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The "other person" part is really good. Atleast with your close ones and close friends, don't let stuttering come in between what you want to express. I'm sure they all have the patience to listen to ...

My stutter is really bad, and it can take me forever to say things or certain things I can't get out at all. But I'm more relaxed around my family so it's easier than talking to anyone else, plus my f...

I agree. I don't think you should give up on talking to your family. At home around my family is literally the only place I really feel comfortable speaking. It sounds like you care about your family,...

My family are one of the few people who truly understand me, I don't care even if I stutter while talking to them....

I feel you. I barely have a relationship with my dad because I can’t spit out a word to him. I’m currently staying at his house (I never used to) and I can see how frustrated he is at my stutter. He’s...

Never ever in my life I hesitated to talk with my family don't be hard on yourself and start talking with your family even if you stutter it doesn't matter....

Help/advice needed - my dad doesn't understand my stutter

Help/advice needed - my dad doesn't understand my stutter [removed]...

I think it is best to find somebody else. It seems like he wasn't a great partner considering the way he has treated you....

You are 100% right. I was actually really happy she helped me. Because this person was asking for my phone number upon making the purchase and I got stuck midway saying the numbers to the point where ...

Be thankful for their support. I usually wish to be alone, messing up in the presence of strangers. That gets tough later in life, when you get into longer term work relationships, etc.. The friends...

Building a strong back bone, becoming comfortable with self even through bad stuttering days. Good support group, loving family, friends, becoming older made me a bit wiser when to know which battles...

1%. Men are affected approx 4:1 compared to women. We often ask the question, "Where are all the stammerers?". Seems many either don't feel the need to seek help or community, don't want to, or don't ...

you have no way of knowing if your kids will stutter. If they do, then actually your boyfriend would be able to help them more than you...

Wow, so much stigmatising language…. A key message here has always been stammering does not define a person and I would always encourage those who stammer not to define themselves in this regard. Part...

Being a stutterer has helped me build long-lasting and real friendships and relations over my lifetime. It makes sense if you think about it. The people that are kind, willing to listen and are patien...

Honestly, my parents were a little unsure of my husband when we started dating. And a lot of that was due to both his stuttering and his not saying much because of it. I don’t think they ever said any...

My husband has had it both ways. His bio mom is pretty terrible about his stutter. She used to tell him, “Don’t embarrass me” when they’d go out or she’d have someone over. She still seems to think he...

i stutter less around family and friends apart from my dad and stepdad. i think that stems from living with my mum for the first four years of my life and being dragged to my dads each weekend. my d...

Does your family think these comments are genuinely in fun, or is it a thinly veiled spiteful "joke"? My family banters, but certain things are just not funny and there are limits. Especially if someo...

I "take too long to talk"

I "take too long to talk" So I've been stuttering since I was a child and I never grew out of it. I'm 19 now. My mom used to threathen me as a child that if I didn't stop stuttering I would have to ge...