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Yes, in addition to my stuttering, I also developed migraines at age 5. They provided no care for that either. They never sought medical care(not a financial issue) or any type of speech therapy eithe...

Yes, I always stuttered more around my parents. I attributed it to my feeling betrayed by them for never helping me and almost punishing me for being an embarrassment....

I can barely speak in front of my father. We barely talked during my childhood and he was very strict and "heavy" man. I am adopted and I think he never accepted me entirly, so I was always afraid to ...

My husband stutters and his bio mom was/is awful about it. I refuse to spend time with her at this point (he still tries to have a relationship with her), but I’ve seen her interrupt him, roll her eye...

The youngest of my three sisters who are all older than me is the only person in my family of 7 (!) who protects me, but even from her I could sense hostile behavior towards me. I’m in my early 20s an...

My dad would mock me. He’d get in my face, shake me, or do the “DUH! DUH! DUH!” Noises as I stuttered. One time he did it infront of my grandma (his mother) and she smacked him and screamed his ear ...

Yes. Definitely. I started stuttering again really badly. Explaining it to my foreign relatives is impossible. They say “Is there something wrong with you?” condescendingly and when I don’t speak it’s...

This is so frustrating. I feel so lonely as not one of my family members even tries to understand me. It’s always "why don’t you just slow down" and "you’re in your early 20s and can’t talk…"....

My stutter came from my dad and I remember when I was about 10-12 years old he decided that I continued To stutter because my friends were not making fun of my stutter or shaming me. He all of a sudde...

My Dad did that shit too. I’m 40 now and he still doesn’t have any comprehension of stuttering and it’s mental, emotional impact it’s made of myself....

I grew up with both parents and sibling not being supportive of my stuttering, going as far as mocking or punishment for stuttering. Now in my mid 20s, I wonder how this has affected me emotionally a...

It’s not weird at all! Being bullied for stuttering is so annoying, but from your family is much worse. I’m sorry you had to go through that shit. I’m lucky to have this disorder shared amongst family...

Is it weird that I’d hope for my siblings to stutter like I do? I’ve been always bullied by my family for my disfluency and even after ~20 years they still don’t know what causes a person to stutter. ...

My parents didn’t mock because the stutter comes from my mom’s side of the family. Most of my siblings stutter too...

Yes. Literally my first memory is stuttering and being made fun of by 10 or 15 family members....

I’ve noticed that I stutter in front of my family, especially parents, a lot more than in front of other people or even strangers. I’ve this sort of anxiety of speaking since I was little because of t...

Not mocking me but my dad did the typical. "slow down, stop and think" stuff. He thought he was helping and always made it like my stutter was going to be a much bigger problem in my life then it is. ...

Parents vs. Stutter

Parents vs. Stutter Hi everybody, has anyone here had bad experiences with their parents not understanding that you can’t control your stutter and them mocking you?...

Have I ruined my child's life?

Have I ruined my child's life? My son is 7, turning 8. He's had a stutter since he was 3. We took him to speech therapy for a bit and it helped. His stutter never went away but it was OK. This p...

24f/stutter/anxiety/unemployed/dealing w/ schizophrenic mom

24f/stutter/anxiety/unemployed/dealing w/ schizophrenic mom I had graduated from college in 2023 in speech pathology and after graduation I have only worked odd jobs in past 3 years (1) gopuff (ware...