currently in my late teens. I never grew out of it and I’m just looking for advice. Some days...

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commentr/StutterJan 28, 2024
2 points

I feel like the "cute if a guy stuttered" is just a romanticization of stuttering and how that is typically portrayed as a cute quirk or something. Maybe that's not the case, but I really hate the "q...

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postr/StutterJan 28, 2024
14 points

How did you guys get jobs with a stutter after interviews?

How did you guys get jobs with a stutter after interviews? I’m 20F. I have a 15 minute phone interview tomorrow morning for an internship. My stutter always bothered me but it wasn’t something that RE...

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commentr/StutterJan 28, 2024
5 points

i understand, i have blocks that make my head whip around and it looks really weird lol guys have not appreciated it in the past but i don’t want to date a guy who ghosts over something so superficial...

Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterMemesJan 28, 2024
9 points

So a lady asks her lady friend,

So a lady asks her lady friend, "how did you meet your husband" "Well, I'm a pharmacist and he came in the store asking for XXXXXXXL condoms......but I didn't realize until after we got married that ...

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postr/StutterJan 28, 2024
19 points

How do you deal with the shame

How do you deal with the shame What mainly fuks up my social life is thinking people expect me to not be stuttering by now. There are relatives and old friends i last saw when i was like 9 and i miss ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterJan 28, 2024
18 points

Family making fun of my speech.

Family making fun of my speech. I don’t exactly stutter all the time or have been diagnosed with anything, but I struggle with my speech. I can speak really fast and stumble over my words and repeat m...

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postr/StutterJan 27, 2024
4 points

My stuttering dream last night

My stuttering dream last night Had a dream last night I thought I'd share: I was with this woman who had a very bad stutter, and she wanted to help me give this speech I was doing. She had an earpiec...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentHope & Motivation
postr/StutterJan 27, 2024
39 points

Stuttering killed my social life

Stuttering killed my social life For years now I have difficulty introducing myself to people because I have to take a long pause in my speech to say my name. People have made fun of it by saying "you...

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commentr/StutterJan 25, 2024
2 points

Yes!!! Lol I always felt this. Without the stutter I'd be too cool and likable and even have friends. There have always been people who wanted to be my friend until they saw I was a "freak". I let al...

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Identity & Self-PerceptionShame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJan 25, 2024
1 points

I’m In the same boat I am a 15 year old male and I get made fun of for my studer as well I hate it...

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Stigma & BullyingShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterJan 25, 2024
20 points

I wanted to know if I am the only one who was not accepted in the Army because of stuttering?

I wanted to know if I am the only one who was not accepted in the Army because of stuttering? personally, even in 200 years, I would not have thought that I would have come to this point because of my...

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