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commentr/StutterSep 3, 2021
5 points

really? you’ve never seen someone say “try to imagine where the other person is coming from” as a way of dealing with the mistreatment stutterers face? because i’ve seen that line of thinking here mor...

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Validation & EmpathyStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterSep 2, 2021
1 points

There is a great bit in the "The Art of Happiness, Dalai Lama” book, a western psychiatrist posing questions. At first, unable to understand, how could you show compassion to somehow who is rude or ro...

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Validation & EmpathyStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterSep 1, 2021
1 points

> people being cruel to me about my speech every time i open my mouth is what’s held me back my whole life. not my stutter. You are right. It's not your stutter. It's fear. People can be cruel ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterSep 1, 2021
5 points

I think that if you bully someone for their stutter you are not a good person and just not nice...

Identity & Disability
Stigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterSep 1, 2021
2 points

Compassion, someone who cruel about a stutter must be hiding some serious issues and flaws...

Identity & Disability
Stigma & Bullying
postr/StutterAug 29, 2021
30 points

According to a listicle by the online site Thought Catalog, primary signs of lying include "stuttering and inconsistencies," "not answering right away" and "repeating sentences."

According to a listicle by the online site Thought Catalog, primary signs of lying include "stuttering and inconsistencies," "not answering right away" and "repeating sentences." Quote from a Washingt...

Identity & Disability
Stigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterAug 28, 2021
9 points

Stuttering is often incorrectly mistaken for nervousness. Stuttering can make some people unconfident. It's a negative association stutterers would likely want to separate from as it adds to stigma. T...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionStigma & Bullying
postr/StutterAug 28, 2021
6 points

Advice about portraying someone with a stutter in a tabletop RPG home game

Advice about portraying someone with a stutter in a tabletop RPG home game Someone in my D&D game is creating a character who is extremely high powered but stays out of the spotlight, using an emp...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterAug 28, 2021
2 points

I mean some people try to get rid of it without succes, I went to 3 logopedists over a period of 5 years before just deciding to accept it, and I know from talking to other stutters that there are: 1....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception+3 more
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2021
2 points

I told someone, a 'friend', and because he didn't notice he flat out said I shouldn't tell anyone because it's 'not that bad' and disrespectful to people with 'real speech problems.'...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterAug 26, 2021
2 points

It’s not the best day, but don’t let it derail you from the path you’re on. I guarantee these same callers would mock whomever didn’t sound like them. It could be an accent, talking too fast, too fr...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Frustration & AngerStigma & BullyingEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterAug 26, 2021
16 points

Hey man, I know how you feel. I work in customer service myself, so a big part of my job is talking on the phone. It is hard. Most of the customers I talk to are polite, but there are a few really shi...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Frustration & AngerStigma & BullyingEmployment & Career
postr/StutterAug 26, 2021
19 points

Clients mock me the way I speak

Clients mock me the way I speak I have anxiety, depression, all that good stuff. I work as an IT engineer. I've stuttered my whole life. I can go months without stuttering, then stutter badly for week...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+3 more
commentr/StutterAug 26, 2021
1 points

It's one of those unconscious behaviour people should pay more attention to. That affects us There are many things to make fun of, someone's problems isn't. There's not much to discuss about....

Identity & Disability
Stigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterAug 24, 2021
2 points

They're scum, pure and simple. Just end the conversation immediately whenever that happens and leave. They aren't worth a second of your time. People who do that aren't even kind to their own friends....

Identity & Disability
Stigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterAug 24, 2021
2 points

Yup When family does it I'm like "goddamn it not this again" In the rare occasion a friend does it I punch them in the gut/elbow When a coworker does it I just try to roast them verbally because ...

Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Stigma & BullyingListener Reactions
commentr/StutterAug 24, 2021
2 points

I got this alot too in high school . One of the guys that mocked me real bad now has a child with my cousin , his daughter and my toddler are now good friends, its weird. I haven't forgotten but I g...

Identity & DisabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Stigma & BullyingOnset & Life-Stage Changes
commentr/StutterAug 24, 2021
2 points

You have to have zero tolerance for that shit. If you are in school still just know it's not something grown ups do. I've never experienced it as an adult....

Identity & Disability
Stigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterAug 24, 2021
8 points

I started talking to this one guy and right when the moment he started imitating my stuttering. I asked him it's disrespectful and he replied with "I don't care, I can do what I want" Right then, I w...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterAug 24, 2021
5 points

>When people imitate my stuttering, it makes me feel worthless and inhuman. It's not you who are worthless and inhuman in this situation. It's those people pulling this BS. First, stand your grou...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesStigma & Bullying