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A Little Rant - New to the Group

A Little Rant - New to the Group Hello, I'm a female stutterer (20f) who had an interview today. The lady who was conducting it insisted phone call to my dismay. I asked if we could do it in person or...

Nothing I do can make up for my stutter....

Nothing I do can make up for my stutter.... I've had people say to me that my stuttering is a good filter to weed out shallow girls and that someone will fall in love with the "real me." As if they're...

I’ve always been introverted, even as a child. I’ve always been trying to belong, to be accepted. Then I started watching porn at around the age of 9. What first started purely out of interested and c...

Ow my dear i m sorry to hear it... You re the first stutterer woman i "meet". I had an overthinking mind too so i couln't sleep. But when i hear that, it helps me to relativize my story. How did you l...

Rant at the mods

Rant at the mods Throwaway so ban away!! I lurk on this sub as a PWS. I appreciated the post from the guy who said ADHD treatment helped/“cured” his stutter. It’s something to talk to my doctor abou...

I tried to forget that I stutter, I believed that my stutter could be beat. I would go into social situations pretending I didn’t stutter or forgetting that I didn’t stutter. That worked pretty good. ...

I have social anxiety, but it is unrelated to my stutter. It is just me being afraid of people and how they would perceive me. I often forget I have a stutter...

Being social is more than talking. In my experience this I what I did Talk less, be a great listener. People love talking about them selves, they all have a "i won't shut up about this topic " button...

Do you feel as if your awkwardness is purely due to your stutter?

Do you feel as if your awkwardness is purely due to your stutter? ...

Speaking slowly like a robot or taking a breath between every word. Your fluency may increase but people are still gonna treat you like a freak. Only natural fluency counts for the normal among us and...

Just For Rants

Just For Rants As the title says. I work as a call center agent/Customer service, and I must say things are getting tough. I can't stammer on the call, so there are a lot of blocks, and sometimes I ca...

Substitute Teaching

Substitute Teaching About two months ago, I started working as a substitute teacher at an elementary school. My stutter is moderate, but can get pretty severe and I also have social anxiety disorder. ...

Perception of others

Perception of others Recently I posted something about me stuttering way more often that I used to. Well, it has gotten worse, to the point that I get blocks on almost every conversation I have, somet...

Yes absolutely. The majority of the time it’s the only person I have to talk to since I’ve isolated myself so much....

It seems like a lot of people who stutter don't stutter when they are alone. I wonder why? Maybe because of no pressure ?...

I talk out loud to myself a lot and never stutter when I do....

i talk to myself quite a bit. i like to think out loud, makes it a lot easier to figure stuff out. i still stutter when alone, but i do find that it’s better than with other people....

Lots of stutterers don't stutter alone. The theory is it's tied to anxiety and expectation of stuttering. That's why a lot of the advice given including by me is all about self acceptance and anxiety...

If you’re with people that know you like family or friends mentally you feel more comfortable. With strangers your guard is up so sometimes you try your best not to like me...

my problem is that when iam alone i dont stutter a single time even if i'm reading a text with the hardest words to spell , but when i'm with people i stutter severly , and i know this is because of...