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commentr/StutterSep 30, 2025
1 points

IMO, we are perceved difficult not only because people don’t want spending more time and effort trying to understand us. There is another factor may be more important. The thing is that normal speech ...

Causes & VariabilitySocial & Relationships
Propositionality & WeightQuality of Life
commentr/StutterSep 30, 2025
2 points

We're lucky not to have been born without an arm or a hand, unable to do anything, and always dependent on others. Our problem is serious, and I recognize it, but just think about getting ahead. After...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Hope & MotivationQuality of Life
commentr/StutterSep 30, 2025
1 points

OP I would have to disagree with your perception of us as stutters. It’s come down to there are not many stutters in the world. Roughly about 79 million of us in the world. That is one factor. Poin...

Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Identity & Self-PerceptionStigma & BullyingQuality of Life
commentr/StutterSep 30, 2025
1 points

Chill bro , i just get fired today and i dont know how things gonna go , idc even cause all my concern is about our speech ... We all going through it but , have faith stay still and strong , do thing...

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Helplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-PerceptionQuality of Life
commentr/StutterSep 30, 2025
1 points

I think some people don't realize how difficult it is to live with this. Some specialists think it's like living with a bad haircut, that there's nothing wrong with being yourself. I agree with them, ...

Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Medicalization / NeurodiversityQuality of Life
commentr/StutterSep 30, 2025
2 points

I had speech therapy in elementary school for a stutter and learned through techniques to stutter 98% less. I also practice speaking so it's been easier as an adult. In moments of stress, overstimulat...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & FluctuationAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 30, 2025
3 points

im 18 and i understand you. i feel like life looses quality with stuttering. we are robbed of our own voice. i haven't been to therapy yet. the best thing i can recommend is finding someone who does...

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postr/StutterSep 29, 2025
9 points

How in the world do I meet people with a stutter or make social connections with a stutter?

How in the world do I meet people with a stutter or make social connections with a stutter? My stutter has led to me growing up with zero friends, none in high school - middle school, etc. It was just...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentHelplessness & Agency+3 more
commentr/StutterSep 27, 2025
3 points

First thing to do is have compassion for yourself. Recognize that you have to put up with difficult things in your life and that it’s hard to do so. I found that when I’m by myself, which is most of...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Acceptance & PrideHope & MotivationQuality of Life
commentr/StutterSep 27, 2025
1 points

Same to me, the uncertainty of the stutterer future is just crazy...but you described it amazingly animals and nature is the pure love and relaxation. Living in own little universe and life just the w...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyQuality of Life
commentr/StutterSep 25, 2025
1 points

It's so horrible because this is a permanent condition we live with that can significantly handicap us (if we let it) yet it's a-okay to stigmatize and belittle stutterers like it's no big deal...

Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Stigma & BullyingQuality of Life
commentr/StutterSep 25, 2025
4 points

I guess they might think that it's not such a big of a deal when compared to blindness or deafness. But then just tell them to imagine how much an average human must talk during their life, and how i...

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Stigma & BullyingQuality of LifeValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterSep 24, 2025
6 points

I have the same problem too. I don’t tend to stutter when I introduce myself, but I always have huge speech blocks and gaps in between when I’m trying to have a conversation with people like it just d...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Blocks & StoppagesAvoidance & SubstitutionQuality of Life
commentr/StutterSep 23, 2025
1 points

Those with severe stuttering can relate. Unable to express their feelings...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyQuality of Life
postr/StutterSep 23, 2025
4 points

Ordering drinks with a stutter

Ordering drinks with a stutter Has anybody had the problem ordering drinks in a bar but got cut off because of your speech impediment and they assumed you where too intoxicated ...

Social & RelationshipsSpeech & Stuttering
Quality of LifeRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterSep 23, 2025
3 points

Isn't this irritating when you want to tell a story but the punchline part doesn't come off and fuck me, if someone tries to finish words for me like playing charades. Dude, let me finish it by myself...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentQuality of Life
postr/StutterSep 23, 2025
11 points

DAE have “word limit” stuttering?

DAE have “word limit” stuttering? I’m a relatively mild stutterer now after lots of strenuous work, thanks to the efforts of people here for advice. But I feel like I am hard capped at being the quie...

Causes & VariabilitySocial & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationQuality of LifeHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterSep 23, 2025
3 points

Absolutely. And if you can find someone to read to, it will also help ease your nerves when speaking with others. I read out loud every day for about 20 minutes, and when the weather’s nice I do it in...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Fluency TechniquesAvoidance & SubstitutionQuality of Life
postr/StutterSep 22, 2025
20 points

Got too nervous to call out the bitch who cut in front of me at the gym

Got too nervous to call out the bitch who cut in front of me at the gym I was waiting forever for a piece of equipment, and the asshole using it didn't unrack his plates before just walking away. Norm...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anxiety & Social JudgmentFrustration & AngerQuality of Life
commentr/StutterSep 22, 2025
1 points

I also recently started doing desensitization exercises. I have a speech technique where I talk slower and on the exhale with more intonation than my normaal speech. This really helps me control my st...

Coping & AdvocacySocial & Relationships
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureFluency TechniquesQuality of Life