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commentr/StutterJan 25, 2025
3 points

It did while I was at school and my confidence took a big hit but I thank God because it improved after I graduated from high school and I have so much confidence now in myself regardless of stutterin...

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commentr/StutterJan 25, 2025
6 points

At 46 my stutter is still there but has become much more mild and controllable as I got older. A lot of people “grow out of it” but honestly I just think that we find ways of dealing with it. Also as...

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commentr/StutterJan 25, 2025
57 points

Just turned 30, still stutter. I have a wife and 3 year old son and honestly there’s nothing I’d change. I’m actually more fluent talking with my son than anyone else. If you don’t want children that’...

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commentr/StutterJan 24, 2025
3 points

Yeap vowels and hard start sounds alike K D T type sounds are hard for. I know I really love my wife when I willing to try to order aioli sauce for her haha. There is a technique of adding a very su...

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commentr/StutterJan 24, 2025
1 points

Woah, this is freeing to hear. Although I’m not at the acceptance stage yet, and my eye contact is horrible, but to know that there’s another side to this internal war- thank you for the enlightenment...

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commentr/StutterJan 24, 2025
3 points

I really like the approach you take. I personally do the same because as you get deeper into academia, you learn everyone has their own quirks. It may have taken years of acceptance, but I feel great ...

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commentr/StutterJan 24, 2025
2 points

Hang in there homie!! So respect that you stuck it out and said bye instead of switching to C ya later or something.. Stuttering isn’t something to be admired by well anyone but when you stutter like ...

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postr/StutterJan 24, 2025
28 points

Little Personal Victory Today

Little Personal Victory Today I stutter on my nickname but not my full name. When my professor was taking attendance, she asked what I like to be called. I stuttered on my nickname and the class just ...

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postr/StutterJan 24, 2025
9 points

Costal breathing as a way to control a stammer

Costal breathing as a way to control a stammer I wondered what everyone thinks of costal breathing as a way to control their stammer. I have stammered for decades. Twenty years ago, I stumbled across...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Fluency TechniquesVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
1 points

I’ll have to find me a wife one day that excepts my stutter so I can try that lol. That’s cool though....

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commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
7 points

The more power you give it the more power it will have over you. I’m mostly fluent now, and only stutter when I’m nervous or stressed out....

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commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
29 points

Good. Now you made her aware of your stuttering and you don't need to hide it anymore...

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commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
1 points

I joined the Marine Corps with a stutter, it made me not really give a fuck what people have about it. I’m not saying you have to join the military, but I think going to therapy and learning to just a...

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commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
2 points

Good luck! You'll be great. I've met a few people with speech disabilities at work. Some are very transparent about it. Our company also does a disability awareness month in October and they featured ...

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commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
1 points

Stuttering is only one facet of ourselves. Many of us believed that we were doomed to be socially, educationally, and economically relegated to lives of quiet desperation. That’s not true unless allo...

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commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
2 points

I’m gonna give you a bit of advice that was given to me: let every f*ck leave your body and if people have a problem with it f*ck them. I know it’s easier said than done, but radical self acceptance a...

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commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
2 points

You are a terrific communicator. Yes, your speech is noticeable along with your smile, honesty and kind demeanor. Often it’s the mental/emotional/questioning of ourselves that’s worse than the actual ...

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Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
1 points

“Our worst enemy looks at us each morning in the mirror.” I’m certain that you’re waaaaay better than you sometimes think! Stuttering too often chisels away at self-confidence, self-esteem, and happin...

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commentr/StutterJan 22, 2025
7 points

Yes I thought the same. Guilty is not the right word. It’s more the feeling of shame. Guilty is used more so with feelings of doing something morally wrong. There’s no guilt that should be associated ...

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commentr/StutterJan 22, 2025
3 points

At least you had the courage to stand up and say your name. In college, either I'd purposely miss the first day due to this, or I'd go to the bathroom before I had to present my name. Don't go down...

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Anticipating StutteringAcceptance & PrideHope & Motivation