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Anyone else had an experience like this? Someone brought attention to my stutter and it actually made me start to feel proud.

Anyone else had an experience like this? Someone brought attention to my stutter and it actually made me start to feel proud. I was out traveling/working with some friends and we had a late night wher...

I've been streaming and making youtube clips for a few years now. I'm not famous by any means (62 on Twitch, and 550ish on Youtube). I've never had anyone comment on my stutter, even when in my mind ...

Comparing stuttering to basketball or karate

Comparing stuttering to basketball or karate Let's compare basketball, karate and stuttering. When we miss in basketball or karate it doesn't feel like a failure. It doesn't feel like I'm a failure. I...

Great post! Awesome that you made a new video! This is my attempt to extract tips from your YT video: **Intro:** * I stuttered since age 3 * I didn't know what affected my stuttering, or what happen...

Sometimes I think as stutterers we fear that making it “a thing” will only worsen our insecurity around it. Ignorance is bliss. Maybe it’s our egos or maybe it’s the mere fact that our stutter is not ...

My eyes tend to wheel about when I stutter and sometimes it closes my eyes. I guess it's just natural for people with stutters because your body keeps moving but your words don't. I can move my hands ...

I think the majority of “intolerant people” are normal people. The majority of the people claiming to be oppressed aren’t actually oppressed. I’ve stuttered for 32 years now. I don’t think we need to ...

Turned 23 month and a half ago, and pretty much have the same story. My stutter didn't stick around till I was 16, my people were the outcast and weirdos. Was constantly told I'd never achieve anythin...

That's where you gotta show your character and personality. This would be a good time to educate them on your speech impediment as well....

That's where you gotta show your character and personality. This would be a good time to educate them on your speech impediment as well....

I'm sure you don't appear stupid, only contemplative. Don't be so hard on yourself. You're doing the best you can. Fluent people have no idea how much effort we expend just dealing with our speech. W...

Yes, so true about the superpower. We have many techniques to allow us to circumvent our stuttering. We are some of the most intelligent people on earth....

Really? I think I appear more stupid than I am when I switch the objectively correct word for the best replacement I can find...

Very true. My mind has been trained to come up with alternate sentence structures and word replacements in seconds. It's a bit of a super power lol...

undiagnosed / unacknowledged stutter

undiagnosed / unacknowledged stutter Hi, I’m in my 20s and I’ve had a stutter since I was in elementary school. My relationship with it now is okay and definitely manageable. I have moments but I thin...

We've all been there, i found the trick with mine was to not beat myself about what i had little to no control over..i had to stop the negative self sabotaging thoughts i was constantly subconsciously...

Clinicians, I stuttered since early childhood and recovered at the age of 70! I stuttered for 65 years and then became fully fluent through psychotherapy dealing with my latent anger and resentment ov...

We’re masters of vocabulary because we have to substitute so often. It makes us very creative writers and when we do speak we appear very intelligent. It's one of the only perks of being a stutterer. ...

15M... That's a rough age. Maybe about as bad as it gets. You're not a child any longer. Not yet an adult. In addition to the social transitions going on, you have a ton of biology happening as well....

Hey OP, you are definitely not pathetic! Please do not be so harsh on yourself and do give yourself some credit From experience, it has gotten for me with age, maybe because I’ve had to work in heav...