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commentr/StutterJan 7, 2026
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Let me tell you guys a secret. What we have is a gift not a curse. As you get older, you will care less and less. You will still have your moments, but once you realize everyone only really cares abo...

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commentr/StutterJan 7, 2026
2 points

To put it briefly, if you don't speak, your already handicapped speaking ability will deteriorate even further. And the opposite situation if you speak regularly. Keep it up! This is not a big deal in...

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commentr/StutterJan 7, 2026
2 points

This may not be the most helpful advice, but I can 100% relate to your feelings. However, this was over 10 years ago for me. So my advice for you is to just push through. Just get through it. School i...

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commentr/StutterJan 7, 2026
1 points

I have similar struggles as you. It gives me hope that you have a career where you need to talk 80% of the time and have been doing well. I’m in the same situation and have been a wreck since graduati...

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commentr/StutterJan 6, 2026
1 points

You can have a stutter and accomplish all those things. The only person stopping you is yourself....

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commentr/StutterJan 6, 2026
1 points

So you’re afraid of what people say because you take what they say to heart. Make fun of yourself before they do. That’s how I got over it myself and people stopped making fun of me. People won’t stop...

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commentr/StutterJan 6, 2026
1 points

Please don’t do this just bite the bullet and roll with the punches. Staying in will just make it worse...

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commentr/StutterJan 6, 2026
2 points

Hey man, I’m sorry your stutter is so severe. I’ve been there. Done that. I just turned 31 yesterday. I’m a male 6’2 and good looking, and yes I do have a stutter. It’s mild now, but it was severe at ...

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commentr/StutterJan 6, 2026
2 points

You are almost done with your education, how??! You did it. Maybe something you’ve probably in the past thought you were not capable of doing. But here you are. You will get hired if you have the righ...

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commentr/StutterJan 6, 2026
1 points

When I was 17, I had no confidence in my future. I thought: "if I even finish college, I'll never get hired for a job because of my stutter. I won't make new friends. I'll never get married. I won...

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commentr/StutterJan 6, 2026
5 points

It sounds like you need a whole paradigm shift.  Your life simply isn’t workable the way it is. That much is very obvious. Suicide isn’t an option. It’s not. You’re stuck in this life for now.  So w...

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commentr/StutterJan 6, 2026
2 points

same, i feel as if giving up will lead the worse stuttering. i have regained hope that it will get better and it definitely has...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2026
14 points

I feel your pain, fuck stutter. Just show up, future is not ours to see. Courage isn’t speaking smoothly; it’s speaking anyway....

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2026
3 points

I know exactly how you feel and what you mean. My brother used a tonne of weed and drugs because he was depressed over his severe stutter too. It eventually killed him when he got into the harder stuf...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2026
8 points

It's not your stutter that's holding you back, it's how you think and feel about it. You didn't let stuttering stop you from applying to college and getting good grades. So you are capable of making i...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2026
3 points

I can't help but notice that you are a very capable person, intelligent, and have a lot of potential. Look what you've been able to accomplish despite your struggles with speaking. You are close to gr...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2026
6 points

It sounds like you're both trying and putting a lot of pressure on yourself. If you were 5'8 and not smart enough to earn a Comp Sci degree would your situation be less tragic or painful? I know you'r...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2026
14 points

I understand where you are coming from. I (20M) stutter and after going to a speech therapist, it seems like it only got worse. I have thought of ending it at times, but now I’m in college and have a ...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2026
1 points

Your brain may be faulty. Mine isn’t, and I’ve stuttered so bad in my life I couldn’t speak at all at times. You can accept your god given attributes or make an attempt to improve yourself. 1% progre...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2026
1 points

I went from stuttering on most words to now almost no stutter at all.  Even when i have the rare shutter its not embarrassing or ackword anymore because i can control it very well and soon it will b...

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