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You are not a freak. A lot of people are just insecure and don’t know how to act in situations that they are not familiar with. Just stay cool and make a dumb joke about it. Nobody cares in the end. T...

You reach a point where you no longer want to live but you find a purpose to keep going. Mine is to spread awareness and educate the ignorant ass people out there and hopefully make a difference....

I think I touched rock bottom at 24, then I took a 2-week program in Italy that changed my life. No magic bullet: for me it was hearing how I was so using stuttering to avoid living my life. It was re...

I am 18M too. Started going on my first dates ever with a girl last year. Stuttering is no longer my limiting factor in dating. I advise you to do the usual stuff - get jacked, dress nice, think abou...

Yes, stuttering is genetic. There is something *different* about our brains. But does that give us the permission to not be responsible for our problem? Stuttering is our own cross to carry, not anyon...

Good to hear, that it you also were determined to succeed. I am not a 100% percent fluent now, I don't know for sure if I ever be. Fortunately, that doesn't worry me now. My problem with stuttering ha...

I think it's very helpful. Let's suppose you wanted to do something, say ask out someone, but you're not doing it because of your stutter - do it anyways. Don't let your stutter hold you back from stu...

Listen - I’ve stuttered ALL MY LIFE and I’m 44 ! When I was younger, I would talk to my dad about it and always remember him telling me , “son , your handsome , smart and funny , let it just be part o...

Don't worry! Excellent communication skills doesn't always need to be speaking fluently without breaks. It can also be communicating an idea to someone short, crisp and understandable. This is a trait...

I’m here because of my son. His stutter is almost every single word. I’ve lived a super f’d up life. Most people would crumble under the things that I have been through, and the things I’ve seen....

I had a video interview for an internship where I had to record myself answering several questions that would pop up on a screen, with only a single attempt. It was going so poorly and I was so annoye...

Hey! Wanted to say, my boyfriend has a stutter, and yeah, he has a gf who loves him a lot. Also, he gets asked out a lot, too! You don't have to feel insecure. Stuttering isn't the only trait you have...

I didn't have my first relationship till I was 23. Now I am married to someone else. Stuttering is painful for us but potential partners don't care anywhere near as much as we do. Projecting confid...

This is very innovative and based on sound research evidence. For anyone reading, the key to improving or even overcoming your stuttering is to tackle the approach-avoidance conflict. This is usually ...

Confidence is key. I know from experience that if you’re confident with a stutter girls won’t care trust me...

I've said all this stuff before on this sub, but it bears repeating: I don't know what the equivalent in Norway is, or even if there is one, but here in the US there's the National Stuttering Associa...

Never say never. You might find a partner that doesn't give a damn about your stutter. There are plenty of girls like that. I have two daughters and was afraid that they would stutter but it's not the...

See also [a summary ](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/1icop6k/stuttering_summary_of_uri_schneider_researcher/)of Uri Schneider (SLP/ speech therapist) about the stutter journey, the iceberg ...

School was a pain!! I hated how I could talk almost normally with my friends, but when the time came to read something publicly or present, I couldn't say more than 3 words at a time. Presentation wer...

"I’m nearly 50 and this has been my life since age 4. I hate it." - this sentence resonates with me. I hated my life when my stuttering was unchecked. I just said to myself - "I have to get over this ...