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postr/StutterFeb 6, 2019
19 points

My Speech on stammering

My Speech on stammering Im 16 and I have had a stammer for pretty much as long as I can remember and I’d say it’s been 8/10 for most of my life. I recently had to give a speech for my English GCSE spe...

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postr/StutterFeb 5, 2019
8 points

The Pained Expression

The Pained Expression I've been stuttering for as long as I can remember. With age and years of speech therapy my stutter has gone from severe to occasional and mild (I have days without stuttering an...

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postr/StutterFeb 3, 2019
60 points

I just did my first open mic for standup comedy!!

I just did my first open mic for standup comedy!! Y’all. I like cannot even contain myself right now. I’ve been taking a standup comedy class bc I’m absolutely terrible at talking in front of people a...

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postr/StutterFeb 3, 2019
4 points

cant repond yes maam during classes

cant repond yes maam during classes specially during attendance idk why i freeze when i have to say yes maam. This has recently started. I had no problem before but now all of a sudden i freeze durin...

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postr/StutterFeb 3, 2019
10 points

Things I missed in life duo to my stutter

Things I missed in life duo to my stutter I'm a 36 year old male and have been stuttering most of my life. Its at an ok level now, was much much worse when I hit my early teen years and most of my you...

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postr/StutterFeb 2, 2019
20 points

Best and Worst experience you had with your stutter?

Best and Worst experience you had with your stutter? Hey everyone, haven't been posting in here for a long time. I'm a 22 years old Italian stutterer. I've had my stutter since i was 5-6, and even th...

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commentr/StutterFeb 1, 2019
2 points

Not really, I usually can't even say my own name. But that doesn't really matter, most people aren't inherently dicks. If you get to know someone and they like you, they'll often be able to past somet...

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postr/StutterJan 30, 2019
2 points

Phone Calls (Relatives, Interviews, Booking Appointments, etc.). How can I make them better?

Phone Calls (Relatives, Interviews, Booking Appointments, etc.). How can I make them better? This is something I've been having a really hard time with lately and would appreciate some advice on. &am...

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postr/StutterJan 29, 2019
7 points

Help a high school senior please...

Help a high school senior please... Hi guys, I'm in my final year of high school and I have had to attend some interviews for some colleges that I applied to. I'm a decent student, and some of the int...

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postr/StutterJan 28, 2019
22 points

Feeling down like always

Feeling down like always Had this stammer ever since I can talk. Over the course of my high school years and now uni I've had great success and one of the top achievers in exam. But always got bullied...

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postr/StutterJan 28, 2019
7 points

Acknowledging my stutter

Acknowledging my stutter I’ve stuttered probably my whole life. My family doesn’t really acknowledge it or have talked to me about it. I think they don’t want to embarrass me but really all it’s done ...

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postr/StutterJan 27, 2019
13 points

Now that I’ve acknowledged my stutter it seems worse

Now that I’ve acknowledged my stutter it seems worse I’ve stuttered since I was a kid but never really thought about it because lots of little kids do. Now I’m a teenager and pretty much no body else ...

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postr/StutterJan 26, 2019
16 points

IF YOU DONT LISTEN WHO WILL?!

IF YOU DONT LISTEN WHO WILL?! I’m sure all of you who have looked for tips on how to reduce stuttering has heard multiple times to “read aloud and record your voice”. I for one always hated this advic...

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postr/StutterJan 25, 2019
39 points

Best Strange Stuttering Experience

Best Strange Stuttering Experience Today I had to speak to one of my colleagues at a new hospital that I have been teaching at. I have been experiencing a great amount of fluency- like almost 100% eve...

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postr/StutterJan 24, 2019
19 points

Stuttering Problems :/

Stuttering Problems :/ I've recently just found this subreddit and I couldn't be more happy to find this. I've always had a stutter since I was a little kid. And as everyone I was hella made fun of ju...

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postr/StutterJan 23, 2019
25 points

Bullied for stuttering

Bullied for stuttering My name is Jude and ive been stuttering since I was 4-6. Recently about a month ago, the day of my orchestra concert we had to go to the place we were performing at during schoo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
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postr/StutterJan 22, 2019
7 points

Interviewing for jobs with a stutter

Interviewing for jobs with a stutter Hi everyone, I'm graduating from university this spring and am currently interviewing for jobs. It hasn't gone very well this far, and I can't get rid of the thoug...

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postr/StutterJan 21, 2019
7 points

Stutter Skype calls?

Stutter Skype calls? Do these still happen? Dosent have to be skype, but I think it would be cool to get in a video chat with eachother and talk about our stutters and just personally about ourselves....

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postr/StutterJan 15, 2019
28 points

Do people look at u like you’re slow when u stutter? Even speech therapists?

Do people look at u like you’re slow when u stutter? Even speech therapists? I work in healthcare and although I hide my stutter I do tend to slip up once in a while and whenever it happens people loo...

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commentr/StutterJan 12, 2019
1 points

Let’s be honest now, Biden no longer stutters. You can also look up Obama and Bush stuttering compilation on YouTube but are they also stutterers? Are John Stossel and Emily Blunt stutterers? Are Bruc...

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