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I get where you're coming from dude. It sucks but it does get better. I still stutter and I have issues getting what I want to say out of my mouth in the way I want to say it. You're not alone and it ...

Anyone Else Have Trouble Getting A Part Time Job Because Of Your Stutter?

Anyone Else Have Trouble Getting A Part Time Job Because Of Your Stutter? Obviously some jobs will require fluent speech so a stutter might be a problem there. Jobs like 911 operators or someone who n...

I don't have a stutter, but I grew up with rhotacism (couldn't pronounce R), and I vibe with a lot of the same experiences people on this subreddit have had. Most of my emotionally traumatic experien...

I'm not a person who stutters, but an SLP. In grad school, one of our professors brought our attention to how stuttering has historically been used to portray nervousness, idiocy, or villainy. Since t...

As a person who stutters, how do you feel about how stuttering was portrayed in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone?

As a person who stutters, how do you feel about how stuttering was portrayed in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone? I’m just listening to it now in an audiobook. The book really pushes a link betwe...

As a woman, I can agree that girls are the worst in terms of cruelty. Thats probably why I'm happy being able to count my friends on one hand. 😅 It really irritates me when people say they stutter, t...

Big text incoming Since I live surrounded by morons and ppl with limited brain capacity I get to experience all kinds of stupidity. There were some who were offended by my stuttering (no BS) like, not...

See, I generally just laugh off comments because it comes from a place of genuine discomfort and/or confusion. But when some straight up laughs at me and turns to walk away, thats a whole other ball g...

it wasn’t until this year that i started to always stutter on my name. so the “did you forget your name” comment really hurts, obviously i didn’t. or just went anyone mocks my stutter, it’s so childis...

I've been asked if I was having a stroke too. Multiple times, different people, all laughing when they say it. Next time, I plan to agree that I am having a stroke to see if the laughing stops....

The “you don’t know your own name” comment really frustrates me for some reason. That and when people mock me and try to make a joke out of it...

the worst I've gotten was "haha you sound like a GOAT" from some minimum-wage grocery store clerk or "OH MY GOD ARE YOU HAVING A STROKE" by a colleague at my work-study.... both were extremely awkward...

What comments bother you most?

What comments bother you most? So, as people who stutter, we inevitably deal with a lot of ignorance. I usually get the, "what?! Did you forget your name?!" Comment on a regular basis. That one doesn'...

Find new friends. My friends never laugh at me when I stutter, and if they did I’d tell them to fuck right off. Not to mention the jokes are repetitive as hell so it’s really not funny even if someone...

Thats no friend, and im sorry that someone you thought you could trust did that to you. Maybe in the future theyll realize they were being awful to you, but until then, you dont need someone who treat...

The rule of thumb is that they will only make fun of it for a long time of they are total assholes. Most people are only curious. You are probably going to have to answer to a lot of stupid questions,...

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:( i spent few days with my childhood friend, i was excited because i really missed her. but, the last time we saw each other, it was way before the quarantine, and.. my stutter got really worse duri...

Panic Attacks before you open your mouth and subsequent overreactions/self-hatred when you don't express yourself clearly

Panic Attacks before you open your mouth and subsequent overreactions/self-hatred when you don't express yourself clearly So I'm a penultimate year student in undergraduate studies at a University in ...

Anyone here successfully go on disability?

Anyone here successfully go on disability? Hi, never posted here before. I did a search and didn't see much on the topic besides casual remarks. So is it possible (in the USA) to go on SSDI for stutte...

I’ve been made fun of by customers when I worked retail. My ex boss made fun of my stutter. People suck. All you can do is surround yourself with people who care about you and understand your stutter....