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I’m sorry you’re still struggling to accept it. I know it’s a shitty thing to have to deal with in life along with all the other struggles. Though you will find happiness once you learn to fully accep...

I cringe every time I here someone say “did I stutter?” or share that gif from the office. It’s kinda hurtful when it’s someone close to me....

Stuttering types

Stuttering types Does this count as stuttering? Whenever I speak certain letters or words, I don't repeat a letter or word but instead my head just trembles sideways or upwards along with my jaw and i...

It may not necessarily have anything to do with our condition, but it still makes me feel incredibly disrespected. To me it still basically implies that my words have less value just because my speech...

How do you/we feel about using stutter as a negative connotation or as a joke?

How do you/we feel about using stutter as a negative connotation or as a joke? “Did I stutter” or video “stuttering” as a fault. Personally, I think it’s an ableist holdover that is low on in the ran...

When I was dating my husband he went into a block and I got freaked out inside. I went home and told my brother about it and later confessed to my husband what I said about his funny faces. He did loo...

A guy I dated laughed and asked “are you okay?” when I stuttered during trivial pursuit. So I just told him I was tired, told him to go home, then texted him saying I wasn’t interested in dating him f...

Immediately checking out of a conversation when someone mocks your stutter?

Immediately checking out of a conversation when someone mocks your stutter? Have any of you ever had someone mock your stutter mid conversation and find it uncomfortably easy to... block them from you...

When I do stutter it's 1 and 3 for me....

Frankly, I feel like you. 24M, yesterday I walked home with someone from my class, stuttered the whole way. When we parted ways, I felt terrible and ashamed. It's really hard for a shy guy to have on ...

Stuttering on “it’s okay”

Stuttering on “it’s okay” Hiiii! I’m a freshman in high school and I have a stutter since I was 5 years old. One of the things that I struggle with is saying the words “it’s okay” or reassuring people...

Hard agree on the first part. I’ve been stuttering for 18 years and’s I can say that every single day when you’re reminded that you stutter only leads to an increase in gap of your self esteem and how...

“Pittman’s willingness to put himself out there, to embrace the challenge of delivering a speech in front of his peers, tells you everything you need to know about how he has handled his stutter” “He’...

Just own it, it's not your fault you have this condition. Whenever i stutter when speaking to some stranger i just say i have a speech impediment, or if i stutter when saying that i try to use other w...

At first with a lot of difficulty. Mine is psychological because of trauma so it felt like a reminder for a long time of the bad shit that happened to me. Something that helped me was my dad telling m...

I had to get good therapy that a talky helped me communicate and work on removing feelings if shame. Also found support through orgs like the NSA...

What do you do when you are blocking with a girl you like or a new friend you want to get to know and your self esteem just goes to completely nothing?...

People yawn at me when I talk and it makes me feel not worth of talking.

People yawn at me when I talk and it makes me feel not worth of talking. It even hurts a little to write this post because I feel so bad about it. But, everyone yawns when I talk. By everyone, I mean ...

Why do people think we forgot our name if we stutter!! Is stuttering a sign of amnesia or something!!!...

I did speech therapy for the first time as a kid. I don't remember much of it other than that I didn't like it (according to my parents). I tried speech therapy again in my 20s and saw someone on priv...