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commentr/StutterJan 9, 2026
7 points

When I broke up with boyfriend, he told me that I’d never find a man who would take me seriously, that my stutter was ugly, and he was embarrassed to be around me … That was the last time I ever dated...

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commentr/StutterJan 9, 2026
2 points

I do everything related to the brain. I believe that we have a stuttering brain which is wired differently than a fluent brain. I was able to rewire my brain into a fluent brain which basically elimi...

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commentr/StutterJan 9, 2026
1 points

There is nothing wrong with wanting to be the center of attention. It's just not my personality. I've been at my job for 15 years and I have been in leadership positions before, spoken in large meetin...

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commentr/StutterJan 9, 2026
4 points

Surely you have other things going for you. Are you a charming person with cool hobbies and a dynamic worldview who also happens to stutter? Or is your entire identity that you stutter? Because yeah, ...

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commentr/StutterJan 9, 2026
1 points

The goal isn’t to relabel meditation or anxiety apps. The difference is context and focus. This is being shaped specifically around the lived experience of stuttering, real speaking moments, anticipat...

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commentr/StutterJan 9, 2026
5 points

No, I haven't been told this. Young children might start to imitate your stutter, cause in some age they just imitate everything as part of learning and observing the world. But even that won't stick...

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commentr/StutterJan 9, 2026
1 points

You want to try to find a way out of the maze of stuttering....

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commentr/StutterJan 9, 2026
2 points

I can only work with people who believe in the stuttering brain. I do not offer any techniques or strategies to improve fluency. I discuss what fluency means to the brain and as to why fluent speakers...

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commentr/StutterJan 8, 2026
1 points

I just started at my fire dept. 4 months of an academy and now online, I feel the same way at times. 99% of the time, I think about me stuttering more than the people around me. There’s that one rando...

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commentr/StutterJan 8, 2026
1 points

The thing is that, stuttering affects your ability to communicate clearly and fluently due to your speaking/language production part of your brain 🧠 wires differently and the neurological connections...

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commentr/StutterJan 8, 2026
1 points

So many of us feel or have felt the same as you. This is why I have always called stuttering a curse. I have lived with this curse most of my life until recently. I have been researching how my brain ...

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commentr/StutterJan 8, 2026
1 points

the reason why we keep going on is because there are much worse things in life to have than a stutter. Being Blind or even worse Deaf and Blind? Give me a stutter everyday of the week....

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commentr/StutterJan 8, 2026
1 points

Point taken. No, I would not. I wouldn't want him to go through the years of bullying. I shouldn't have used the word gift. Clearly, that triggers many of you. All I'm saying is now that I look back...

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commentr/StutterJan 8, 2026
2 points

yeah, it's a fucking gift. just a question, if u had a son and u could give it to him - would you do it ?...

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commentr/StutterJan 8, 2026
1 points

yeah, it's a fucking gift. just a question, if u had a son and u could give it to him - would you do it ?...

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commentr/StutterJan 7, 2026
1 points

I often wonder how my personality would’ve shaped if it wasn’t for this one thing that i have could’ve been so much....

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commentr/StutterJan 7, 2026
1 points

If you're introverted, it's because of your stuttering; if you want to become more extroverted, you should improve your stuttering. These things go hand in hand....

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commentr/StutterJan 7, 2026
1 points

I didn't beg, pout or ask for help even once. i accept my severe stutter as a bad thing I was born with. Admitting your faults is to getaway to healing, acceptance and peace, what are you doing is pr...

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commentr/StutterJan 7, 2026
1 points

My speech therapist always told me that focus on the fluency of your speech aswell because sometimes we don’t need how fluent our speech is because we always focus on the stuttering part and how to im...

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commentr/StutterJan 6, 2026
1 points

I work part time for the NSA and I definitely encourage you to apply for a scholarship. Most who apply, with good reason, do get a modest financial scholarship. It sounds like you have as good a reaso...

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