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I hear you…such an important observation…the “listener” perceiving the interaction completely wrong with a negative judgement. I guess many of us have endured countless moments like this. An example o...

I worry in particular about being seen as weird, incomprehensible, or awkward. Just intently reading people's face after a prolonged stutter to see their inevitably off-putting reaction....

Apparently stuttering / blocking on our own names is pretty common. Still makes me feel stupid...

Apparently stuttering / blocking on our own names is pretty common. Still makes me feel stupid...

This is difficult to focus on specifically because there's a good amount of fear on it. You're going to have to make sound (and most likely stutter). That's the only way through it. I would figure out...

Talking to my classmates back then to make friends (starting of school) then i stuttered on talking about stuff and they be like “What was that just now? Are you joking?” And then the other one would ...

People often finish the word I'm trying to say and I dont like it. There are though some situations where I legitimately cannot get the word out no matter how hard I try but when this happens I always...

Yes, back during my mother’s match making phase. I had went to school with him and we were both in SPED together. She was horrified to realize he not only stuttered but also had the IQ of a potato. Th...

This is our plight… It never gets easier to have to endure the barbs from ignorant strangers…However, even worse on the occasions when you have to endure it from those you admire....

you did a lot better than me. i told my teacher i wasn't going to present in my final presentation. i even got a letter from the college/university counsellor...

Same. I shed a tear reading this. It’s not fair. It happened way too often where people would mock me just because I stuttered in an argument....

Sometimes being discounted as a person as a whole just for having stutter sucks and rips the confidence into 1000 paper cuts

Sometimes being discounted as a person as a whole just for having stutter sucks and rips the confidence into 1000 paper cuts Sorry just a vent!!!!...

Everyone does have their own speaking style. Some PWS have developed to the point where speaking AT ALL in very challenging/draining - and blocks lead to an inability to say what you are actually thi...

You are describing secondary behaviors of stuttering pattern from someone who is trying very hard to be covert (hide their stutter from shame). I’m an older female who works with young children and ...

I felt horrible about my stutter at his age too. Fast forward to 22 ive improved a lot and am more confident.. Please do whatever you need to do to make him smile....

DAE have a pet peeve when you don’t feel heard?

DAE have a pet peeve when you don’t feel heard? My stutter has, luckily, improved. Still, when I don't feel “heard,” it pisses me off. Before when I stuttered so badly, it was one thing; I thought ...

When I was in highschool and the start of college I'll admit, it was rough... My stutter comes with facial ticks and that's a bit of a deal breaker for some people, I get it. However fast forward a c...

It's not necessarily eye contact specifically, and my point about being engaged and attentive might be clearer if I talk about what not to do. When I stutter I sometimes see coworkers shuffle their p...

I once did a presentation infront of my class in Uni. I could hardly get 5 words out and guy after me had to finish it for me. Killed me on the inside. But we have to move on and develop a really thic...

I know exactly how you feel I gave a mini presentation and even though it’s only four of us I don’t like people watching and listening to me stutter but it is what it is what can you do lol. I hate th...