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postr/StutterJan 12, 2020
11 points

Feelings

Feelings I wish I didn't stutter. Social anxiety and depression suck. I feel alone even when I'm surrounded by people who love me because I feel like I can never love myself. Even when I express how m...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2020
1 points

Thanks in a way this did help, I really appreciate the part about reminding me to tell myself that I'm just as important as anyone else. Lately I've been feeling pretty out of it in general and needed...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2020
1 points

To answer everyone, No i am not in school. I flunked my first semester in all 4 classes with grades ranging from 11-34 . Ive been kicked out of the school and denied fafsa for the next year. The scho...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2020
9 points

I agree about not putting the fact that you stutter on your job application. Wait until the interview. During the interview, I inevitably block, either straight away during introductions or during so...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2020
4 points

I'm so sorry to hear about you losing your job. Your mum is highly wrong for telling you finding a job is easy, I KNOW how hard it is, as everywhere is either looking for jobs left right and centre, o...

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postr/StutterJan 2, 2020
7 points

Post Fluency - How not to be an outsider?

Post Fluency - How not to be an outsider? Am new to this subreddit but like everyone here it's a subject that's close to my heart. I'm 37 and have always had a stutter. There is no living memory befo...

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postr/StutterJan 2, 2020
26 points

I feel like my stutter can be completely cured.

I feel like my stutter can be completely cured. I have had a stutter off and on my whole life with the cause being my social anxiety and depression. If I'm feeling bummed or lonely or super bored I ha...

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commentr/StutterJan 1, 2020
10 points

Damn, mate, I hear you. So many times I've just stopped trying and not said my piece because of it....

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commentr/StutterDec 28, 2019
1 points

thanks <3 i will definitely try what you said , my life is already fucked up because of stuttering , i have nothing to lose haha...

Emotional Experience
Helplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterDec 28, 2019
3 points

Alright. - Could you tell us more about your struggle? What happens and what does it feel like? Also, who are these people you mention? Have you talked to them specifically about this? Are there a...

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commentr/StutterDec 28, 2019
2 points

1. a) Just how simple thing which other people do without much thought or struggle like ordering food, asking for directions, etc, knowing that I can't do them as easily as they do it B) I can commu...

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commentr/StutterDec 28, 2019
3 points

Thank you. Further still, then. ▬ Why do you feel helpless? Are you able to communicate the things you mean to communicate? ▬ Have you spoken to your family about how their mocking makes you feel...

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postr/StutterDec 26, 2019
15 points

Hard Time

Hard Time Hey, that's my first post here. Just wanna put some things out. I'm 19 y/o. I have speech block from 6-7 years. I've visited speech therapist before and there is no effect. Found a job th...

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commentr/StutterDec 26, 2019
1 points

None English speaker here. I feel you man, i quitted university because of the presentation thing (due to my stuttering), my friends kept telling me to comeback but i refused, they have no idea why ...

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commentr/StutterDec 25, 2019
6 points

It really depends on the environment. My opinion of school really soured partially due to my stuttering. Talking with family and everything is difficult as well. I don't have irl friends and that's on...

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commentr/StutterDec 25, 2019
18 points

Since you don't have access to good speech therapy, be your own therapist. Do research, practice speaking, record it and play it back to yourself, take notes on the stutter and ways to improve it, etc...

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commentr/StutterDec 25, 2019
7 points

I can definitely feel u bro. My stammer is like crazy worse and I'm just always trying to get out of talking to anybody. Same here in my country, no awareness. Everyone thinks if they know me a little...

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commentr/StutterDec 25, 2019
2 points

The thing is communication is very important in our life. And we will suffer as long as we live, and we will always feel somehow disadvantaged....

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commentr/StutterDec 25, 2019
4 points

I don't want to start off by exposing myself as a grammar Nazi, bu you probably meant awareness. Now back to your problems. First off you probably haven't tried all self therapy methods available for ...

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commentr/StutterDec 24, 2019
14 points

I think school/college is the most damning years for stutters. Kids are assholes, period. They WILL make fun of you to show off in class/be humorous/be cool in front of their friends/etc. The sensitiv...

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