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Great advice. This is my attempt to summarize this in my own words: * "stigma" refers to a negative or unfavorable association or perception that people who stutter might have towards the act of stut...

stutter therapy? is it worth it?

stutter therapy? is it worth it? hello, i'm 22yo and i've stuttered my whole life. I tried going to a speech therapist when i was in elementary school but my dad forced me to give it up so i never we...

Really don’t know if you can deaden yourself to not feel when people laugh at you for a condition you can’t really control. It sounds like you can mask your speech? I’ve never heard of someone saying ...

Coworker made a joke about my stutter.

Coworker made a joke about my stutter. My stuttering consists on blocking. Sometimes I am unable to let a word out and I get stuck. I noticed that when I talk to my close family I do block but then I...

I feel stupid now and taken advantage of by society to not have come to the conclusion that I have to repeat myself out of accepted inferiority… At least every power play can be countered though and...

Bad speech therapy can be worse than no speech therapy. I would encourage you to show him that stuttering is ok and make sure he says everything he wants to say, whether he stutters or not. It's the s...

Nah I'm good I think I'll just keep it all caged until it breaks open and shits all over my life...

For me the shame of not doing something ended up being greater than the angst of facing my stutter. The shame is a burden you have to carry around if you can't shake it off. It sticks with you and we...

Little vent sesh

Little vent sesh I have to do phones/customer service at my job an hour or two a day and it's not the whole day so usually I can get by alright, but damn this week really sucked. I was "um"-ing all ov...

My ex bf would make fun of my stutter during arguments. We broke up 2 years ago and I’m still traumatized by it which leads me to avoid dating :-(...

It gives your mind leverage to shame you for being “bad”. We are often more concerned with what our own mind is going to do with an insult from another because of what our own mind is going to do with...

In my culture, any different outside the norm is considered a defect and something to be ridiculed over. I feel that I’ve become a selective mute out of the fear of stuttering when talking. The same...

I see my stutter as a negative 99% of the time too. I have a zero tolerance approach for people laughing at me not with me. My severity varies alot from mild to severe. It's very tied to my anxiety....

Agreed. Things can be a lot worse like not having use of your legs. Everything is relative and it comes down to what you make with the life and the cards you’re dealt. I notice sometimes my dh’s mom l...

Thanks.I think it also depends on the severity of your stutter. If it’s a small stutter it’s considered okay. If you have a mid or severe stutter, it’s terrible. I use to have that same frame of mind...

I think its says a lot cause stutterers end up growing up shy and dont want to speak up...

i’m so ashamed of myself

i’m so ashamed of myself i just got off the phone with walmart hiring personnel. when i found out that i could apply for walmart online, i was thrilled. so i applied online… 2 weeks went by and i stil...

Non ci avevo mai pensato a prendere tempo quando mi capita di bloccarmi, di solito tendo sempre a mascherare il tutto nei modi più imbarazzanti possibili e questo provocava solo ancora più ansia e anc...

La conosco di nome, non mi sono mai interessato di associazioni ecc fino a poco fa perché per me balbettare è sempre stato un taboo, io non ne parlavo e le persone vicino a me nemmeno, quindi facevo f...

Yes. It is because we feel ashamed of being a stutterer so he try to hide it. Even when we are brave enough to try and said the word, our mind-body instantly shut down and create the block to protect ...