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Oh boy. Nearly all of difficult emotions about stuttering tie back to my father. He would scream, and pound his hand on the dinner table, and yell “just spit it out!” whenever I stuttered during a mea...

I’m sorry you didn’t or don’t have an understanding father. My father was terribly abusive to me, and my mother was not much better. I think his abuse maybe the root of my stutter. My dad is extremel...

In France, most people have no idea about what it is. You have to justify why you "bug" a lot of time, if that's not always. I met some jerks, but generally, ppl are mature. Generally But you can go t...

Most people have never meet anyone who stutters. And most people equate the speech disorder known as stuttering/stammering with something that everyone does when they're nervous or emotionally distres...

why should i? it’s an ableist word and i don’t like to see it being used. it’s not something you can “reclaim” because it’s only used in a derogatory way...

I had this same thing happen to me! U just gotta let them know well done for hiding it for a year !! What an achievement moved jobs and my new workplace doesn’t know either. But my old workplace i had...

I had a severe stammer and became a figure of fun. What I hated most was those times when the teacher returned our homework and we all had our marks. He'd then say, 'now let's go round the room and re...

Thanks for the words, it means loads <3 I'm not super worried long term I know I'll find my lid! But I think I just would like to do the whole casual date thing but it's not on the cards for all...

The people who think people who stutter aren't normal people are the ones perpetuating the stigma that makes stuttering so difficult for all of us. If you could accept stuttering is normal, just diffe...

Stammering at school

Stammering at school An excerpt from a memoir called 'Don't Be So Sensitive'. This relates to when I was 15. "In my ‘O’ level year the problem peaked because I did so many subjects involving readin...

It's 100% natural to feel that way. I think most all of us have felt shame about our stutter. But it's also wrong. Stuttering isn't a decision we make. It's a burden we have to carry. There's no sh...

My JOB has been refusing to answer any of my questions about accomodations. They referred me to a new girl who clearly has too much work and not enough experience. They would not answer my questions ...

I get this too, people are often telling me I’m so polite, or too polite. I’m also British living in SoCal so most people here are like 😳 😅. I wonder too, if my sensitivity to others, and my patienc...

I always thought those people have a low emotional intelligence. Some of them are just plain assholes. And yes, some don't realize you stutter. Some peope are just dumb even had someone telling me ...

Yeah when adults do this stuff to kids it's proof real bullies never grow out of it. Imagine how she must regard/judge others to say that to a kid what a jerk!...

This is the worst teasing I ever got and if someone does that I have to just walk away the amount of cruelty and ignorance is intolerable. I was helping a friend with their relationship they were tr...

This once happened to me when I was about 14 or 15 and had to manually sign myself in at the front desk at school because the register system had gone down or something. Bitch on reception asked my na...

It had never happened to me until quite recently at a wedding, where I was asked this hideous phrase by another guest. I found it so unbelievable that somebody would say something like this that I co...

I reply back saying I have a serious speech disorder and they are making fun of disabilities which is not fair( wink wink) . make them feel guilty while telling how you dont feel so but others might...

Some people "mimic" my stutter and then playfully laugh. Don't know what they are trying to do....