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Medical doctor, working in the NHS, UK. There was a time when I thought a “real” doctor shouldn’t be “broken”, that patients wouldn’t take someone like me seriously if I can’t speak perfectly. That ...

Medical doctor, working in the NHS, UK. There was a time when I thought a “real” doctor shouldn’t be “broken”, that patients wouldn’t take someone like me seriously if I can’t speak perfectly. That ...

I live in the UK, I sometimes get ppl making fun of my stutter, mostly ignorant pricks who think they are doing gods gift by mocking me, but I always put them in their place. (Unfortunately, my mum sa...

I just smile and reply “I have a stutter” and watch their reaction. They feel embarrassed and say “sorry”. I respond with a smile it’s okay! Got used to it. Doesn’t bother me much...

I could have written your post myself. I'm an outlier on this sub from what I've heard. Not many women are stutterers (I didn't know). Attitude helps a lot. Being simple able to say, no matter how slo...

Make the speech therapist your best friend. This happened to my son several times but I reported this to the speech therapist who put those bullies in their place. Tell your son he is not alone and he...

I think everyone is cognizant of the fact that having a stutter makes dating harder. But also if someone doesn’t want to date you cus you have a stutter, that’s a person you shouldn’t have wanted to ...

this is why i wish there was some universal signal or gesture to indicate "i'm about to speak. please wait." I thought about writing exactly that on my palm. I'd just have to show my palm. That an...

Yeah, ngl there's someone who doesn't like me who I bet thinks 'for gods sake hurry up' when I'm stuttering and blocking 🤣 better not be true I've literally had customers take the nick out of me st...

or just correction all the false information about me. My speech is slower. it's not attitude. it's not intentional. it's not that I forgot. It's not that I'm mad. Endless stream of random accusation...

As an older person, 51, these are things i wish i had been taught in speech therapy but i never was We should teach kids it's okay to stutter and that when they do stutter, rather than getting upset,...

Practice with your old people at work. I know it seems impossible. I’m 48 now and I’ve lost the fear of talking. It can still be frustrating but if people don’t like how I talk they fuck off cuz they’...

>I’ve considered going to therapy but it feels useless because I’m not a typical patient. Get therapy. You are a typical patient. There are two key parts of therapy, the first is cognitive which gets...

well, i usually distance myself and cry in my room. but that does not help. it helps to remember that i am a person too. i am fun and worthy of conversation. so its best to still talk to someone who u...

The main thing is to relax, not try To force anything. Breathing is the key to it all. If i start stuttering on a block, i stop talking. (Forcing it will never work and it just gets me more worked up...

It sounds like she really doesn’t need any help, other than for you to continue to encourage and reinforce her choices to put herself and her stuttering out there… The problem of stuttering is the ext...

Nothing will get you rejected faster than hiding/lying. Don't email them ahead of time because that gives them time to formulate their own weird conceptions about what stuttering is or isn't. Be pre...

If you find that certain people are finishing your sentences for you when you stutter, ask them to not do that. I’ve found that some people do this with good intentions, they think they are helping yo...

This probably isn’t the quick fix you’re looking for but in my dental school interview I led with talking about my stutter, in the “tell me about yourself” part. Specifically how I don’t let it hold m...

As we all have endured, people can be so cruel. As an adult I was giving my credit card information over the phone and the lady actually said “you sound nervous. Are you sure this is YOUR credit card?...