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commentr/StutterJan 29, 2022
6 points

For me, overcoming stuttering isnt necessary because its something i live with. Im working on overcoming the anxiety that comes with stuttering by increasing my confidence in speaking. I want to belie...

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commentr/StutterJan 29, 2022
1 points

> I have issues finding well written characters who stutter in movies or TV shows. To play the Devil's Advocate... Film and TV casting is (largely) about appearance and communication. Can the ac...

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commentr/StutterJan 29, 2022
9 points

He talks alot about there being a cure, or "overcoming stuttering" which is just a lie, you dont overcome a disability. Lee lovet just seems like a rich old dude who takes advantage of PWS for his own...

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commentr/StutterJan 29, 2022
14 points

I dont know anything about Lee Lovet but avoiding your stutter at all costs sounds really damaging. Theres a difference between fumbling on a few words and an actual speech impediment. I think those m...

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commentr/StutterJan 29, 2022
2 points

Exactly the same, I don't stammer with patients / strangers, but I stammer with my friends / the staff I work closely with / family. It's because I'm not putting up a front, I don't have the stranger...

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commentr/StutterJan 29, 2022
3 points

The more familiar I am, I think I stutter less. I do talk with my friend more than strangers, so through sheer volume, I probably have stuttered more with friends...

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commentr/StutterJan 27, 2022
1 points

Your assumption is correct. And it's a complex answer lol So I'm in a cubicle setting and initially I felt scared of being heard stuttering, and looking back I was ashamed because I was trying to pr...

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Hiding & ConcealmentVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureAcceptance & Pride+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 25, 2022
1 points

Thank you for your response. I have been feeling so alone bc no one gets it. Everyone around me just thinks I’m shy that’s why I have such trouble with phone calls. They don’t understand that I physic...

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commentr/StutterJan 25, 2022
2 points

Yeah, I do some online gaming and I just don't have a headset. Sometimes I feel like I'm missing out, but the game I play the most doesn't have much vocal chatting. It's mostly text chatting anyways, ...

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commentr/StutterJan 24, 2022
2 points

I am new to this sub, but here are my 2 cents. I am 28. I was laughed at at school, i had sooo much worry to speak in class, but I remember myself being somewhat different from now. I was powerless an...

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commentr/StutterJan 23, 2022
2 points

Well both, sort of; there seemed to be a compounding effect between the two. Not sure if id shared this before but i grew up with another guy in my grade who also stuttered but he didn’t give a shit ...

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commentr/StutterJan 22, 2022
2 points

Stuck in my head a lot. So I studied and learned. Now I'm a radiocarbon specialist at a university. I have to train visiting grads and professor in radiocarbon and stable isotopes analysis. So it gr...

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commentr/StutterJan 22, 2022
2 points

You are a person who stutters. Striving for fluency is denying and fighting against yourself. It's the messaging that you're not ok, that you need to be fixed. You can't fix who you are but more impor...

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commentr/StutterJan 22, 2022
1 points

Please don’t do it. I felt this way in college where I even didn’t do my presentation for my English class and ended up with a C and was happy with it. The next English class I took, I was forced to d...

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commentr/StutterJan 21, 2022
2 points

just because you are sitting in your own zone and you know yourself very well thats why you are not stuttering alone but if you are facing someone first thing you are not familiar with the atmosphere ...

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commentr/StutterJan 21, 2022
5 points

If I talk to myself I don't stutter, but if I record my voice the stutter returns 😅...

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commentr/StutterJan 19, 2022
9 points

I am 51. When I was a child, I had a terrible stutter. I was ridiculed and bullied because of it. But my school assigned me an excellent speech therapist, and my speech greatly improved. Now when I ...

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commentr/StutterJan 19, 2022
6 points

I also have a serious stutter and am pursuing Mechanical Engineering. In light of this, I started a public speaking club to try and help others who have social anxiety and/or speaking impediments. I a...

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commentr/StutterJan 19, 2022
17 points

I wanted to quit college too. I wrote a letter to my parents explaining how I was sorry for wasting their money, etc. I never gave it to them, but my Mom found it one day and we had a long talk. My...

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commentr/StutterJan 19, 2022
1 points

Rn im reading the book ,,beyond stuttering" And so far it told me to not look at stuttering as something that you have forever and not as a friend Also it said that when you dont stutter( for example...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentMindset shift