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postr/StutterJul 29, 2019
4 points

Advice?

Advice? Sorry if this is a little long, I just wanted to provide some context. Towards the last couple years of Primary School and throughout High School, I've had a stutter. This was especially bad ...

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commentr/StutterJul 28, 2019
1 points

Same here. My name starts with a vowel so I'd always spend like 10 seconds just trying to let out the sound of the first letter....

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commentr/StutterJul 26, 2019
2 points

I'm lucky my name starts with B and my partner starts with A, neither of which I have trouble with. Have a few friends that start with S though which is... Anxiety inducing at times haha....

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commentr/StutterJul 26, 2019
3 points

Oof I get that all the time. My GFs name can be tough for me to say in introductions or when asked about her, that I have gotten giggled at--"you forgot her name?" So frustrating....

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postr/StutterJul 25, 2019
24 points

A lifelong battle...

A lifelong battle... Hello everyone, glad to find a community like this of people who know what it's like to have a stutter. I was sent to speech therapy as a kid but I barely remember doing anything...

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postr/StutterJul 24, 2019
6 points

It just gets worser and worser every day!!

It just gets worser and worser every day!! i have tried reading newspaper aloud,but it doesnt help my stutter!!its a pain to talk to my family and to strangers too!!!guys please help i wanna talk with...

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postr/StutterJul 23, 2019
12 points

I stressed myself out for the interview but didn’t even get the job.

I stressed myself out for the interview but didn’t even get the job. Now I’m left wondering if I didn’t get the job because they noticed my stutter (I stuttered a fair bit in the interview) or because...

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postr/StutterJul 22, 2019
3 points

Pulling Girls lol

Pulling Girls lol Anyone else find it really fucking annoying when a girl says your stutter is cute...

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postr/StutterJul 22, 2019
46 points

Can't even ask a simple question to my friend

Can't even ask a simple question to my friend "Y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-you got a lighter?" I f*cking h...

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postr/StutterJul 21, 2019
13 points

Guess what just happened? Again.

Guess what just happened? Again. So, my friend and I went to go see Spider-Man: Far From Home today. This time, I had money so I was going to get us drinks. We bought wanted rootbeer. So I go up to th...

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postr/StutterJul 21, 2019
34 points

Life with a Stutter

Life with a Stutter I am a 22 year old Male who has stuttered ever since I could talk. It was awful growing up but I got to a point where I could handle it and I didn’t care what people thought. Then ...

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postr/StutterJul 21, 2019
7 points

When I noticed that I stutter

When I noticed that I stutter Sorry if my English is bad, I will try my best As far as I can remember I had a stutter for 8 years and I am 17 currently. My mom told me that I started stuttering after...

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commentr/StutterJul 19, 2019
1 points

I think I may be in the "Supper" and "Film" club as well haha. Movie and Movement are tough words for me. Dinner is hard because a lot of the times I can't get the voicing for D. Often comes out as a ...

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commentr/StutterJul 18, 2019
1 points

I have a hard time when starting a sentence with “Congratulations!” Makes weddings and engagements and such a bit tricky :(...

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postr/StutterJul 18, 2019
3 points

Anyone know what’s going on with me?

Anyone know what’s going on with me? Hey guys. Stuttered somewhat as a little child. Stuttered very mildly early in my high school years, I guess a mild covert stutterer. Had one slightly traumatic ...

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commentr/StutterJul 17, 2019
2 points

Fuel instead of gas. Father instead of Dad. Used to say film but managed to get better at saying m words...

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commentr/StutterJul 17, 2019
2 points

Those moments when you wish there was a replacement for your name because you get stuck on it so often 😅...

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commentr/StutterJul 17, 2019
1 points

Have trouble with B’s. I get blocked up for uncomfortable amounts of time. Instead of saying I’m broke, I’ll just say I don’t have that much money. Bill- William Blind- can’t see Boy- young lad Ban...

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postr/StutterJul 17, 2019
15 points

Am I going to be stressing over this stutter my whole life?

Am I going to be stressing over this stutter my whole life? As a young 21 year old female I wonder if this anxiety around speaking or the disfluency of my speech will stick around forever. I’ve come ...

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commentr/StutterJul 17, 2019
13 points

I never say movie because I block on the M. I go with "film" fuck the word movie...

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