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I can really relate man. I spent most of my adult life doing everything I could to hide my stutter. I’d keep quiet, substitute words, and even say things I don’t actually believe or want just because ...

i hide it in social settings but not with my dearest friend or family. they are here to support you...

yeah I have been hiding it ever since it started. I'm 19 and I've got two best friends who I've known for the last 16 years. I started stuttering around the age of 7 or 8 and still both of them don't ...

wearing a face mask to "distance" people from their stutter

wearing a face mask to "distance" people from their stutter I went on a date last night with a really cool gal. She told me prior we met that she stutters felt insecure about it. I knew someone in mid...

She probably thinks your stutter is cute and makes you vulnerable and genuine. My past girlfriends all said my stutter was one of the things that attracted them to me. I also went to my high school r...

What would be the best way to ask? The last thing I want is to make him feel uncomfortable since the goal of mentioning it is to make him MORE comfortable...

My New Hair Dresser

My New Hair Dresser My new hair dresser has a severe stutter. I have know about stutters my entire life due to public figures that have had them and also one kid in school that I knew that had one in ...

Only the people with a developmental stutter grow out of it. The rest of us learn techniques to minimize it but it’s always been there. Some of the reactions I get when I tell someone “yeah I have a...

Oh that shit would make me mad. We don’t want people to feel sorry for us! And it’s not our parents fault! And speech therapy helps but it doesn’t make it go away. I was in speech therapy from kinderg...

But you don’t stutter now? That sounds like a developmental stutter. Which is, I believe more common than a brain defect which causes life long stuttering. Which I have. I went to speech therapy in mi...

I second this comment. You either do or you don’t, if it is we a developmental stutter as a kid, that was fixed with speech therapy, okay I get it, you used to stutter. But when it’s not a development...

I know many people had a developmental stutter as a kid and I don’t mean to minimize their success, and I like to give people the benefit of the doubt, but sometimes my gut just tells me “you’re full ...

Why would you do that? Just open up to him. It could be a wholesome experience for both of you....

And just to clarify, if it was an online thing or the dating service (back then it was a brick and mortar place), I made my stutter clear up front. If it was a coworker, I really didn't have to say an...

I forget exactly, but in general, I was upfront about it. It's not something I could really hide even on my best days. It's one of those things you mention with your interests, etc....

When did you tell you you stuttered? Before you met in person...

kinda lol, introduced myself to a friend's family member and he said "don't worry i forget my own name too sometimes", couldn't blame him tho i was blocking and he was really nice anyway...

Or if they ask how old you are I say 19 and they say did you forget how old you were NO BRYAN I HAVE A MAJOR STUTTER...

Oh this is a fun one. If they think their comment is witty and funny, I almost always use this as an opportunity to make them feel bad. I’ll fire back with something along the lines of “I stutter. Tha...

If it’s someone worth keeping in my life, I’ll explain what’s up and I watch their face turn white before they apologize...