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Don't duck out on life because of your stutter. Nothing about this is easy, but shying away from it sets a bad precedent. You have an opportunity to make friends and grow. Pursue it. College is abo...

Congratulations on overcoming and beating your stutter. I have no idea how one goes about doing that. Stuttering is a physical (neurological) problem that seldom gets better. In fact for many of us...

The biggest takeaway I got from your post is when you said “no one understands my pain, not even my family”. This hits so close to home, no one in the world understands what we go through. Even ord...

What u/chlebaspascikou said is spot on here. Assuming you’re in high school, you’re already going through a ton, and then you’ve got a speech impediment on top of it. It’s good to talk to someone or a...

Be conservative with salt intake, not lifting. As for lifting, become the hardest guy in the gym. That's an endeavor you can overtake without speaking one word. You don't even need to lift the most we...

Ive been stuttering since I was 5. And yup, I had the traditional type of stutter. However, it progressed to speech blocks as I got older. I attempt to get through it by substituting words etc, but ha...

Acceptance… PhD/disabled combat veteran/Native grant writer with 20 years experience… No matter my intellect, experiences, or accomplishments… I am still discounted for my speech. I had so many faux “...

Has anyone had medication help their stutter?

Has anyone had medication help their stutter? I’ve been a lifelong stutter. I’m 41. To me, it feels like a surge of anxiety and energy (difficult to explain) that completely locks up my speech. I’ve b...

Dude sounds like he came from money and was afforded to be able to do such stupid things throughout his entire life...

Mine seem to be bursts of anxiety that pretty much lock up trying to say anything. I’m prescribed Valium which lasts about two weeks and is the only reprieve I’ve ever experienced in a life long of st...

I'm pretty sure your stuttering has worsened because of your fear of stuttering in the workplace. The same thing happened to me when I was nervous about my visa interview for my masters abroad. I hav...

I’m sure this isn’t the case for everyone, but it’s only gotten better after college. Stumbled into my first job, found a girlfriend that became my wife, have a supportive friend group. The first fe...

Epidemiology, so I pivoted a bit. I don’t actually do any of the development, I just work with the customers to see what they needed. Was pre-med for three years with grades and test scores to get i...

So your degree is in software/computer sciene? I am taking my bachelors in comp engineering rn, purely because my ambitions of being a lawyer turned to shit due to my stutter...

Yeah getting pulled by a cop is a situation every stutterer imagines and gets terrified about stuttering badly and going to jail. There are bunch is other scenarios like giving testimony to save your ...

It's taking a tollnon my mental health and I'm scared that I am losing work opportunities everytime. I am beating myself up as well on the things I cannot pronouce. I know this isnt the right mindset...

This thought always makes me laugh. I say the same thing about being bald, with hair everyone would have to look at away. Ha. Positive reframe as they say. My vocabulary and memory are very strong...

Go to college. I can’t stress this enough. If you don’t think you can handle college, start looking into careers that don’t require degrees. Once you’re out of high school, work towards getting the ce...

First word block

First word block Hi, guys! First time sharing here I have occasional speech blocks meaning I get blocks when in situations that puts me in pressure. It started in my childhood years. My family has al...

Scared for my future.

Scared for my future. I’m now in my teenage years and with that I’m scared for job opportunities, my stutter is bad with almost every letter I can think of and talking like that in a interview, boss, ...