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Don't be so hard on yourself, please be kinder to yourself. This could happen to any of us in this subreddit. This does not make you useless whatsoever....

Why does every day have to be a fight?

Why does every day have to be a fight? Life long stutterer and occasional lurker here trying to vent/rant. While I'm mostly dealing with my stutter pretty well, today it hit me hard. This week I star...

As a broke college student, I run, air box, and do body weight exercises for free. You can also find decent punching bags for under $100. I know gyms are expensive but you don't need them to get in sh...

IMO money isn’t a factor when it comes to self-development and my stutter. I’m no better, and I don’t know your habits, or the hand that life dealt you. I do know there are many broke people who aspir...

Fair enough. I just think it's better not to tell people definitively that they can learn to control it. I've spent a lot of hours in speech therapy and. I've done the intensive fluency shaping progra...

Stuttering is a disability. Severe stuttering is a severe disability. Anyone with a disability has it extra difficult and is prone to mental health problems. This group is a big big help. It is su...

Not being able to share stories

Not being able to share stories After I got left out *yet again* by a group of people I hoped to be friends with, I sat down and thought. Stutter aside, what about me makes me unable to connect with o...

Does anyone else find it difficult to make friends?

Does anyone else find it difficult to make friends? People just don’t see me as worth their friendship. No matter how nice and funny I am, how I try to relate with them, in the end I’m ignored/the las...

Sounds like me, my stutter is so bad I can't get a job / be social But then I have no motivation to do that because I don't have to...

Suicidal thoughts because of my stutter

Suicidal thoughts because of my stutter I’m a stutter since I was 9 years old. I’ve been through a lot with my speech disability. I had phases where I felt okay with my stutter. Did presentations an...

I feel like having no commitment to overcome it

I feel like having no commitment to overcome it Here is the paradox. Nowadays, at the age of 24, I'm extremely aware that I have to fix this problem so that I can find a job. I mean, there is no "cons...

Thx for the good wishes. Few people know I stutter because I cover it very well. I choose my words very carefully, avoid social situations I know will be unpleasant for me and have developed a whole...

I would say (1) don’t complete his sentences and (2) figure out a way to let him vent when he’s had a bad speaking day - but follow his lead. My parents never acknowledged my stutter and to this day ...

There’s nothing you can do to avoid it, if it’s something you want you’re just going to have to live with the hurdles you’ll face as a stutterer. Don’t let it stop you, you may have a harder time than...

Joining the military with a stutter

Joining the military with a stutter My dream is to join the navy after attending USNA or ROTC at a college. I have the grades for it and the athleticism but I’m scared that my stutter will hold me bac...

Is there any way to Stop Stuttering

Is there any way to Stop Stuttering I(M19) Stutter a lot while speaking. thing is sometimes I speak without stuttering but sometimes it's worse. when I talk alone, I don't stutter when I talk alone bu...

Nah np man. Yea uni isn’t everything. I wanted to go to university, but until the end of last year I learnt that uni isn’t for me. So I chose to move to VCAL (which is school but more hands on and i...

Sorry for late reply bro, I really appreciate all what you just said. You are mature to your age! Thank you!💛 Another point which I told her about my major is English, She kinda liked that. I really ...

Hi! It's okay to take time for yourself and speak lesser or not speak for a while (I did that too) but remember that one day you will have to speak again and it will be difficult, I noticed after not ...

Once I was disappointed when I spoke to someone to apply job and he told me I would call you and he didn't...