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The movie brought me to tears as well, both in the opening scene when he was trying to give the speech, when his father was urging him to just spit it out, and when he gave the final speech at the end...

Disagree. When talking about negative portrayals, OP specifically mentions people who are portrayed as "un-assertive, or generally anxious as a result of their stutter." George VI is portrayed as extr...

missing great opportunities, over and over again

missing great opportunities, over and over again trying so hard all the time. moved away from my hometown and got a job in the city, found real friends, loving people, i'm independent. yet i'm 23 and ...

Today i did my first presentation , kinda.

Today i did my first presentation , kinda. Today was a really special day for me , i did my first presentation in my life in one of the subjects i have in college in my first year. i was actually goin...

I’m 16m as well and I’m in secondary school. One story I can remember is when I was asked to read a paragraph in history and I was stuttering a lot. In the middle of me reading another teacher walked ...

The last thing you should be is to feel ashamed. Yes, it can be embarrassing but people listening to you will be understanding and empathic. Those people that don’t are not worth knowing. Keep goin...

not being able to answer questions in class

not being able to answer questions in class (16 M in high school) so i’ve been stuttering pretty much as long as i can remember and it’s went from severe to pretty mild now. i don’t really deal with r...

Stutter here, i feel you man, i couldn't continue my master degree because of my stutter afraid of the presentation i have to do at the end of the year, during university i only did one project presen...

Feeling hopeless

Feeling hopeless I have a stutter that’s on the milder side if I avoid probable words but becomes very noticeable if I don’t. I’m tried or living life with a 10 year old vocabulary because I can’t say...

Only stuttering when comfortable

Only stuttering when comfortable While i am thankfully happy that my stutter doesnt effect me in public situations, it really hurts to be talking to my friends and family. Watching them try and wait f...

Humiliated

Humiliated I'm so embarrased and humiliated right now. I just got out of presentation for my first period class and I did absolutely terrible. I stuttered on almost every word and everyone can just he...

Someone said this to me once too. But not as if they were concerned, they were laughing. And it was at work, not school. You hope people grow out of that shit but I've been bullied way more as an adul...

I know exactly how you feel. Whenever if I try to add a joke to a group conversation, all the smiles and laughs immediately stop whilst everyone patiently waits for me to finish. Once it is finished,...

She was just taking attendance and asked why there was a star next to my name. I didn't know there was until then, but needless to say myself and the class knew why, and she probably realized it befor...

I'm not trying to one-up here, but try having a substitute teacher ask you why you have a star next to your name on the roster....

I get upset about this too. I know it's not their fault, and I don't really know how I expect them to act, but still, it makes me feel not normal...

My teachers will think I don't know how to read and say the words for me. It makes me, not only, feel bad about my stutter, but just stupid....

Story of my life. I had a severe block and I was asked if I was having a stroke...

The worst is when I’m trying to order food at a restaurant or talking to some kind of service person. My friends and family and coworkers all know I stutter so they just wait patiently till I get it o...

Relatable?

Relatable? -Substitute teacher insists on calling role -Someone tries to start a conversation -Not joining game chats because of stuttering -Pretending to listen to music so people don't talk to yo...