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postr/StutterJan 8, 2020
2 points

Does anyone else experience this?

Does anyone else experience this? I’m currently 17, have had a stutter since around 4 years old, and I’ve never heard of anyone else who stutters having the same symptoms as me. I didn’t start gettin...

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postr/StutterJan 8, 2020
8 points

What motivates you to keep on living ?

What motivates you to keep on living ? Seriuosly my stutter these days is just so severe that all my hope for future is eradicated. I just have no motivation whatsoever to keep on living. Im all alon...

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commentr/StutterJan 7, 2020
1 points

I can relate to that. I don’t ever talk in class unless I’m absolutely forced to or if I have friends. And I only have a few friends at that. I’ve never really been what you would call a “loser”, bu...

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commentr/StutterJan 7, 2020
2 points

thank you so so much. it’s just making me feel so depressed and embarrassed at the moment, it’s literally crippling!!!...

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commentr/StutterJan 7, 2020
1 points

thank you so much. i’m just worried, because i’ll have to call in sick because i’m going to this interview. and i feel like i’m going to get in so much trouble for being off :(...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentSadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterJan 7, 2020
2 points

I only got picked a little bit by this one guy in my class, could be I got off with so little bullying because I was such a mute in class except with a few friends but that paid its price with me bein...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2020
7 points

There's a million things we could say but am sure you feel like you've heard them all before. We know that feeling too. I'm 37 and have navigated through life with a stutter which has always been the...

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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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postr/StutterJan 5, 2020
42 points

i’m sick of this

i’m sick of this 16M been stuttering for as long as i remember. just really needed to vent i’ve been holding all this in for quite some time. i usually stutter through blocks and lately they’ve gotten...

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commentr/StutterJan 4, 2020
6 points

Yeah, I’ve mentioned it a couple times here and there, I’ve told him beforehand that I stutter and that I’m clumsy with my words and I stumble in my speech. He seemed okay with it and I don’t think he...

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Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterJan 4, 2020
51 points

I have a date tomorrow, and I’m worried about how my stuttering is going to affect it

I have a date tomorrow, and I’m worried about how my stuttering is going to affect it Hello, I’ll start off by saying that I’m a 21 year old girl. I’ve never been on a date before but I finally have o...

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postr/StutterJan 4, 2020
37 points

I feel like I’m at the end of my rope.

I feel like I’m at the end of my rope. I’ve had a stutter my entire life. I thought I had reached the point of acceptance but I’ve realized that I’ve just done by best to suppress my feelings towards ...

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postr/StutterJan 4, 2020
7 points

Help with blocks

Help with blocks Hello my fellow stutterers, I‘m gonna start with a little background story: I‘ve stuttered my whole life. Did a lot of speech therapy when I was a child and some more in my adolescenc...

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commentr/StutterJan 3, 2020
1 points

I suddenly become really embarrassed even at the smallest stutter which honestly makes me want to crawl up and die inside, as I feel like everyone starts to judge me or loose interest in what I have t...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentPhysical Tension
postr/StutterJan 3, 2020
44 points

Help! Im making a documentary about stuttering

Help! Im making a documentary about stuttering Hey yall. Im graduating film school this spring, and I’ve decided to make a documentary on the topic of stuttering. I’ve lurked this subreddit and read a...

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commentr/StutterJan 2, 2020
1 points

I relate to this comment alot, as I myself also began to cry throughout this story.. especially with the part of the 911 call, it was truly heartbreaking to listen too as this is more of a reality tha...

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commentr/StutterJan 2, 2020
6 points

One of my friends from high school offered to speak for me in front of new people so I wouldn’t be embarrassed by my stutter. Which made me even more embarrassed. We’re not friends but that’s because ...

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Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJan 1, 2020
16 points

I don't even understand why you would *want* to fake a stutter....

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Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterDec 30, 2019
1 points

Not many people know about my past because I tend to make up my childhood to prevent people from asking questions about it and feeling bad for me. But was it emotional abuse or physical?...

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commentr/StutterDec 30, 2019
1 points

Yeah, I could relate. Today when a priest asked me my name I stammered for a bit and that kinda caught him off guard I guess. So frustrating....

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