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Hm. That's a bit of a narrow way of going about it. If the world turns out to be different than assumed... shouldn't we investigate this difference? It's not like I'm being dismissive of the feeling ...

But if the motivation is, say, "I like this person, I feel like commenting on something I see with them"... shouldn't we focus on that instead?...

Are you sure it's dismissive? That would require a particular motivation on part of the ascriber. Which, it seems to me, is the place we should be looking, when we're evaluating these sorts of stateme...

I agree with the post above except I would say don't put your speech to the side, intentionally put it out in front and own it. You likely won't be able to just move the biggest focus in your life to ...

Getting over the fear of stuttering and actually saying what you want

Getting over the fear of stuttering and actually saying what you want [deleted]...

Opening up about stuttering with some friend- they claim they've never noticed.

Opening up about stuttering with some friend- they claim they've never noticed. I have a friend who is struggling with a potentially new diagnosis of bipolar (personally I think its too much weed). Sh...

I agree that anger isn't a healthy state of mind generally etc.. I'm one of those people that experience pretty solid fluency when I'm extremely angry. This is a loaded subject for me, I was really f...

I’m actually at a point where I don’t care if I’m accepted by others. I recently loaned out a ton of money to someone that isn’t going to pay me back and I have to sue him. I also recently had a girl ...

That feel when...

That feel when... ...you don't know if being quiet, introverted and overly kind is just in your personality or if it's because of your social anxiety and a strong need to be a people-pleaser to get ac...

I think it affects me in ways that someone without a stutter wouldn’t even consider - for example, feeling like a complete idiot after stuttering when I try and make an off-handed comment (even if the...

Does anyone else think they come off as “mean” or unapproachable because you don’t engage in small talk?

Does anyone else think they come off as “mean” or unapproachable because you don’t engage in small talk? At my internship I’m reluctant to small talk when people ask how I’m doing or even say stuff li...

An old speech therapist of mine explained it like, when you get home and you're around your friends and family you tend to "hang your hat" and let your guard down in terms of your speech. Sometimes I ...

I see what you're saying. There are times I do let it all out and it always feels weird when I do. If it starts to feel too weird I go back to hiding. The other day I was talking to a friend and usual...

I am at a point where I manage to hide my stutter so much so that other people normally don't notice that I have it. That's good, to a large extent, but also bad because my life is still controlled b...

Hmm.. I don't know what your history is with stuttering, but as someone that has spent 50K+ (that figure is me + my parents) countless hours trying to prevail, this makes the most sense than what I've...

Identity can work like that, sure. :) Even if you suddenly lost your stutter tomorrow, there'd still be all that history with it, up to that point. So it'll still be part of you in that sense. But w...

We have to evaluate these claims. >anxiety and talking is a vicious cycle, 1 bad experience where you (i) stuttered, created another bad experience and lead to repeated bad experiences talking and...

This is really hard situation. There's this bizarre stigma that a stutter is best ignored, or else the heavens will fall down. I know that as a covert mild PWS I'd rather die than be confronted about...

I've been in the workplace for 15 years and nobody has ever mentioned my stuttering lol. I know they know. I give a large volume of presentations and regularly lead large meetings. I have never bro...

I have offsiders at work so I have to speak to people and use my phone a lot. I just find if I just power through my speech and don't avoid things it gets alot easier with time. People know I stutter ...