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commentr/StutterJul 23, 2023
1 points

Yeah I totally get yours as well. It does happen to me too sometimes, especially with cheap humor made by non stutterers for non stutterers. For example, a simple video of a person stuttering, and tha...

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Humor & Community ToneStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJul 23, 2023
1 points

Am I the only one who feels sick and greatly offended by stuff like this because all I see is how people (or worse: non-stutterers) just assume what stuttering is or feels like, ignore how differently...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJul 22, 2023
2 points

I second this but you gotta have some thick skin to make it in the service with a speech problem , especially a stutter It was pretty brutal for me when I joined at first lol but this would be a def...

School & WorkIdentity & Disability
Employment & CareerStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJul 22, 2023
1 points

The PWS is definitely the prick here. If you use a handicap spot for a non-physical impediment, >!Fuck You!!< Leave those spaces for people who need them....

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Stigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJul 21, 2023
2 points

I don't know. People treat stuttering way differently than other disabilities. I have an uncle who's blind and for the most part people go out of their way to be helpful and kind and understanding to ...

Identity & DisabilitySocial & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingListener ReactionsAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJul 21, 2023
2 points

Why do you feel the need to make comments like this? This book was given to me by a friend who is PWS and an advocate for the community. I want to share this book to inspire others as it has inspired ...

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Stigma & BullyingValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterJul 21, 2023
14 points

I really connect with the King because his stutter is a lot like mine, I think. I can pass as fluent for large stretches of time, and then things can go off the rails with a few tricky words and peopl...

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Severity & FluctuationStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJul 21, 2023
21 points

I recently read a long biography of King George VI. Thought I'd share a couple pages. He'd been working on speech therapy for over a decade before becoming king. Still, look what he was faced with: pe...

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commentr/StutterJul 21, 2023
2 points

My husband has told me that’s what he hates most about stuttering, that it makes people so uncomfortable. But I think that’s taking blame for other people’s issues. You’re just talking. If somebody el...

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commentr/StutterJul 20, 2023
5 points

Don’t be afraid to disclose your stutter. The first 3 years of college I was always scared of telling people I stuttered, and that made for increase anxiety bc I was worried that if I got called on in...

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Disclosure & Telling OthersSchool & Academic LifeStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJul 19, 2023
3 points

Growing up it was the last thing I would want to talk about but now if the topic arises or someone ask me about it, I love having the conversation. It's a great way to educate and spread awareness abo...

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Stigma & BullyingValidation & EmpathyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJul 18, 2023
3 points

I like to talk to people about it, I've been in way too many situations where I block and people think I'm making a joke or there is something wrong with me. It's nice to educate people about....

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Validation & EmpathyStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJul 18, 2023
1 points

Sure, Courtney Byrd, for example, has never had to worry about not being able to get her name out the way you or I have. But to say that that woman doesn’t understand stuttering is utter bullshit. If ...

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commentr/StutterJul 17, 2023
3 points

I don't like talking to people about my stutter because people think that I'm some kind of disabled or show some unnecessary sympathy which i don't want . Once an employer said to me when i revealed ...

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Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & BullyingAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJul 17, 2023
1 points

You speak truth, stammering is one hell of a curse like I’m in the same boat as you I’m also learning mandarin but I look like r3tard because I can’t speak it when I’m the best in the class to write/t...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
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commentr/StutterJul 16, 2023
2 points

Believe me, we all wish we could go back to those moments and put those people on their place but honestly… just him saying that knowing that someone has a problem with their speech, looks so bad on t...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJul 16, 2023
1 points

My brainstorm ideas to get tips for stuttering remission: [Research](https://espace.curtin.edu.au/bitstream/handle/20.500.11937/89250/Hart%20AK%202022%20Public.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y): *An In...

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Shame & EmbarrassmentSuicidal Ideation & High DistressStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJul 16, 2023
0 points

I suggest stop being a little asshole. Maybe the problem is not that you stutter. Maybe the problem is just that you suck as a person? Can’t fix that really. Maybe people don’t like to be around you ...

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commentr/StutterJul 16, 2023
2 points

All the time when I was younger. I would eat my school lunch in the janitor's closet or behind the school because no one wanted to hang around with the kid who spit and sputtered when talking....

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Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJul 15, 2023
5 points

That is no friend.. Disgusting. I’ve had many ‘friends’ giggle or smirk or deliberately put me on the spot in front of others knowingly. Some people are so far up their own ass. I had to go to the vet...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentStigma & Bullying