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postr/StutterJun 24, 2024
3 points

The Thread For Tips (Help fellow Stutterers)

The Thread For Tips (Help fellow Stutterers) Use this thread to post some of your tips for helping your stammer and for those who have overcome it, what have you done to get to this stage? For me, g...

Community & SupportCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Advice OfferedFluency TechniquesHope & Motivation
postr/StutterJun 24, 2024
13 points

Public speaking actually helped me tremendously

Public speaking actually helped me tremendously Kinda a success story. I was a quiet kid in school, but now I am currently in college and we do a lot of projects that we have to present in front of pr...

Causes & VariabilityCommunity & SupportEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightValidation & EmpathyAnxiety & Social Judgment+3 more
postr/StutterJun 24, 2024
4 points

Support for young people and opportunities for the older stutterers

Support for young people and opportunities for the older stutterers Hi everyone! I (18f) recently came across the organisation SAY:AU, the Stuttering Association for the Young Australia based off SAY:...

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Validation & EmpathyHope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 24, 2024
4 points

I (25M) definitely know what you mean. My experience is probably going to differ from yours because I work as a social education worker and not in a business field – I imagine the hiring process diffe...

School & WorkIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerIdentity & Self-PerceptionHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJun 24, 2024
2 points

I hear you! I’m currently in my first year of Occupational therapy and working part time in a super market and as a music tutor; lots of talking and lots of stuttering and ITS COMPLETELY OK! Do not ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilityCommunity & Support
Hope & MotivationAcceptance & PridePersonal Stories
commentr/StutterJun 23, 2024
4 points

Yeah thats what i want for him, he's so very sweet and we talk a lot! He said it used to be so bad that he started to become closed off from other people completely. So he got help 5 years ago and he ...

Emotional ExperienceTherapy & Professional
Hope & MotivationSeeking Therapy
commentr/StutterJun 23, 2024
1 points

What if you also see the best in people, while also being aware of the worst? It’s something that has helped me a ton once I started doing it few years back. Because of this I can instantly empathize...

Emotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Hope & MotivationAnxiety & Social JudgmentMindset shift
commentr/StutterJun 23, 2024
2 points

As much as I’m afraid of this, I’ll try it. Even medications didn’t do shit for me. I’m in 3rd year of med school and I fucking want this shit impediment to end. I honestly have contemplated taking my...

Emotional ExperienceTherapy & Professional
Suicidal Ideation & High DistressHope & MotivationCure Claims / Alt-Treats
commentr/StutterJun 23, 2024
9 points

Yea I’ve definitely become more pessimistic and less hopeful because of my stutter. I see how the world views anyone born differently or treats minorities (of any kind, not just racial) and I hate it....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Sadness & HopelessnessHope & MotivationStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJun 22, 2024
3 points

Yeah I guess the best thing you can do is try and hope it goes well but when it doesn't, it's a punch in the gut....

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Shame & EmbarrassmentHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJun 22, 2024
9 points

>Does anybody else feel this way? Of course they do. This is a very normal response. That being said, it's not a healthy mindset. You need to start working on correcting how you manage these thoughts...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringMindset shiftHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJun 22, 2024
7 points

Easy. You show up. Being hesitant about applying for jobs because you’ll have trouble speaking at the interview is quite simply letting it kick your ass. So you show up, and let it be what it is. You...

Emotional Experience
Helplessness & AgencyHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJun 22, 2024
3 points

I get it. Some people don’t take us seriously. But how I look at it I can either feel bad for myself or I can fight back. I choose to fight back....

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJun 22, 2024
6 points

I dont want to work hard to prove them wrong. I want to workhard to make my life better. WHY DO WE NEED TO WORK HARD SO OTHERS ACCEPT US? I AM TIRED OF LIVING LIFE TO PLEASE OTHERS....

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJun 22, 2024
5 points

Lately I have been focusing on my good qualities instead of my stutter, and talking more confidently. I can see slight improvement in my stutter and significant improvement in my mental health....

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJun 22, 2024
4 points

I know it is tough. I've been talking to a therapist about this, and she made some pretty good points. Is your stuttering your entire personality? I'm sure you have other good values, that make up 'yo...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJun 22, 2024
3 points

If a person tells you to hurry up or don’t respect you, that person don’t worth your time. I think that if one person wants to listen you, she will do it no matter what I think the people will respec...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJun 22, 2024
4 points

I agree, I’ve done a lot of this AND I don’t think we should have to work harder to be treated as equal, intelligent, and capable. Can you think of another group of “disabled” people who are told jus...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesMedicalization / NeurodiversityHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJun 21, 2024
0 points

If you are sick, do you allow yourself to be sick, or are you doing or taking something to get better? I say never accept stutter. Do an exercise for an hour a day and get better, or dont. It's on us...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJun 21, 2024
2 points

You sound like a wonderful person! Again I really appreciate the help and I definitly try your method. I glad that good person like yourself was able to get some relief. And from my experience at lea...

Community & SupportEmotional Experience
Validation & EmpathyHope & Motivation