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I feel very fortunate and grateful to have discovered this Reddit. So much generosity of spirit and support for, basically, strangers that we will never meet in real life. I am also saddened to read...

It’s not a competition OP. You have no idea what people struggle with. A mild stutter may hinder someone more than you think...

Funny that most comments here are exactly those people you describe lol, but there's some truth to what they say....

I think the major point here is that we all struggle. Some more than others. We should be trying to lift each other up though and meeting people where they are. I absolutely agree that some people are...

I just like to say, thanks for sharing! It’s nice to know that I’m not the only one, more so, we are not alone. Trying to improve on something else in my life helped me shift my focus from my stutteri...

I did one to one sessions with them its bullshit the only thing they say to do is breathing excercises nothing else...

I mean I’d rather have a debilitating stutter like that than have missing limbs, and I know people with missing limbs who are plenty happy. I also know deaf people who are really happy with their live...

I feel like I'm in no position to talk about other people's experiences of stutter as some have it more severe than others, but just know you're all special to me and if you've made it this far you ca...

I hope this isn’t weird.

I hope this isn’t weird. I get really excited when I run into someone else with a stutter or speech impediment because I get to treat them how I would like to be treated. They get the whole kit and ka...

The first step for me was meeting other people who stutter and building more normalcy in my challenges. I just launched the first Slack-based stuttering community for professionals who stutter two m...

Wow. I judged you from the video, I thought it was just intentionally trying to get a reaction or something. But reading this while feeling especially self conscious about my voice and how I talk ju...

Dude! This is amazing and so cool. The message is so clear. We as people who stutter need to accept our speech and really change the way our brain thinks about our stutter. I love the message here - s...

During these moments you have to ask why are you feeling inferior, losing confidence, etc. "Is it fear? Are you catastrophizing?" And so on... You may benefit from traditional therapy. Also, try to...

So glad you posted this. I started a stuttering community 2 months ago specifically for professionals who stutter. We have over 130 members already ranging from doctors, engineers, lawyers, consultant...

Honestly, most things don’t work which is why we’re here. I went when I was a young kid and it was pretty much just “speak slower” and “draw out syllables” type stuff. The biggest and only benefit f...

Sometimes a laugh is nice

Sometimes a laugh is nice Today a cute girl laughed about my stutter, in a good way! She was smiling for the whole conversation and when I stuttered she let out a confident soft giggle. Not mocking, ...

> You can be the person who encourages him that his stutter is just a thing he does sometimes and doesn’t need to define or restrict his life. Yes. It is not said enough that it's ok to stutter....

It’s amazing to think how much people (as you said) think they know us but in reality they have no clue what is going on in our heads. There is often times I feel incredibly lonely even with my famil...

“So in short, ask him to become aware of what he is focusing on during a speech block (eg anticipation, stutter pressure, body tension, tensing speech muscles, hearing himself stutter, techniques, wor...

I'm so glad he has you looking out for him. The National Stuttering Association(NSA) has teen meet ups, but it depends on where you live. If you live in or near a major city, it is more likely there w...